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INNOVATIVE FOOD SCIENCE & EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Volume 33, Issue -, Pages 348-356Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2015.11.003
Keywords
Hyperspectral imaging; Mango slices; Shape; Microwave-vacuum drying; Moisture distribution; Uniformity
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- University College Dublin (UCD, Ireland)
- Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC, China)
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The prediction of moisture content uniformity on mango slices as affected by four different shapes (square, rectangle, regular triangle, and round shape) during microwave-vacuum drying (MVD) was investigated using near infrared hyperspectral imaging in combination with multivariate chemometric analysis. Applying spectral pretreatment of a 2nd derivative followed by mean-center to raw spectra was found to be greatly beneficial for the reduction of noise and scattering levels. Seven wavelengths (951, 977, 1138, 1362, 1386, 1420, and 1440 nm) with larger absolute values of regression coefficients derived from a partial least square regression model were identified as feature variables for moisture prediction. An optimized model based on the selected wavelengths was developed using multivariate linear regression, achieving a high prediction accuracy with R-p(2) = 0.993 and RMSEP = 1.282%. From the moisture distribution map, a similar non-uniform drying pattern was found on square, rectangle and regular triangle-shaped samples, while round-shaped mango slices achieved better drying results. Industrial relevance: The current study suggested that NIR hyperspectral imaging was a promising technique in predicting the moisture content of mango slices during MVD, and non-uniformity of moisture distribution and the effect of sample geometry should be taken into account when the microwave-vacuum method is implemented in drying. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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