processes Review Effect of Selected Drying Methods and Emerging Drying Intensification Technologies on the Quality of Dried Fruit: A Review Milivoj Radojˇcin 1,*, Ivan Pavkov 1 , Danijela Bursa´cKovaˇcevi´c 2 , Predrag Putnik 3 , Artur Wiktor 4 , Zoran Stamenkovi´c 1 , Krstan Kešelj 1 and Attila Gere 5 1 Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovi´ca8, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia;
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[email protected] Abstract: Drying is one of the oldest methods for food preservation that removes the water from fruit and makes it available for consumption throughout the year. Dried fruits can be produced by small- and large-scale processors, which makes them a very popular food among consumers and food manufacturers. The most frequent uses of drying technology include osmotic dehydration, vacuum drying, freeze-drying and different combinations of other drying technologies. However, drying may provoke undesirable changes with respect to physiochemical, sensory, nutritional and Citation: Radojˇcin,M.; Pavkov, I.; microbiological quality.