In order to evaluate the effects of the starch and of the application temperature of the edible coating on the carotenoid content of slices of dried pumpkin, native starch coating and modified corn and cassava coating were applied at the gelatinization temperature
(80e90 C) and in the previously cooled solution (30 C). The slices were soaked in the starch solutions for 1 min, pre-dried through draining, on perforated stainless steel trays at room temperature for 50 min in the dark. They were turned over at 25 min and dried
in a forced air oven at 70 C for a period of 8e10 h until moisture content of approximately 10 g/100 g.