Table 2.

Moisture content and water activity variation of dried Aloe vera gel powder during accelerated storage

Storage time, days	Moisture content (Xs) Kg water. kg dry solid−1			Water activity, aw			aw/Xs
	AF	PP	BOPP	AF	PP	BOPP	AF	PP	BOPP
0	5.00	5.00	5.00	0.232	0.232	0.232	0.046	0.046	0.046
7	5.73	5.83	6.10	0.278	0.283	0.302	0.049	0.049	0.050
14	6.52	6.59	7.00	0.332	0.335	0.396	0.051	0.051	0.057
21	7.13	7.38	7.56	0.401	0.454	0.488	0.056	0.062	0.065
28	7.24	7.66	8.78	0.435	0.502	0.549	0.060	0.066	0.063
35	7.78	8.74	9.17	0.495	0.538	0.641	0.064	0.062	0.070
42	8.71	9.16		0.581	0.640		0.067	0.070
49	9.13			0.639			0.070