“…Among the models used to predict thermophysical properties, the most widely used mathematical model for thermophysical properties is the one developed by Choi and Okos (1986) , based on the temperature and the composition of the food moisture, protein, fat, fiber, carbohydrates and ash. Fruit and vegetable thermal properties are needed to calculate the cooling or heating speed and are required in important operations such as blanching, pasteurization, evaporation, frying, refrigeration, freezing, sterilization and drying, which are common in foods where there are mass and energy transfers ( Alvis et al., 2012 ; Alvis et al., 2015 ; Sadeghi et al., 2012 .) The nutraceutical capacity of a fruit is determined by important health components, such as vitamins and phenolic compounds.…”