Research Article

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

Table 5

Contents of individual phenolics in orange slices before and after drying (mg/g dw).

Drying conditionsPhenolic acidFlavanoid
Vanillic acidGallic acidChlorogenic acidSinapic acido-Coumaric acidEpicatechinHesperidinNaringenin

Fresh orange slices503.63 ± 71.16a181.30 ± 22.00a187.22 ± 18.98a254.56 ± 11.52a169.21 ± 32.00a930.75 ± 39.44a5592.13 ± 615.03a236.86 ± 19.90a
60°C HTAD100.06 ± 4.54b28.67 ± 3.86b26.35 ± 2.72c45.32 ± 6.43cd8.83 ± 1.54b215.91 ± 32.87ab2783.31 ± 189.29b88.26 ± 1.39de
70°C HTAD73.35 ± 13.03b34.52 ± 2.54b39.28 ± 4.42bc59.99 ± 6.61b22.22 ± 1.45b226.66 ± 56.25ab2223.06 ± 138.94bc145.65 ± 47.75bc
80°C HTAD88.87 ± 7.89b33.94 ± 2.98b35.56 ± 2.14bc30.66 ± 3.95e17.98 ± 3.01b165.94 ± 36.75c1890.61 ± 58.36cd73.19 ± 3.53de
60°C HTAD-MW49.36 ± 7.91b31.89 ± 1.14b42.62 ± 0.92bc54.16 ± 0.55bc20.53 ± 8.11b254.14 ± 13.13b2792.23 ± 144.99b100.11 ± 3.85cd
70°C HTAD-MW65.83 ± 14.22b31.80 ± 1.36b35.03 ± 7.41bc60.49 ± 2.41b13.16 ± 1.38b154.97 ± 10.76c1370.10 ± 24.28d44.64 ± 0.62e
80°C HTAD-MW106.03 ± 7.59b40.28 ± 0.98b48.60 ± 2.59b38.59 ± 2.11de8.47 ± 0.78b224.77 ± 15.91bc2248.28 ± 17.53bc157.50 ± 13.27b

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