Taşkın, Onurİzli, Gökçenİzli, Nazmi2024-06-122024-06-122021-01-011553-8362https://doi.org/10.1080/15538362.2021.1971141https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15538362.2021.1971141https://hdl.handle.net/11452/42054This study investigated the rehydration, water activity, pH, Brix, color, bulk density, tapped density, flowability, cohesiveness, wettability, solubility values, and microstructures of freeze-dried European cranberrybush powders. Additionally, experimental freeze-drying data were coupled to nine thin-layer models, and the logarithmic model was chosen to estimate the moisture ratio of European cranberrybush. The pH and Brix values were measured between 3.0-3.2 and 40.33-52.00 for different powder sizes, respectively. A significant difference was observed for the water activity values of different powders that were classified into different powder sizes (P < .05). Moreover, it was identified that all powders exhibited "low" cohesiveness and "fair" flowability. However, the results showed that the highest bulk density (0.440 g/ml), tapped density (0.563 g/ml), wettability (4386 s) and solubility (264 s) were obtained in the samples with a ">500 mu m" powder size. According to the all scanning electron microscopy images, skeletal-like structures formed on the surfaces.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMaltodextrin additionAirKineticsVacuumColorModelingMicrostructurePowder sizeViburnum opulus lScience & technologyLife sciences & biomedicineHorticultureAgricultureArticle0006967683000011008101721110.1080/15538362.2021.19711411553-8621