The Impact of Carbonic Maceration Pretreatment on the Convective Drying of Seedless Grapes: RSM Optimization, Drying Characteristics and Microstructure.

In the last 2 decades, Turkey and the United States have produced half of the world's dried grape production. Sultani seedless grape, used as a material in the study, is the most important grape variety since being economically growing in Turkiye for dried grape production and its exportation. The aim of the present study was to investigate the drying of seedless grapes by carbonic maceration (CM) pretreatment and following hot air drying.

Does L. leaf provide a high potential as a source of bioactive constituents: A case study about the influences of process/storage conditions.

The current study focused on the valorization of carrot leaves, L. because of their high amount of ascorbic acid (AA), phenolic compounds, and the related antioxidant activity. In this study, the changes in carrot leaves caused by different drying techniques (freeze, vacuum, microwave-assisted infrared, oven) and different storage conditions (room temperature and refrigerator) were investigated.

Drying of Tarhana dough by Refractance Window™ technology under vacuum/atmospheric conditions: Characterization of physical and quality parameters.

This study aimed to produce dried tarhana using a refractance window drying (RWD) system. The drying process was also carried out under vacuum; the current study is the first in the literature. Using different heating mediums, the maximum temperature can be adjusted to a level above that used in RWD studies.