Table 1.
Moisture content of hazelnuts before and after dehydration, and after drying and drying time
| Cultivar | M | MC (%) | Drying time (h) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initially | After dehydration | After drying | ||||||
| Shell | Kernel | Shell | Kernel | Shell | Kernel | |||
| Tombul | CG | 28.02 | 26.13 | 25.33 | 22.00 | 7.50 | 5.45 | 85 |
| GG | 8.10 | 6.00 | 96 | |||||
| DM1 | 8.00 | 6.02 | 25 | |||||
| DM2 | 8.50 | 5.89 | 23 | |||||
| Palaz | CG | 27.96 | 25.00 | 24.96 | 21.01 | 7.75 | 6.24 | 76 |
| GG | 7.70 | 6.27 | 85 | |||||
| DM1 | 7.69 | 6.32 | 26 | |||||
| DM2 | 7.48 | 6.35 | 24 | |||||
| Ordu Levant | CG | 29.00 | 26.59 | 21.50 | 19.00 | 9.00 | 5.68 | 80 |
| GG | 9.23 | 6.75 | 88 | |||||
| DM1 | 9.01 | 5.86 | 30 | |||||
| DM2 | 8.86 | 5.03 | 27 | |||||
M Drying, CG concrete ground, GG grass ground, DM1 and DM2 drying machine (45 °C and 50 °C, respectively), MC moisture content