Yacon roots are increasingly being consumed due to its prebiotic and antioxidant activities and its low caloric value. Dehydration methods have been employed to extend its shelf-life, however little academic literature exists on how to best apply drying technologies in order to obtain interesting products. Moreover, there is scarce data about mathematical modeling of osmotic dehydration of foods due to the difficulty of assessing the multicomponent mass flows involved. The application of osmotic treatment before convective drying (osmo-convective drying) provided quality gains to the dried...
Yacon roots are increasingly being consumed due to its prebiotic and antioxidant activities and its low caloric value. Dehydration methods have been e...