The study included six protocols: (1) a control (nondried,frozen/thawed berries), (2) MWVD, (3) HACD at 60 C, (4)HACD at 90 C, (5) HACD + MWVD with hot air pre-drying step at 60 C until the achievement of moisture content of 2.03 ± 0.04 kg H2O kg1 DM, (6) HACD + MWVD with hot air pre-drying step at 90 C until the achievement of moisture content of 2.00 ± 0.05 kg H2O kg1 DM.