The drying kinetics as well as the degree and pattern of shrinkage of carrot cube undergoing LPSSD and vacuum drying at various temperatures were examined. In terms of drying kinetics the drying temperature affected in a normal fashion the moisture reduction rate of samples dried both by LPSSD and vacuum drying. The relationship between the degree of shrinkage and the moisture ratio was found to be almost second-order in nature at every tested condition. The degree of shrinkage of carrot cube undergoing LPSSD was not significantly different from that undergoing vacuum drying. However, the shrinkage pattern was found to depend both on the drying methods and drying conditions. Using only the degree of shrinkage to describe the shrinkage (and deformation) is therefore not enough. Further study should be done on refining the technique for evaluating the projected area of the drying sample; such technique as image analysis could be found useful as a more accurate result might be obtained. It should be noted also that there is obviously a limit to how well a single parameter can characterize the particle shape.