KINETICS OF WATER VAPOUR SORPTION BY SELECTED INGREDIENTS OF MUESLI-TYPE MIXTURES

Sorption properties of some ingredients of muesli such as flakes and dried and candied fruits were investigated in this work. Kinetics of water vapor sorption at water activity of 1.00, 0.755, 0.239 and 0.00 was continuously measured. Kinetics of water sorption was well described by the solution of the Second Fick΄s Law. However, the superficial values of equilibrium water content were obtained by kinetic measurements. The shape factor in the Fick΄s equation was dependent on water activity. It was shown that in the analysed products adsorption process goes faster than the desorption one. Hence desorption of water from fruits and adsorption by flakes seems to be a limiting factor for water transfer in mixtures consisting of cereals and fruits.

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W latach 2022-2024 kwartalnik naukowy Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences realizuje projekt nr RCN/SP/0520/2021/1 finansowany ze środków budżetu państwa – Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki w ramach programu „Rozwój czasopism naukowych”. Dofinansowanie wynosi 120 000 zł. W ramach projektu podejmowane są działania zmierzające do podniesienia poziomu praktyk wydawniczych i edytorskich, zwiększenia wpływu czasopism na rozwój nauki oraz utrzymania się czasopism w międzynarodowym obiegu naukowym.

In the years 2022-2024, the scientific quarterly Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences accomplishes a project no. RCN/SP/0520/2021/1 financed from the state budged – Ministry of Education and Science Republic of Poland in the framework of a program “Development of scientific journals”. The financing amounts to 120,000 PLN. The program aims at improving the level of publishing and editing practices, increasing the impact of scientific journals on science development, and extending the international range of scientific journals.