Fig. 1: Overview of the two postharvest dehydration processes and sampling strategy.

a Relative humidity of the two dehydrating rooms used to reproduce natural (NT) and forced (FR) dehydration processes. b Temperature of the two dehydrating rooms. c Dehydration kinetics of berries under NT and FR conditions. The six sampling time points for berries under NT conditions and the four sampling time points for berries under FR conditions are shown together with the indication of samples collected at the same time or at the same level of weight loss. d Total soluble solids concentration during the NT and FR processes. Error bars represent standard deviations (n = 3)