Freeze-Drying & Fruit Snacks
What Is a Magic Ball? The Logic of the Apple Sphere
How a spherical form affects drying, the surface area calculation, choosing the apple, cutting, texture, portions, uses and storage.
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Apple Crisps: Crunchy Without Frying or Sugar
Where the crunch comes from, comparison with fried crisps, slice thickness, choosing apples, preventing browning, nutrition, portions and storage.
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- Freeze-Drying & Fruit Snacks
Meet the Blackberry Apple Ball: Fruit in a Single Bite
The structure of the product, the pectin in apple, the role of blackberry, how it gets made, nutrition, children, portions and storage.
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- Freeze-Drying & Fruit Snacks
A Pineapple and Apple Mix: Tropical Meets Local
The contrast in taste and texture, differing moisture uptake, the ratio, acid balance, uses, portions and storage.
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- Frozen Bakery & Patisserie
Apple Roll Biscuits: The Classic Cinnamon and Apple Pairing
The water problem, preparing the filling, choosing apples, cinnamon ratios, the dough, rolling, cutting, baking and storage.
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- Freeze-Drying & Fruit Snacks
Why Strawberry and Apple Work Together: Aroma Pairing
Shared aroma molecules, the esters strawberry and apple have in common, acid and sugar balance, textural contrast, freeze-dried products and other pairings.
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Why Do Apples Brown? Colour Retention in Freeze-Dried Apple
The mechanism of enzymatic browning, polyphenol oxidase, oxygen and pH, pre-treatments, colour retention in freeze-drying, storage and assessment.
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