Ackee (Blighia sapida) aril is a nutrient-rich but highly perishable fruit, which limits its utilization and industrial application. While previous studies have reported physicochemical and functional properties of dried ackee aril and flours, they lack statistically optimisied d...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2026/v25i3857
Onions (Allium cepa L.) are among the most widely utilized vegetables globally known for both their culinary and nutritional attributes. Despite their importance, onions are highly perishable and susceptible to quality degradation under suboptimal storage conditions, particularly...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2025/v24i5789
Tchekessi C. K. Celestin, Djogbe A. Anayce, Assogba T. Karl, Banon S. B. Jultesse, Bleoussi M. T. Roseline, Sachi S. A. Pivot, Choucounou I. Ornella & Bokossa Yaou Innocent·Asian Food Science Journal·2022
The objective of this study is to develop an adequate preservation process for gowé, a fermented paste of germinated maize grains. To do this, drying experiments and physicochemical and nutritional analyzes were carried out. The results of the physicochemical analyzes showed that...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i930464
The thin layer drying characteristics of tomato and okra slices dried using mixed-mode on-farm solar dryer, indirect mode on-farm solar dryer and open sun drying. The tomato and okra slices dried faster when dried under the mixed-mode on-farm solar dryer. Drying time was reduced...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i430425
A solar-biogas hybrid dryer was designed, developed and tested for onion drying with a capacity of 8 kg/batch. Solar energy was utilized as primary energy for onion drying in a greenhouse type drying chamber (direct solar) and biogas powered air heater used as a supplementary hea...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i730212
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of oven drying on the proximate composition and rehydration characteristics of shellfish. Shellfish studied included rough and smooth periwinkle, oyster and whelk. Proximate composition of the fresh samples were determined. Then dri...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2020/v14i130122