Heterotrigona Itama Kelulut honey eehydration process to prolong shelf life

Muhammad, Mohd Amirul Ashraf and Amir, Adibah and Abdul Razak, Abdul Rahman (2022) Heterotrigona Itama Kelulut honey eehydration process to prolong shelf life. In: 5th International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering, ICAMME 2022, 9-10 August 2022, Kuala Lumpur.

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Abstract

Oneofthemainchallengesinthetropicalhoneyindustrysuchaskelulut honey is the naturally occurring high water content in the kelulut honey composi- tion. If water content exceeds 22%, the fermentation process will occur at ambient temperature, spoiling the kelulut honey taste and reducing its shelf life. Therefore, the dehydration process is highly important to reduce the water content to less than 22% to halt the fermentation process in the kelulut honey. Nevertheless, the dehydra- tion process has its own risk, it had been known that prolonged heating at elevated temperature has adverse effects on the quality of kelulut honey. In this study, a dehy- dration process was applied using indirect heating system to achieve a reduction of water content below 22% adhering to MS 2683:2017. The results have shown that for the lowest capacity of 1 kg kelulut honey, a reduction of water content below 22% was achieved in 2 hours while the highest capacity of 30 kg kelulut honey took 15 hours to achieve the reduction of water content below 22%. Finding from this study will benefit the small-scale kelulut breeders to prolong the kelulut honey shelf life via dehydration process.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Other)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Kelulut honey · Water content · Dehydration process · Shelf life
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) > T55.4 Industrial engineering.Management engineering. > T58.7 Production capacity. Manufacturing capacity
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering Kulliyyah of Engineering
Depositing User:	Adibah Amir
Date Deposited:	05 Sep 2023 15:22
Last Modified:	05 Sep 2023 15:22
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/106343

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