OSMOTIC DEHYDRATION OF FRUIT: PART 1. SUGARS EXCHANGE BETWEEN FRUIT AND EXTRACTING SYRUPS

Abstract
The exchange of sugar components in cherry, apricot and peach with the osmotic syrup during osmotic dehydration was analyzed. Sugar exchange dynamics between the syrup and the fruits was found to be related not only to the flux of sugars from the syrup into the fruit, but is affected also by the individual sugars originally present in the fruit. The exchange is also dependent on the species of fruit, the relative diffusivity of the sugars and enzymatic activity within the fruit.

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