osmotic
dehydration is the process of water removal by
immersion of water-containing cellular solid in a
concentrated aqueous solution. Osmotic
dehydration of food using saline or sugar solution
results in three types of mass transfer phenomenon
namely; water outflow from the food tissue to
the osmotic solution; a solute transfer from the
Even though water transfer from the food tissue to the
osmotic solution predominates, the leaching out of
solutes from the food tissue can have effect on the
organoleptic and nutritional quality of the dehydrated
product (Ali et al., 2010; Tortoe, 2010).