Water Content in Food and other Products
Water content before and after drying in food and other products cork, grain, soap, peat, wood and more
The water content in some common foods and other products before - and after - drying are indicated below:
Material | Original water content before drying % | Final water content after drying % |
---|---|---|
Apple | 84 | |
Apricot | 86 | |
Banana | 74 | |
Blueberries | 85 | |
Broccoli | 91 | |
Cabbage (green) | 93 | |
Cabbage (red) | 92 | |
Cantaloupe | 90 | |
Carrots | 87 | |
Cauliflower | 92 | |
Celery | 95 | |
Cherries | 81 | |
Coal, bituminous | 40 - 60 | 8 - 12 |
Cork | 40 - 45 | 10 - 15 |
Cranberries | 87 | |
Cucumber | 96 | |
Earth | 45 - 50 | |
Earth, sandy | 20 - 25 | |
Eggplant | 92 | |
Glue | 80 - 90 | |
Glue, air dried | 15 | |
Grain | 17 - 23 | 10 - 12 |
Grapefruit | 91 | |
Grapes | 81 | |
Hides | 45 | |
Lettuce (iceberg) | 96 | |
Macaroni | 30 - 35 | 11 - 13 |
Orange | 87 | |
Pasta, macaroni, spaghetti, noodles | 30 - 35 | 11 - 13 |
Peach | 88 | |
Pear | 84 | |
Peas (green) | 79 | |
Peat | 85 - 90 | 30 - 35 |
Peppers (sweet) | 92 | |
Pineapple | 87 | |
Plum | 85 | |
Potato (white) | 79 | |
Radish | 95 | |
Raspberries | 87 | |
Rubber goods | 30 - 50 | |
Soap | 27 - 35 | 25 - 26 |
Spinach | 92 | |
Starch | 38 - 45 | 12 - 14 |
Starch, air dried | 16 - 20 | 12 - 14 |
Strawberries | 92 | |
Tomato (green) | 93 | |
Tomato (red) | 94 | |
Watermelon | 92 | |
Wood, air dried hard | 17 - 20 | 10 - 15 |
Wood, air dried soft | 10 - 15 | 10 - 15 |
Wood, green hard | 50 | 10 - 15 |
Wood, green soft | 30 - 50 | 10 - 15 |
Yarn, washing | 40 - 50 | |
Zucchini | 95 |