FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2006, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (12): 479-482.

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Study on Characteristics of Hot-air Drying of Tilapia and Its Main Components Changes

 DUAN  Zhen-Hua, SHANG  Jun, XU  Song, WANG  Xi-Bin, YI  Mei-Hua   

  1. 1.Ocean College, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China;2.Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources, Ministry of Education, Haikou 570228, China
  • Online:2006-12-15 Published:2011-11-23

Abstract: The characteristics of hot-air drying of fresh fish slices from tilapia at different temperatures(40~60℃) were investigated. At the same time, the contents of main components were assayed in this paper. Results showed that an increase in temperature results in an increase in drying rate.The total time of drying of fish slices needed to reach moisture equilibrium on higher temperature is at least 9 hours less than on lower temperatures. It also found that the drying rate changes significantly with differences in thickness of fish slices.

Key words: tilapia, fish slices, drying, protein, main components