Strawberry halves osmodehydrated at a temperature of 35 ◦C
for 150 min as well as untreated samples, were quick frozen
at−40 ◦C by a forced air convection [h = 11 W/(m2 K) – Sanyo
MIR 553, Sanyo Electric Co, Ora-Gun, Gunma, Japan], packed
in pouches out of BOPP-PE laminate film used for commercial
frozen vegetable products, and kept at this temperature for a
short period of time before being distributed into controlled
temperature cabinets.