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Rehydration of Freeze‐Dried and Convective Dried Boletus edulis Mushrooms: Effect on Some Quality Parameters
Author(s) -
Hernando I.,
Sanjuán N.,
PérezMunuera I.,
Mulet A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2008.00913.x
Subject(s) - dehydration , freeze drying , chemistry , texture (cosmology) , food science , water activity , water content , chromatography , biochemistry , artificial intelligence , computer science , image (mathematics) , geotechnical engineering , engineering
Quality of rehydrated products is a key aspect linked to rehydration conditions. To assess the effect of rehydration temperature on some quality parameters, experiments at 20 and 70 °C were performed with convective dried and freeze‐dried Boletus edulis mushrooms. Rehydration characteristics (through Peleg's parameter, k 1 , and equilibrium moisture, W e ), texture (Kramer), and microstructure (Cryo‐Scanning Electron Microscopy) were evaluated. Freeze‐dried samples absorbed water more quickly and attained higher W e values than convective dried ones. Convective dehydrated samples rehydrated at 20 °C showed significantly lower textural values (11.9 ± 3.3 N/g) than those rehydrated at 70 °C (15.7 ± 1.2 N/g). For the freeze‐dried Boletus edulis , the textural values also exhibited significant differences, being 8.2 ± 1.3 and 10.5 ± 2.3 N/g for 20 and 70 °C, respectively. Freeze‐dried samples showed a porous structure that allows rehydration to take place mainly at the extracellular level. This explains the fact that, regardless of temperature, freeze‐dried mushrooms absorbed water more quickly and reached higher W e values than convective dried ones. Whatever the dehydration technique used, rehydration at 70 °C produced a structural damage that hindered water absorption; consequently lower W e values and higher textural values were attained than when rehydrating at 20 °C.