Table 6. Mean sensory scores of onion shreds dried in microwave-assisted convective drier at different microwave (MW) power levels and 50 °C.

MW power level W	Colour	Texture	Flavour	Taste	Overall acceptability
Fresh sample	8.72±0.53	8.52±0.51	8.82±0.32	8.64±0.22	8.82±0.24
120	7.04±0.42	7.92±0.47	7.35±0.35	7.32±0.41	7.34±0.43
240	6.82±0.46	8.03±0.36	7.24±0.47	7.31±0.35	7.42±0.37
360	6.23±0.34	7.84±0.35	6.95±0.21	7.16±0.19	6.91±0.44
480	5.16±0.25	7.52±0.41	6.22±0.33	6.82±0.38	6.32±0.51