Spray-drying optimization for red pitaya peel (Hylocereus polyrhizus)

• Main Authors: Bakar, Jamilah, Ee, Shu Chee, Syed Muhammad, Sharifah Kharidah, Mat Hashim, Dzulkifly, Mohd Adzahan, Noranizan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30475/1/Spray.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30475/; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11947-012-0842-5

Optimization for the spray-drying of pitaya peel (Hylocereus polyrhizus) was carried out using the central composite design (CCD) of the response surface methodology to study the effect of inlet air temperature (155–175 °C), outlet air temperature (75–85 °C), and maltodextrin DE10 concentration (8–2...