The concentration of OD was an important
tool to reduce the water content with little bit damage
on the quality of fresh products. This was done with the
mild treatment of product at low temperature (30-
50°C); so that temperature did not affect the properties
of cell membranes, which was necessary to maintain
the osmotic phenomenon (Lazarids, 2001). The plant
tissue was continuously immersed in the osmotic
medium because oxygen was not exposed so that there
was no need of use of antioxidant to protect against
enzymatic and oxidative discoloration (Dixon et al.,
1976)