The discrepancy between the experimental and simulation results, for both drying at constant temperature and drying with
optimized temperature trajectory, was explained by the different
physical states of the samples (intact sample versus grounded
samples) and by the different heating treatments applied to mea-sure the reaction kinetics for the simulations results.
This fi ndingalso suggests that besides temperature and moisture content,
changes in the physical state that occur during drying also play an
important role in the degradation of nutritional compounds during
drying.