Table 3. Texture profile analysis of hot-air dried oriental melon slices prepared using different pretreatments

Group¹⁾	Hardness (gf/cm²)	Chewiness (gf/cm²)	Springiness (%)	Adhesiveness (gf/cm²)	Cohesiveness (%)
CON	6,648.48±2,171.26^b2)	117.01±41.08^b	89.46±37.63^a	63.14±23.47^a	25.17±4.51^a
STG	9,985.26±1,713.16^a	223.89±159.55^a	86.70±23.26^a	48.18±13.62^a	32.56±23.63^a
FTG	3,718.75±1,653.79^c	78.78±46.96^c	59.50±21.36^b	18.82±18.86^b	30.17±10.23^a

CON, hot-air dried oriental melon slices without pretreatment; STG, hot-air dried oriental melon slices pretreated using a steaming method; FTG, hot-air dried oriental melon slices pretreated using a freeze-thawing method.
Values are mean±SD (n=22). ^a-cMeans with different letters in each column are significantly different (p<0.05) by the Kruskal-Wallis test.