presented the concentration profiles and defined an
advancing disturbance front for osmotically dehydrated apples exposed
to different concentrations of sucrose solution. The concentration
profiles for water and sucrose have been previously
determined in potato pieces (Mauro and Menegalli, 2003) as well
as in apples (Monnerat et al., 2006) treated with different concentrations
of sucrose solution. The diffusivities were evaluated as a
function of concentration and position in both cases, and correlated
with changes verified by fruit tissues microscopy images