Table 1. Moisture and sugar content of hot-air dried oriental melon slices prepared using different pretreatments

Group1)	Moisture content (%)	Soluble solids (°Brix)
CON	16.43±1.35b2)	8.33±0.12a3)
STG	15.96±1.80b	8.40±0.10a
FTG	27.30±3.59a	7.53±0.31b

CON, hot-air dried oriental melon slices without pretreatment; STG, hot-air dried oriental melon slices pretreated using a steaming method; FTG, hot-air dried oriental melon slices pretreated using a freeze-thawing method.
Values are mean±SD (n=15). ^a,bMeans with different letters in each column are significantly different (p<0.05) by the Tukey HSD test.
Values are mean±SD (n=3). ^a,bMeans with different letters in each column are significantly different (p<0.05) by the Tukey HSD test.