Conditioning of nopal cactus (Opuntia spp.) for food and dehydration

Nopal cactus, or simply nopal, has physiological adaptations that enable tolerance to dry environments and its growth in austere conditions. It is used for human and animal consumption as well as in the medical field. Such an application requires the nopal to be dehydrated and pulverized; in order to facilitate the dehydration process, a nopal-chopping machine was developed, which in turn required knowledge of the nopal rheology.

Nopal chopping; Nopal conditioning; Nopal dehydration; Nopal rheology adaptation; article; conditioning; dehydration; dry deposition; environmental factor; flow kinetics; food; food intake; machine; nonhuman; Opuntia; plant growth; Animalia; Cactaceae; Opuntia

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