What does the extent of deterioration of vitamins in dried up food items depend upon?

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asked Jan 30, 2022 in Food Engineering by Amelia (93.8k points)

What does the extent of deterioration of vitamins in dried up food items depend upon?

(a) Caution exercised during the preparation of food by dehydration

(b) Dehydration process selected and the care in its execution

(c) Conditions of the dried food

(d) All of the mentioned

This question was posed to me during an online interview.

This is a very interesting question from Principles of Food Preservation by Drying-2 in section Principles of Food Preservation by Canning and Drying and Principles of Food Concentrates of Food Engineering

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