FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2002, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (2): 33-35.

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Lowering the Water Activity in Low -S ugar Preserved Fruit

 YANG  Chun, LU  Jian-Wu   

  • Online:2002-02-15 Published:2012-02-13

Abstract: It is necessary to lower water activity(Aw)in low -sugar preserved fruit down below0.65to keep it’ s quality upto 12-months.In order to determine the relationshipbetween t he water -affinity substances,such as citric acidandpropylene atdifferentconcentrations onthe Awinlow-sugar pre servedfruit,the capacity ofcomposite water -affinitysubstances tolowerAwinlo w -sugarpreservedfruits,andtheeffectofacertainwater -affinitysub stanceonthe Awinpreserved apricot and preserved haw.

Key words: Low -sugar preservedfruit , Activity of water , Water -affinity substance , Lower