Carrot (Daucus carota L.) is one of the important
vegetables grown throughout the world containing high
amounts of sugar. Carrot is cooked, dried to be used in
instant soups or meals or consumed as raw. Carrots are
the highest carotene containing foods which makes dried
carrot slices an excellent candidate for developing an oil
free snack food if the nutritionalval ue and a puffed
texture can be preserved (Lin, Durance, & Scaman,
1998).