We analyzed samples from fully ripe Asian (Curcurbita
moschata) pumpkin. Samples of pumpkin were prepared by
peeling and seeding the ripened pumpkin, and chopping the
pumpkin flesh into small pieces. Approximately 800 g of
pumpkin flesh was then freeze-dried to constant mass (for
approximately 24 h). C. moschata freeze-dried samples were
prepared in Daegu, South Korea, packaged and shipped by
Federal Express on dry ice to our laboratory in Davis, California,
USA. The freeze-dried pumpkin lost approximately
90% of its mass (for a yield of 10.2%, w/w).