Research Article

Drying Kinetics and Chemical Properties of Mango

Table 3

Chemical and nutritional properties of four mango varieties.

VarietyAcidity g/100 g (I)Acidity g/100 g (F)Vit C mg/100 g (I)Vit C mg/100 g (F)pH (I)pH (F)

Kent0.94 ± 0.40a2.97 ± 0.80ab17.20 ± 7.48a66.41 ± 20.15b3.77 ± 0.31a3.95 ± 0.23a
Keitt0.85 ± 0.28a3.85 ± 1.16a28.91 ± 21.11a98.70 ± 38.67b3.54 ± 0.36ab3.85 ± 0.26a
Haden0.62 ± 0.52a2.32 ± 1.76b31.52 ± 35.43a83.18 ± 34.45b3.36 ± 0.23bc3.54 ± 0.31b
Palmer0.66 ± 0.44a3.16 ± 2.10ab40.83 ± 41.41a158.34 ± 92a3.25 ± 0.17c3.32 ± 0.17b

Means in the same column with the same superscript letters are not significantly different (). “I” and “F” represent initial (fresh) and final (dried) values.