Table 8.
Physicochemical characteristics * | Sapodilla | |
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In Natura | Dehydrated Osmotically + Drying (Assay 9) | |
Water activity (Aw) | 0.985 ± 0.001 a | 0.803 ± 0.017 b |
Total soluble solids (°Brix) | 13.67 ± 0.58 b | 19.67 ± 2.08 a |
pH | 4.75 ± 0.05 a | 4.71 ± 0.32 a |
TCV, total caloric value. * Averages of 3 determinations. In each line, means followed by the same letters (a,b) do not differ significantly at the 5% level of significance by the Student’s t-test.