Table 1. Moisture content, total soluble solids, and pH of dried aronia products
| Sample1) | Moisture content (%) | Total soluble solids (°Brix) | pH |
| CON | 83.22±0.53a2) | 1.37±0.56e | 4.52±0.07a |
| FD | 7.45±0.40e | 6.90±0.26b | 4.47±0.02ab |
| FDS | 6.16±0.35e | 8.40±0.00a | 4.45±0.10ab |
| FDG | 5.10±0.35e | 8.47±0.12a | 4.37±0.14b |
| FDX | 3.83±0.58e | 8.10±0.20a | 4.47±0.05ab |
| HD | 54.23±1.73b | 3.70±0.17d | 4.33±0.01bc |
| HDS | 41.18±2.88c | 5.50±0.36c | 4.39±0.07ab |
| HDG | 32.27±2.71d | 5.63±0.21c | 4.21±0.08c |
| HDX | 31.65±4.36d | 5.87±0.31c | 4.38±0.04ab |
CON, raw aronia; FD, freeze-dried; FDS, osmo-dehydrated using sucrose and freeze-dried; FDG, osmo-dehydrated using glucose and freeze-dried; FDX, osmo-dehydrated using xylitol and freeze-dried; HD, hot-air-dried; HDS, osmo-dehydrated using sucrose and hot-air-dried; HDG, osmo-dehydrated using glucose and hot-air-dried; HDX, osmo-dehydrated using xylitol and hot-air-dried.
Mean±SD (n=3) with different lower-case letters are significantly different (p<0.05).