Enzymatic browning in fruits represents a difficult problem for Food Industry, especially with recent restrictions in the use of synthetic antioxidants. It is often associated with undesirable off-flavors and negative effects on taste and nutritional value. This physiological disorder is mainly due to the oxidation of natural phenolic compounds into quinones that are polymerized to brown pigments by polyphenol ...
This work aims to compare the accuracy of several drying modelling techniques namely semi-empirical, diffusive and artificial neural network (ANN) models as applied to salted codfish (Gadus Morhua). To this end, sets of experimental data were collected to adjust parameters for the models. Modelling of codfish drying was performed by resorting to Page and Thompson semi-empirical models and to a Fick diffusion la...