Dried salted anchovy different processing methods: drying kinetics and modelling

Abstract

Dried salted anchovy is processed with a combination of the salting and drying processes. Methods of salting and drying will determine the characteristics of the end product. The process of salting can be done by soaking (S) or boiling (B) in brine and drying can be done by mechanical drying (MD) or electric oven (OD). This study is aimed to determine the drying kinetics and mathematical models of dried salted anchovy processed with boiled salting and drying in the mechanical dryer (BMD), soaked salting and drying in the mechanical dryer (SMD) and boiled salting and drying in the oven (BOD). In the soaking treatment, fresh anchovy was soaked in 5% brine for 30 mins, while in boiling treatment, anchovy boiled in 5% brine for 10 mins. After the salting process was done, the anchovy was dried at 40°C for 3 hrs. The result has shown that BMD gives the highest drying constant. The page model is more suitable than other mathematical models because it has the highest R2 and the lowest SEE (Standard Error Estimates) value. The result of the effective diffusivity of BMD, SMD and BOD are 1.28067×10-10, 2.46685×10-10 , 1.80245×10-10. This research will contribute to the improvement of the drying and salting method to achieve a better quality of dried salted anchovies.