The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of drying
methods – vacuum microwave drying (VMD), hot air drying (AD), convective
air drying combined with vacuum microwave drying (AD-VMD)
and osmotic dehydration followed by vacuum microwave drying
(OD-VMD) – for strawberries and to compare both physicochemical
and structural changes caused by these methods that would affect
final product quality.