OD results in increased shelf-life, a little bit loss of aroma in dried and semidried food, lessening the load of freezing and to freeze the food without causing unnecessary changes in texture (Petrotos and Lazarides, 2001). Different types of solutes such as fructose, corn syrup, glucose, sodium chloride and sucrose are used as an osmotic agent for OD (Azuara and Beristain, 2002).