3.3.2.3. Weight reduction. Fig. 3 shows the evolution of weight
reduction of the coated and uncoated papaya samples during dehydration
process. All treatments, independently of the ripening degree,
showed a similar behavior for weight reduction, observing,
of general way, that coated papaya samples presented higher values
for this parameter than uncoated fruits, which it could due
to that the fruits treated with coatings lost more water (Fig. 1)
and won less solids than fruits without coatings (Fig. 2). It is agree
with the results obtained by Díaz (2003) and Argaiz, Leyva, and
Jiménez (2003).