Table 3.

Mean values of moisture and color parameters for fresh apple and all treatments dried.

	Experiment	Moisture (g Water/g Sample)	ΔE
	Fresh	0.866 ± 0.002 a
	CD	0.023 ± 0.002 b	13.26 ± 0.15 a
	FD	0.011 ± 0.001 c	11.77 ± 0.05 b
70 °C	Control RW	0.038 ± 0.001 d.e	12.06 ± 0.17 a,b
	3 (17 pores/cm2, 600 µm)	0.044 ± 0.001 d,e,f	5.89 ± 0.39 c
	4 (17 pores/cm2, 200 µm)	0.103 ± 0.011 g,h	11.35 ± 1.11 b,d
	7 (25 pores/cm2, 400 µm)	0.063 ± 0.007 i	6.92 ± 0.50 c.j
	8 (9 pores/cm2, 400 µm)	0.096 ± 0.001 g	11.09 ± 0.66 b,k
80 °C	Control RW	0.035 ± 0.002 d	11.26 ± 1.26 b
	9 (9 pores/cm2, 200 µm)	0.014 ± 0.001 b,c	8.90 ± 1.21 e,f,i
	10 (25 pores/cm2, 200 µm)	0.094 ± 0.015 g	8.75 ± 0.44 f,i
	11 (25 pores/cm2, 600 µm)	0.055 ± 0.002 f,i	8.22 ± 1.46 e,f,g,i
	12 (9 pores/cm2, 600 µm)	0.057 ± 0.002 i	8.98 ± 0.90 e,f,i
	13 (17 pores/cm2, 400 µm)	0.097 ± 0.007 g	8.48 ± 1.21 e,f,h,i
	14 (17 pores/cm2, 400 µm)	0.067 ± 0.006 i	8.83 ± 1.04 e,f,i
	15 (17 pores/cm2, 400 µm)	0.055 ± 0.003 f,i	9.65 ± 0.94 e,f
90 °C	Control RW	0.049 ± 0.001 e,f	12.56 ± 0.91 a,b,d
	1 (17 pores/cm2, 200 µm)	0.065 ± 0.002 i	7.19 ± 0.89 c,g,h,i
	2 (17 pores/cm2, 600 µm)	0.048 ± 0.002 e,f	5.89 ± 1.62 c
	5 (9 pores/cm2, 400 µm)	0.092 ± 0.007 g	9.63 ± 0.07 f,k
	6 (25 pores/cm2, 400 µm)	0.111 ± 0.005 h	7.76 ± 0.04 i,j

Means with different superscripts within a column differ significantly (p < 0.05).