Thin layer drying curves for shredded breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis).

Breadfruit, Artocarpus altilis, is a fruit that grows in the tropical regions of the world. Drying breadfruit is a cost effective means of preserving this resource which can be ground into a gluten-free flour. Processing breadfruit flour into nutritious products is an opportunity to overcome hunger, increase food security, and contribute to sustainable development on many island nations. Equations based on temperature and velocity and a chart relating these factors to an adequate drying time are presented. This original work provides new understandings of these variables and the chart relating drying time to air temperatures and velocities would be useful in post-harvest economic trade-off charts and system scaling.