DEHYDRATION PROCESS OF AVOCADO (PERSEA AMERICANA L) THROUGH THE LYOPHILIZATION METHOD FOR OBTAINING PRODUCTS IN PIECES OF ITS PULP AND POWDER OF ITS EMBRYO AND USES THEREOF.

摘要

The present invention relates to an avocado dehydration process for the production of pieces and powder products of its embryo which is circumscribed in the field of new food preservation technologies, using said products for direct human consumption (Snacks) and as a raw material in the manufacture of other food products. Said process involves the use of avocado pulp in chunks and the powder of its dehydrated embryo by the lyophilization process, which comprises pulping-slicing and sifting the embryo, freezing inside the lyophilization chamber or out of it, and dehydration in lyophilization chamber by the handling of three factors or variables. The said factors or variables involves that the temperature of avocado pulp in chunks and powder of its embryo (products) of the recirculating hot water (without this thermal shock, the drying process by lyophilization is not carried out) is sufficient for the lyophilization and vacuum pressure to be carried out within the lyophilization chamb er. The process finally consists of the packaging of the products 1. Dehydrated Avocado in chunks, and 2. Dehydrated powder from an avocado embryo.