Duration Temperature Mouth Overall
(hour) (° C ) Color Flavor Taste feel Apperance Acceptability
Fresh 4.98a 3.37d 3.19cd 3.20b 3.81bc 3.31c
70° C 4.93a 4.76a 4.4a 4.03a 4.35a 4.30a
7 80° C 4.26b 4.08b 3.50c 3.28b 3.56c 3.60b
90° C 2.89c 2.94e 2.98cd 3.05b 3.07d 3.13c
70° C 3.79c 3.70c 3.98b 3.78a 3.86b 3.71b
8 80° C 3.20d 2.92e 3.24cd 2.99b 2.83d 3.21c
90° C 2.10f 2.08f 2.84 2.56 2.14e 2.15d
Table 2. Interaction effects of temperature and duration of drying on Color, Flavor and Taste,
Mouthfeel, Appearance, and Overall Acceptability of dried tomato
NA = Not Applicable
Values in column with diverse letters as superscripts are significantly different at p<0.05