Evaluation of the Physicochemical Characteristics of a Blend Fruit Juice Powder Mixed with Lactiplantibacillus plantarum: A Comparison of Spray Drying and Freeze Drying

Table 2

Some physicochemical properties of spray-dried and freeze-dried probiotic fruit juice powders.

Drying

Yield (%)

(%)

Solubility (%)

(g/cm^3)

(g/cm^3)

(-)

CI (%)

HR

Color attributes

Hue

FD

^a

^a

^b

^b

^b

^b

^a

^b

^a

^a

^a

^a

^b

SD

^b

^b

^a

^a

^a

^a

^b

^a

^a

^b

^b

^b

^a

FD: freeze drying; SD: spray drying; : moisture content; : true density; : bulk density; : porosity; CI: Carr index; HR: Hausner ratio. Statistically significant difference between the FD and SD, within columns, are indicated with different lowercase letters.