Paper · 2025 · Molecules

The Influence of Osmotic Treatment, Edible Coatings Application, and Reduced Pressure on Microwave–Vacuum-Dried Carrot Properties

Anna Ignaczak; Łukasz Woźniak; Agata Marzec; et al.

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Abstract

The study investigated the effect of osmotic treatment, edible coatings, and reduced pressure on the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate. Coatings were prepared using sodium alginate or citrus pectin solutions of 1.0 or 1.5%. Osmotic treatment, and then drying pressure, had the greatest effect on increasing the dry matter (DM), total phenolic content (TPC), and color changes, but also on decreasing the water activity (AW) of dried carrot. The highest DM (average 98.7%) and the lowest AW (average 0.25) were obtained in OE carrots and dried at 3.5 kPa. Drying carrots, combined with osmotic treatment and coating, increased TPC by 13-fold, from 225 in fresh to 3229 mg GAE/100 g d.m. in dried carrots. Osmotic treatment did not affect the antioxidant activity of DPPH•, but OD significantly increased ABTS•+ compared to the raw material. Coatings had a smaller effect on color changes and antioxidant activity (DPPH• and ABTS•+) and no significant impact on DM and AW. The color changes of the control and coated samples were an increase in color lightness, redness, yellowness, and saturation (vividness), and those subjected to osmotic treatment showed a decrease in these parameters. The lower AW of dried carrots positively affected higher hardness. All samples were sensory accepted, including color, texture, and smell, especially after OD in chokeberry juice concentrate, while crunchiness was the lowest (five out of nine points).

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Claims 17

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Osmotic treatment and then drying pressure had the greatest effect on increasing dry matter and total phenolic content of dried carrot.

Taxon
carrotDaucus carotae0
Treatment
Osmotic treatmente1
Outcome
dry matter (DM), total phenolic content (TPC)e1
Direction
increasinge1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Daucus carota
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Verbatim

e1

“Osmotic treatment, and then drying pressure, had the greatest effect on increasing the dry matter (DM), total phenolic content (TPC), and color changes, but also on decreasing the water activity (AW) of dried carrot”

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e0

“the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Osmotic treatment and then drying pressure had the greatest effect on decreasing water activity of dried carrot.

Taxon
carrotDaucus carotae0
Treatment
Osmotic treatmente1
Outcome
water activity (AW)e1
Direction
decreasinge1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota · TaxonZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e1

“Osmotic treatment, and then drying pressure, had the greatest effect on increasing the dry matter (DM), total phenolic content (TPC), and color changes, but also on decreasing the water activity (AW) of dried carrot”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 445–660 · show in text ↑
e0

“the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Carrots osmotically enriched and dried at 3.5 kPa had the highest dry matter, average 98.7%.

Taxon
carrotDaucus carotae0
Treatment
dried at 3.5 kPae2
Outcome
DMe2
Direction
higheste2
Value
98.7%e2

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota · TaxonZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e2

“The highest DM (average 98.7%) and the lowest AW (average 0.25) were obtained in OE carrots and dried at 3.5 kPa”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 662–774 · show in text ↑
e0

“the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Carrots osmotically enriched and dried at 3.5 kPa had the lowest water activity, average 0.25.

Taxon
carrotDaucus carotae0
Treatment
dried at 3.5 kPae2
Outcome
AWe2
Direction
loweste2
Value
0.25e2

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota · TaxonZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e2

“The highest DM (average 98.7%) and the lowest AW (average 0.25) were obtained in OE carrots and dried at 3.5 kPa”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 662–774 · show in text ↑
e0

“the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Drying carrots combined with osmotic treatment and coating increased total phenolic content 13-fold relative to fresh carrots.

Taxon
carrotDaucus carotae0
Treatment
Drying carrots, combined with osmotic treatment and coatinge3
Outcome
TPCe3
Direction
increasede3
Value
13-folde3
Qualifier
from 225 in fresh to 3229 mg GAE/100 g d.m.e3
Comparator
freshe3

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Daucus carota
Daucus carota · TaxonZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e3

“Drying carrots, combined with osmotic treatment and coating, increased TPC by 13-fold, from 225 in fresh to 3229 mg GAE/100 g d.m. in dried carrots”

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e0

“the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Osmotic treatment did not affect the antioxidant activity measured as DPPH.

Taxon
carrotDaucus carotae0
Treatment
Osmotic treatmente4
Outcome
antioxidant activitye4
Direction
did not affecte4
Qualifier
DPPHe4

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota · TaxonZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e4

“Osmotic treatment did not affect the antioxidant activity of DPPH•, but OD significantly increased ABTS•+ compared to the raw material”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 925–1059 · show in text ↑
e0

“the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Osmotic dehydration (OD) significantly increased ABTS compared to the raw material.

Taxon
carrotDaucus carotae0
Treatment
osmotic dehydration (OD)e0
Outcome
ABTSe4
Direction
increasede4
Comparator
raw materiale4

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota · TaxonZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e4

“Osmotic treatment did not affect the antioxidant activity of DPPH•, but OD significantly increased ABTS•+ compared to the raw material”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 925–1059 · show in text ↑
e0

“the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Edible coatings had no significant impact on dry matter and water activity of dried carrot.

