Research Article

Microwave-Osmotic Dehydration of Cranberries under Continuous Flow Medium Spray Conditions

Table 2

CCRD run numbers with results for post-MWODS drying and quality parameters (average values with standard deviation shown).

Run #ML (%)SG (%)WR (%)Hardness (N)Chewiness (mJ)

122.2 (3.10)2.73 (0.53)22.4 (2.68)162 (41.4)89.9 (41.3)
221.7 (1.16)2.74 (0.16)21.9 (1.10)92.2 (25.8)24.4 (14.5)
323.8 (0.60)2.75 (0.51)24.0 (0.31)154 (14.8)64.8 (18.4)
414.3 (1.29)1.92 (0.22)15.3 (1.30)206 (61.5)79.4 (28.4)
522.3 (2.35)2.28 (0.27)22.9 (2.32)157 (22.2)62.6 (33.1)
617.6 (1.77)2.31 (0.21)18.2 (1.94)205 (27.9)94.2 (22.5)
722.5 (2.20)1.99 (0.66)23.5 (1.43)162 (24.9)66.6 (14.0)
819.8 (1.26)2.65 (0.86)14.3 (2.75)155 (24.5)67.4 (13.9)
922.0 (3.55)1.79 (0.32)23.2 (3.71)257 (33.6)184 (31.0)
1019.8 (1.26)2.75 (0.31)20.0 (1.56)178 (38.0)73.0 (30.0)
1129.7 (1.89)3.27 (1.03)29.4 (2.83)125 (14.1)36.0 (6.26)
1221.3 (3.09)5.91 (1.30)18.4 (2.86)156 (66.8)66.5 (48.0)
1323.7 (1.18)2.20 (0.13)24.5 (1.05)180 (39.4)66.3 (32.1)
1417.0 (3.65)2.36 (2.34)17.6 (3.62)239 (36.4)143 (23.6)
1522.1 (2.37)2.34 (0.98)22.6 (3.32)156 (27.1)49.9 (19.3)
1617.3 (2.11)2.10 (0.58)18.3 (2.50)208 (20.4)76.5 (12.5)
1721.7 (1.08)2.49 (0.40)22.1 (0.72)183 (24.8)105 (28.0)
1830.8 (2.87)5.41 (2.62)28.3 (1.49)108 (17.6)34.8 (10.6)
1925.1 (2.07)1.93 (0.42)26.1 (1.68)194 (33.3)77.0 (32.0)
2024.0 (1.14)2.34 (0.52)24.6 (0.78)154 (17.2)78.9 (35.2)
Fresh293 (71.9)121 (69.7)