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:
Product | 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 |