and rate constants were estimated. The rate constant increased with the increase in storage temperature, while it was decreased with the decrease of moisture content. le it was decreased with the decrease of moisture content. At storage temperature 5 °C, first order rate constants were observed as 7.1 × 10−2, 7.7 × 10−2, and 4.3 × 10−3 day−1 in the cases of samples containing moisture contents 94, 15 and 5 g/100 g sample, respectively.