Research Article
The Impact of Different Drying Techniques on the Physicochemical and Quality Characteristics of Oil Palm Fruit Mesocarp (Elaeis guineensis)
Table 1
Proximate composition and metabolic energy of the oil palm fruit mesocarp at different drying treatments.
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Values represent of at least three replicates. Means in the same column with the same superscript are not significantly different (). CHO: available carbohydrate; CME: calculated metabolic energy; TTOD: tenera traditional oven dried; DTOD: dura traditional oven dried; TSD: tenera solar dried; DSD: dura solar dried; TOD: tenera oven dried; DOD: dura oven dried; TFD: tenera freeze dried; DFD: dura freeze dried; TC: tenera control; DC: dura control. |