Safe solar drying

cg.contributor.affiliationTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperationen
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.urlhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/99596en
cg.issn1011-0054en
cg.journalSporeen
cg.number93en
cg.placeWageningen, The Netherlandsen
cg.subject.ctaMARKETINGen
cg.subject.ctaTRADEen
dc.contributor.authorTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperationen
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-16T09:05:55Zen
dc.date.available2014-10-16T09:05:55Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/46211
dc.titleSafe solar dryingen
dcterms.abstractDavid Yisa of Minna, Nigeria, asks 'how to maintain the natural colour of sun dried tomatoes and peppers, and avoid blackening. We heard of sulphiting, but do not know the amounts to be safe to consumers'.Several practitioners on the Internet...en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCTA. 2001. Safe solar drying. Spore 93. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.en
dcterms.descriptionDavid Yisa of Minna, Nigeria, asks 'how to maintain the natural colour of sun dried tomatoes and peppers, and avoid blackening. We heard of sulphiting, but do not know the amounts to be safe to consumers'. Several practitioners on the Internet suggest the following. Before sun drying the fruit, make a solution of one gallon (4.5 litres) of clean cold water with one tablespoon (tbs) of sodium bisulphite (or 2 tbs of sodium sulphite, or 4 tbs of sodium metabisulphite). Soak the fruit for 5 minutes, rinse in clean cold water, pat dry and lay out for drying. Remember that sun drying will not work well when humidity is above 20%.en
dcterms.isPartOfSporeen
dcterms.issued2001en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.publisherTechnical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperationen
dcterms.typeNews Itemen

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