UMES EXTENSION
12B. SORPTION CURVE
You’re looking for the sweet spot where moisture and Aw are low enough to be safe and high enough to guarantee quality and profit. Below you see that a Aw of 0.60 is equivalent to a moisture of 13% in the hypothetical basil sample that was dried at 105 F for 24 hours.
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