Based on the biochemical analysis, it was found that the papaya powder obtained from foam thickness of 2 mm and dried at 60 retained significantly higher amount of nutritional qualities than other treatments such 4 foam thickness and dried at 65
The biochemical results of the non-foamed papaya powder are presented in table 4
From the table, is clearly seen that the biochemical compositions in the foamed dried papaya powder were retained significantly higher as compared in the non-foamed dried papaya powder at all drying temperature and pulp thickness studied.
This might be due to a higher drying rate with lower drying time in foamed pulp whereas lower drying rate with higher drying time in non-foamed pulp