This simple manual provides the process and recipe to markedly improve the quality of dried fruit. [...]
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 This is probably the best technical information I have seen aimed at the training of small scale vegetable and fruit processors. The first book covers the principles of post-harvest handling, storage and processing of fruits and vegetables while the second provides recipes and guidance to put these principles into practice. click image for free [...] This document, from US Agriculture, is a review of dehydration at a somewhat higher technology level than is often the case on this blog. The technologies described include batch cabinet dryer, spray dryer and even the freeze dryer. The article also covers business, marketing and regulatory issues and has many link, unfortunately to mainly [...] This is a short 10 page note from The National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service . It summarises the various drying technologies applicable to food drying in a concise manner, supporting this with some cost information.
from: ATTRA (click image for full story online)
It then focusses on the potential of drying as a [...] This study in the African Journal of Nutrition, Agriculture and Development (AJFAND), clearly shows, as would be expected, the loss in Vitamin A and C was the highest, while the crude protein content measured by a Kjeldahl method fell more than the minerals and fibre which one would not expect to be directly effected by [...] Another document available for free from The ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) through Anancy.
from: Anancy (click image for full story online)
This uninspiring cover hides the value of the information and misleads on it breadth – it covers processing and business issues in 16 pages of concise [...] Here’s another one of those amazing FAO books. Although its focussed on rural processing it presents technologies that can produce products the equal of large industry.
from: FAO (click image for full story online)
This is mainly hurdle technology where shelf stability is achieved by a combination of processes and ingredients rather [...] I intend to do a series of posts on fruit and vegetable drying given that this is one of the simplest, safest and cheapest processing technologies. However, as I am always promoting that we need to start at the market side. We also need to define the sector we are working in. But first a [...] The previous post was based on the commercial press view of the technology – a little more looking gave another more technology and product based view.
from: EnWave (click image for full story online)
EnWave seems to have been focussed on high value freeze drying application in active pharmaceutical dehydration and the [...] Is this really a new technology? too often I’ve read about the next new drying technology but the changes haven’t been significant for many years. At the end of the day that cost is a major issue where many new technologies have failed.
from: Food Production Daily (click image for full story online) [...] |
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