metabisulfite pre-treatment (MS-ODPF) and freeze-dried pumpkin
flour with metabisulfite pre-treatment (MS-FDPF), respectively. In
the second preperation method, all operations described above,
except metabisulfite pre-treatment, have been fully applied. These
products were also called hot-air oven dried pumpkin flour (ODPF)
and freeze-dried pumpkin flour (FDPF), respectively. Pumpkin
flours were placed in glass jars and kept in a refrigerator prior to
analyses.