title: Standardization of pre-treatments for the preparation of dried arils from wild pomegranate.
abstract: Pre-treatments for drying of wild pomegranate arils were standardized to check discolouration of dried arils. Steam blanching of arils for 30 s followed by sulphur fumigation at 0.3% for 60 min was found suitable as they took minimum time to dry a given tray load, and had minimum non-enzymatic browning, furfural, hydroxyl methyl furfural and moisture contents. The dried arils of the standardized pre-treatment recorded maximum scores for sensory characteristics like colour, texture, taste, aroma and overall acceptability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Postharvest Technology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, 173230 India.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: Neerja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Joshi
keywords: Cabinet drier; Dried arils; Sulphiting; Sulphuring; Wild pomegranate