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Moisture sorption characteristics of wadi, a condiment in the Indian Subcontinent, were investigated at temperature of 15–45 °C and water activities (aw) of 0.11–0.97. The sorption isotherms were sigmoidal. Nine different mathematical models were found to effectively describe the moisture sorption data on the basis of regression analyses and goodness of fit. Each model was statistically evaluated by means of percent root mean square and coefficient of determination. The GAB model gave the best fit in the entire range of aw. Temperature dependence of the GAB constants and good fit were determined. Using the Caurie’s model, the properties of sorbed water, such as monolayer moisture content, number of adsorbed monolayers, density of sorbed water, bound water content and surface area of adsorption, which decreased with an increase in temperature, were calculated. The monolayer moisture content ranged from 102.7 to 128.7 g/kg solids in wadi. The optimum storage temperature and aw for wadi were 15–25 °C and <0.7, respectively.
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This work was supported by a grant, F4-1/2006 (XI-Plan/BSR), from the University Grants Commission, New Delhi.
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Rakshit, M., Moktan, B., Hossain, S.A. et al. Moisture sorption characteristics of wadi, a legume-based traditional condiment. J Food Sci Technol 51, 301–307 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-011-0491-0
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