The behavior of peeled and unpeeled cherry tomatoes was investigated during forced convective drying. The study showed that the drying process highly alters the shape of the samples. This alteration (shrinkage) was examined using a
non-destructive X-ray microtomography imaging technique. For both cases (peeled and unpeeled tomatoes), the volumeof the sample decreased linearly with its moisture content. Furthermore, the effects of theoperating air temperature as well as the peel on the drying curves were explored. Accordingly, increasing the air temperature deceased drying time from 1200 ks at 50◦C to 500 ks at 70◦C for the unpeeled sample and from 80 ks at 60◦C to 50 ks at 70◦C for the peeled sample.