As MR mainly takes place under the moisture conditions
achieved during the drying process, MR assessment was also carried
out in the carrot samples under study by means of the determination
of 2-FM-AA (Table 2). Although, as previously indicated,
hardly any change was observed in the fraction of reducing carbohydrates
during the dehydration process; considerable formation
of these compounds was found in the dehydrated carrots subjected
to different blanching treatments. As only traces were detected in
blanched samples (Gamboa-Santos et al., 2012a), and all carrot
samples were dried under the same operating conditions, the evolution
of MR in dried samples can be solely attributable to the drying
process.