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Abstract
An emerging drying method, far-infrared radiation heating-assisted pulsed vacuum drying (FIR-PVD), was employed to dry raspberries. In this study, the impacts of FIR-PVD, freeze drying (FD), and hot air drying (HAD) on drying characteristics and quality attributes, including color, rehydration ratio, content of total phenolics (TP), content of total monomeric anthocyanins (TMA), antioxidant activity, and microstructural attributes of dried raspberries, were examined. Results indicated that FIR-PVD notably shortened the drying time by 47.78% compared to HAD and by 73.89% compared to FD. The FIR-PVD samples exhibited the highest TP content, DPPH radical scavenging activity, and FRAP value, which were 17.73%, 6.09%, and 38.16% higher than those of the FD samples, respectively, and 2.78%, 2.77%, and 18.74% higher than those of the HAD samples. Significant correlations (p < 0.05) were observed between antioxidant capacity, as measured by DPPH and FRAP assays, and TP content. However, FD at a low temperature led to a higher TMA content than FIR-PVD and HAD. FIR-PVD resulted in the highest ΔE values of dried products due to the lightness enhancement. In addition, the dried products obtained by FIR-PVD had better rehydration capacity. These findings indicate that FIR-PVD presents a promising alternative method for drying raspberries, as it enhances drying efficiency and improves the quality attributes of the dried products.
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Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472) is an international and cross-disciplinary scholarly and scientific open access journal on the science of cultivating the soil, growing, harvesting crops, and raising livestock. We will aim to look at production, processing, marketing and use of foods, fibers, plants and animals. The journal Agriculturewill publish reviews, regular research papers, communications and short notes, and there is no restriction on the length of the papers. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical research in as much detail as possible. Full experimental and/or methodical details must be provided for research articles.