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Moscetti, Roberto; Haff, Ron P.; Ferri, Serena; Raponi, Flavio; Monarca, Danilo; Liang, Peishih; Massantini, Riccardo. |
The worldwide consumption of dried carrot (Daucus carota L.) is on a growing trend. Conventional methods for drying carrots include hot-water blanching followed by hot-air drying, which is usually uncontrolled and therefore prone to product quality deterioration. Thus, there is a need for innovative drying systems that yield high-value end products. In this study, the efficacy of NIR spectroscopy for the non-destructive monitoring of physicochemical changes and drying behaviour in organic carrot slices during 8-h hot-air drying at 40 °C was demonstrated using Partial least squares (PLS) regression and PLS discriminant analysis (PLS-DA). The impact of hot-water blanching pre-treatment (at 95 °C for 1.45 min) for enzyme inactivation on performances of both... |
Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Processing; Packaging and transportation. |
Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/31398/1/10.1007%252Fs11947-017-1975-3.pdf |
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