The heating with an IR intensity of 5.25 W/cm2 at the emitter distance of 75 mm for
56 s were found as the optimum operating conditions resulting in the peelability of 96%, peeling easiness
of 3.8 and moisture loss of 1.29% at jujube surface temperature of 115 C. The experimental results agreed
well with those predicted by the models. The IR peeled jujube had significantly low peeling loss and
color change compared to lye peeled ones.