Impact of Different Drying Methods on the Acerola-Ceriguela Mixed Pulp: Physicochemical Characteristics, Bioactive Compounds, and Sensory Attributes

Table 2

Physicochemical characterization of acerola-ceriguela (60% acerola and 40% ceriguela) mixed pulp obtained by spray-drying, freeze-drying, and spouted bed drying.

Physicochemical parameters	Spray-drying	Freeze-drying	Spouted bed drying
Aw	0.17^b ± 0.03	0.19^b ± 0.01	0.32^a ± 0.01
Moisture (%)	2.89^c ± 0.12	4.51^b ± 0.15	5.49^a ± 0.03
Total soluble solids (°Brix)	8.64^a ± 0.30	7.83^a ± 0.30	7.80^a ± 0.40
pH	3.42^a ± 0.06	3.35^a ± 0.04	3.40^a ± 0.07
Total acidity (g/100 g of citric acid)	0.36^a ± 0.02	0.34^a ± 0.03	0.32^a ± 0.01
TSS/TA ratio	23.65^a ± 2.13	23.10^a ± 1.15	23.62^a ± 0.64

Triplicate mean ± standard deviation. Means in each line followed by different superscript letters were significantly different , by Tukey’s test.