as demonstrated by Fernandes et al. [23], the water
diffusivity decreases with increasing the sugar concentration in the
osmotic aqueous solution. Of course, one may generally expect an
increase in drying time but this reflects in compensating increase
in Water Loss (WL) and Solid Gain (SG) and enhancement of productquality, i.e. greater content of nutritive components, as well as
better flavor and color.