Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
JOURNAL OF POLYTECHNIC-POLITEKNIK DERGISI, 2023 (ESCI)
In this study, by providing the hot air drying of Kanlica mushroom collected from Karabuk city; prevention of aflatoxin occurrence, shelf life extension, taking precaution against early putrefaction and decomposition, protection of the beneficent aromas in its content have been ensured. As the dried product, Kanlica mushroom, the most consumed endemic plant spicy in terms of the vitamin and the mineral that it contains among the mushroom groups, has been used. By means of hot air drying, drying has been done at five different (30 oC, 40 oC, 50 oC, 60 oC and 70 oC) temperatures. The best result in terms of water activity, colour changes, energy consumption and drying duration has been obtained in the experiments at 50 oC. The water activity values of products (fresh mushroom water activity: 0,983 aw) dried in hot air drying processes have been found in 0,429 and 0,173 interval (in literature lower than 0,6) and according to the colour analysis experiments result, L*, a*, b*, C*, Ho, increment E, BI values of Kanlica mushroom dried at different temperatures have been calculated. According to the result of the analyses, it has been detected that the preservation of mushrooms hot air drying is appropriate.