Spray Drying-A New Emerging Technology in Post Harvest: An Overview Jaishankar H.P. Department of Post Harvest Technology, KRC College of Horticulture, Arabhavi, Karnataka. email: jaihorti345@gmail.com Online published on 2 January, 2017. Abstract Conversion of fruit juice/pulps in to free flowing powders by using spray dryer and it ensures both shelf stability and convenience of use as ready to serve beverages at house hold, or also used any other product requiring fruit solids, such as ice creams, fruit custards, yoghurt, infant formulations, pharmaceutical products etc. The main advantages of fruit juice powders are to increase the shelf life, reduction of volume, reduce packaging and transportation cost, and convenience. In thepresent review, the principle of spray drying and some factors such as inlet temperature, air dry flow rate, atomizer speed, feed flow rate, types of carrier agent and their concentration were reviewed. Top Keywords Fruit juice, spray drying, transportation, pharmaceutical. Top |