qualities

Osmotic Solution Concentration (g/g)	5	10	15	20
Drying Rate (g/h)	26.68^a	26.45 ^b	26.41 ^b	26.12^c
Water Loss (g/g)	1.53 ^a	1.55^a	1.57 ^a	1.54 ^a
Solid Gain (g/g)	0.06 ^a	0.08 ^b	0.07 ^a	0.09 ^b
Vitamin C (mg/100g)	73.33 ^a	74.35 ^a	75.13 ^a	73.75 ^a
Manganese (mg/1000g)	2.36 ^a	2.18 ^b	2.38 ^a	2.45 ^a
Iron (mg/1000g)	1.88 ^a	2.03 ^b	1.83 ^a	2.08 ^b
Osmotic Solution Temperature (°C)	35	40	45	50
Drying Rate (g/h)	26.08^a	26.70^b	26.53^c	26.36^c
Water Loss (g/g)	1.52^a	1.56^a	1.57^a	1.54^a
Solid Gain (g/g)	0.12^a	0.08^b	0.05^c	0.05^c
Vitamin C (mg/100g)	72.56^a	75.02^a	75.28^a	73.70^a
Manganese (mg/1000g)	2.10^a	2.36^b	2.39^b	2.53^b
Iron (mg/1000g)	1.97^a	1.96^a	1.95^a	1.95^a
Osmotic Process Duration (min)	30	60	90	120
Drying Rate (g/h)	26.58^a	26.31^b	26.46^a	26.31^b
Water Loss (g/g)	1.54^a	1.53^a	1.57^a	1.55^a
Solid Gain (g/g)	0.07^a	0.08^b	0.07^a	0.07^a
Vitamin C (mg/100g)	73.61^a	73.06^a	75.43^a	74.46^a
Manganese (mg/1000g)	2.22^a	2.36^a	2.32^a	2.49^b
Iron (mg/1000g)	1.98^a	2.02^a	1.83^b	1.99^a

*Means with the same letter are not significantly different but means with different letters are significantly different (at p ≤ 0.05).

Table 2: Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (DNMRT) for the effect of process conditions on drying rate, water loss, solid gain and post drying qualities of onion.