The jackfruit (Kappa) was the basic study
material to investigate the dehydrated jackfruit bulb.
The two types of variety were available Kappa and
Barkha. Kappa type of jackfruit has a good firmness
and its cells are also strong. The Barkha type of
jackfruit has was very poor firmness and cells are not
strong. Therefore, Kappa type of variety was used for
investigation. Fresh, well mature and diseases free
jackfruits were procured from the university farm and
local supplier. The moisture content of jackfruit
procured was in the range 72-78 %. The process for
preparation of dehydrated jackfruit bulb is shown in
Fig 1.