Pre-oxidation drying of Cyclopia plant material to eliminate a bottleneck in conventional manufacture of traditional honeybush tea – impact on infusion quality

During the conventional production of traditional honeybush tea, the lengthy high-temperature oxidation process creates a bottleneck due to constrained equipment capacity, resulting in a backlog in production during peak harvesting. A delay in processing could cause deterioration of the fresh plant...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Joubert, Alicia Petrus, Brigitte-V.P. du Preez, Chantelle Human, Magdalena Muller, Marieta van der Rijst, Dalene de Beer, Erika-Ilette Moelich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:Applied Food Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772502222001421