Pre-Treatments Effect on Pepper Drying Time and Microstructure

• Main Authors: Ana Sakura, Zainal Abidin, Melissa Michelle, Rolland, Sinin, Hamdan, Rasli, Muslimen, Shirley, Jonathan Tanjong, Raudhah, Ahmadi, Shahrol, Mohamaddan, Annisa, Jamali
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: AIP Publishing 2023
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41800/1/Pre-Treatments.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41800/; https://pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/article/2643/1/050043/2873141/Pre-treatments-effect-on-pepper-drying-time-and; https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0110455

. The traditional pepper drying process takes 4 to 5 days, although it can take longer on wet day. This paper presented a study on the effects of two pre-treatment methods to the improvement of drying rate of black pepper production. Boiling and chilling were used to pre-treat two samples of peppe...