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Project on determination of mass percentage of water,organic matter and inorganic matter in fruits and vegetables

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Answered by santy2
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Procedure;
-Weigh each fruit & vegetable separately and note its weight.For some fruits such as watermelon weighing a serving size of fruit will be more appropriate.
-Cut the produce up into thin slices & put it into the dehydrator.You may have to dehydrate each item separately.Just make sure that you dehydrate all of the pieces of fruit together.
-Weigh the dehydrated produce.
-Calculate what percentage of fruit or vegetable is water by subtracting the dehydrated weight of the fruit & multiplying by 100.
-Make a chart comparing the water content of the fruits & vegetables.
-Find the nutrient value of each food.

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