Food dehydration

VIOLLAZ, P E; ALZAMORA, STELLA MARIS

Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems

UNESCO Publ. / EOLSS Publ. Co. Ltd.

Lugar: New York; Año: 2005; p. 461 - 477

Drying is a widely used method of food preservation. In this article, aspects of this wide but still developing field are presented. Relationships between the state of water and dried food stability, moisture migration mechanisms, drying kinetics, as well as traditional and novel drying techniques, are addressed.