Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
Sanjana Pandey and Mohan Singh

Abstract:
Button Mushroom (Agaricus spp.) is the most popular mushroom variety grown and consumed the world over. Mushrooms belong to a separate group of organisms called Fungi. In India, its production earlier was limited to the winter season, but with technology development, these are produced almost throughout the year in small, medium, and large farms, adopting different levels of technology. Freeze drying works on the principle of sublimation in which three steps involved such as freezing, primary drying, and secondary drying. In this study, we have tried to review mathematical models for freeze drying, button Mushroom (Agaricus bisporus), its quality attributes, drying methods for button mushrooms, Measurement of Response Parameters, color analysis, water activity, shrinkage ratio, rehydration ratio, protein content, ascorbic acid content, antioxidant content, artificial neural network (ANN), ANN in freeze drying, and response surface methodology.