Table 3 shows the vitamin C retention of cried carrots blanched and dried by different methods. IR blanched-hybrid dried carrot retained higher (54%) vitamin C compared IR blanched-hot air dried (42%) and water blanched-hot air dried (33%). Loss of water soluble nutrients and longer drying duration in conventional water blanching and hot air drying could be responsible for above observation. Ramesh et al. (2002) reported higher vitamin C retention in MW dry-blanched bell pepper as compared to water blanched. Long drying time also leads to flavour, colour and nutrients loss in the products (Devahastin a.id Niamnuy, 2C10; Yan et al, 2010). The results showed that the combination of IR dry blanching and IR based hybrid drying yields better product quality in terms of water soluble nutrients.