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

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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

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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