Table 2. Total phenolic content and antioxidant activities of dried aronia products

Sample¹⁾	Total phenolic content (mg/100 g dw)	Anthocyanin content (mg/100 g dw)	Proanthocyanidin content (mg/100 g dw)	FRAP activity (mM TE/100 g dw)	ABTS activity (mM TE/100 g dw)
CON	4,298.99±97.81^b²⁾	936.53±30.75^b	8,730.00±1020.35^b	26.37553±0.09^b	32.05871±3.55^b
FD	5,860.16±151.71^a	1,282.36±76.70^a	15,774.44±283.50^a	38.69542±2.36^a	46.06152±1.73^a
FDS	3,197.98±335.03^c	530.36±64.98^c	7,096.67±1026.32^c	21.11904±1.99^c	26.92199±3.63^bc
FDG	2,517.85±262.52^d	495.23±100.11^c	5,163.33±1010.50^d	17.39569±2.02^cd	20.37797±2.91^de
FDX	3,208.08±295.09^c	568.04±76.84^c	7,041.11±943.59^c	20.90002±2.94^c	25.30358±3.03^cd
HD	3,426.94±174.70^c	128.36±8.90^d	3,641.11±164.43^e	18.38128±0.59^c	24.31846±1.32^cd
HDS	2,463.97±333.10^d	102.04±55.85^d	2,252.22±883.39^ef	14.43892±2.96^de	17.70406±3.80^ef
HDG	2,300.11±76.80^d	106.10±21.43^d	2,296.67±712.59^ef	13.28906±1.83^ef	17.84479±3.39^ef
HDX	2,087.99±223.65^d	102.14±24.03^d	1,552.22±685.03^f	10.16802±1.46^f	13.62284±2.61^f

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).