Taxon
carrotDaucus carotae0
Treatment
Coatingse5
Outcome
DM and AWe5
Direction
no significant impacte5

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota · TaxonZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e5

“Coatings had a smaller effect on color changes and antioxidant activity (DPPH• and ABTS•+) and no significant impact on DM and AW”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1061–1190 · show in text ↑
e0

“the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Edible coatings had a smaller effect on color changes and antioxidant activity than osmotic treatment and drying pressure.

Taxon
carrotDaucus carotae0
Treatment
Coatingse5
Outcome
color changes and antioxidant activitye5
Direction
smaller effecte5

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota · TaxonZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e5

“Coatings had a smaller effect on color changes and antioxidant activity (DPPH• and ABTS•+) and no significant impact on DM and AW”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1061–1190 · show in text ↑
e0

“the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Control and coated carrot samples showed an increase in color lightness, redness and yellowness during drying.

Taxon
carrotDaucus carotae0
Outcome
color lightness, redness, yellownesse6
Direction
an increasee6
Qualifier
control and coated samplese6

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota · TaxonZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e6

“The color changes of the control and coated samples were an increase in color lightness, redness, yellowness, and saturation (vividness), and those subjected to osmotic treatment showed a decrease in these parameters”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1192–1408 · show in text ↑
e0

“the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 97–355 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Control and coated carrot samples showed an increase in color saturation (vividness) during drying.

Taxon
carrotDaucus carotae0
Outcome
saturation (vividness)e6
Direction
an increasee6
Qualifier
control and coated samplese6

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota · TaxonZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e6

“The color changes of the control and coated samples were an increase in color lightness, redness, yellowness, and saturation (vividness), and those subjected to osmotic treatment showed a decrease in these parameters”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1192–1408 · show in text ↑
e0

“the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 97–355 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Osmotic treatment showed a decrease in color lightness, redness and yellowness of dried carrot compared with control and coated samples.

Taxon
carrotDaucus carotae0
Treatment
osmotic treatmente6
Outcome
color lightness, redness, yellownesse6
Direction
a decreasee6
Comparator
control and coated samplese6

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota · TaxonZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e6

“The color changes of the control and coated samples were an increase in color lightness, redness, yellowness, and saturation (vividness), and those subjected to osmotic treatment showed a decrease in these parameters”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1192–1408 · show in text ↑
e0

“the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 97–355 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Osmotic treatment showed a decrease in color saturation (vividness) of dried carrot compared with control and coated samples.

Taxon
carrotDaucus carotae0
Treatment
osmotic treatmente6
Outcome
saturation (vividness)e6
Direction
a decreasee6
Comparator
control and coated samplese6

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota · TaxonZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e6

“The color changes of the control and coated samples were an increase in color lightness, redness, yellowness, and saturation (vividness), and those subjected to osmotic treatment showed a decrease in these parameters”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1192–1408 · show in text ↑
e0

“the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Lower water activity of dried carrot was associated with higher hardness.

Taxon
carrotDaucus carotae0
Treatment
lower AWe7
Outcome
hardnesse7
Direction
highere7

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota · TaxonZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e7

“The lower AW of dried carrots positively affected higher hardness. All samples were sensory accepted, including color, texture, and smell, especially after OD in chokeberry juice concentrate, while crunchiness was the lowest (five out of nine points)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1410–1660 · show in text ↑
e0

“the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

All dried carrot samples were sensory accepted, including color, texture and smell.

Taxon
carrotDaucus carotae0
Outcome
sensory acceptede7
Qualifier
including color, texture, and smelle7

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota · TaxonZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e7

“The lower AW of dried carrots positively affected higher hardness. All samples were sensory accepted, including color, texture, and smell, especially after OD in chokeberry juice concentrate, while crunchiness was the lowest (five out of nine points)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1410–1660 · show in text ↑
e0

“the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Sensory acceptance of dried carrot was higher after osmotic dehydration in chokeberry juice concentrate.

Taxon
carrotDaucus carotae0
Treatment
OD in chokeberry juice concentratee7
Outcome
sensory acceptede7
Direction
higherinferrede7

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota · TaxonZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e7

“The lower AW of dried carrots positively affected higher hardness. All samples were sensory accepted, including color, texture, and smell, especially after OD in chokeberry juice concentrate, while crunchiness was the lowest (five out of nine points)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1410–1660 · show in text ↑
e0

“the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Crunchiness was the lowest sensory attribute of dried carrot, at five out of nine points.

Taxon
carrotDaucus carotae0
Outcome
crunchinesse7
Direction
the loweste7
Value
five out of nine pointse7

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Daucus carota
Daucus carota · TaxonZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e7

“The lower AW of dried carrots positively affected higher hardness. All samples were sensory accepted, including color, texture, and smell, especially after OD in chokeberry juice concentrate, while crunchiness was the lowest (five out of nine points)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1410–1660 · show in text ↑
e0

“the quality of carrots dried by the microwave-vacuum method (MVD) at 3.5 or 6.5 kPa and microwave power of 250 W. Initial osmotic enrichment (OE) of carrots was carried out in chokeberry NFC juice, and osmotic dehydration (OD) in chokeberry juice concentrate”

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