In order to decide on optimum combination; minimum
concentration, minimum time and minimum
temperature should be considered. These minimal
conditions were determined by testing the conditions
individually in the previous study. Every condition
was tested and a suitable set of conditions
for chemical peeling of carrots was determined
as 7.5 g NaOH / kg at 77 °C for 10.5 minutes. This
value is optimum peeling condition for carrots in
chemical peeling for this study No peeling was observed
during the usage of 2.5 g NaOH / kg at 57
°C (Table 1). Peeling conditions were determined
according to their unpeeled skin surface area. No
cooking was observed during the experimentation.
The conditions were also adjusted to prevent cooking.
Finally, the peeled skin surface was measured
by a specific method