Research Article

Microwave-Assisted Hot Air Drying of Orange Snacks: Drying Kinetics, Thin Layer Modeling, Quality Attributes, and Phenolic Profiles

Table 3

The color values of fresh and dried orange slices changed by using the HTAD and HTAD-MW procedures.

Drying conditionsh°

Fresh orange slices56.49 ± 0.07a15.67 ± 0.01g46.99 ± 0.08a49.54 ± 0.08a71.55 ± 0,04a
60°C HTAD50.90 ± 0.05b15.82 ± 0.01f42.15 ± 0.02b17.23 ± 0.01c46.48 ± 0.01b68.08 ± 0.02b
60°C HTAD-MW49.53 ± 0.03c15.93 ± 0.02e41.20 ± 0.03c20.20 ± 0.05a43.08 ± 0.05c65.93 ± 0.01c
70°C HTAD46.01 ± 0.04d16.28 ± 0.05d38.09 ± 0.08d13.87 ± 0.01f40.23 ± 0.02d64.87 ± 0.02e
70°C HTAD-MW44.35 ± 0.01e16.71 ± 0.01c31.47 ± 0.06e19.84 ± 0.03b34.96 ± 0.09e65.06 ± 0.03d
80°C HTAD43.04 ± 0.03f17.28 ± 0.06b30.75 ± 0.12f14.57 ± 0.01e33.78 ± 0.25f63.79 ± 0.03f
80°C HTAD-MW41.74 ± 0.05g17.77 ± 0.05a28.08 ± 0.03g16.20 ± 0.02d30.64 ± 0.03g62.87 ± 0.05g

Note. Different lower case letters indicate significant differences in the same column ( < 0.05).