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	Value Added Products
	General and Preprocessed Durian
	Frozen Durian
	Durian Chips
	Durian Powder
	Durian Paste
	Durian Cake

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General and Preprocessed Durian
Due to popular durian consumption among Thais and foreigners alike, farmers have doubled the land used to grow durian. An unavoidable result is a slump in durian prices. This encourages people to seek new outlets for durian by developing products from the excess of fresh fruit. To absorb excess supplies during harvest, durian is sometimes processed into frozen durian, durian chips, durian cake, sweet dried durian, French-fried durian, ice cream and candies. Processed durian products are mostly supplied to the domestic market, while frozen durian is not common among local consumers.

Other motivations for developing durian products are to :

-	Develop value -added products.
-	Extend the shelf life of durian.
-	Extend the marketing period.
-	Solve the odor problem (unlike fresh durian, durian products can be shipped by air without becoming odorous)
-	Reduce the cost shipment (some durian valued-added products are less heavy than fresh durian).

Value added durian products consist of :

1. Pre-processed durian
2. Frozen durian
3. Durian chips
4. Durian powder
5. Durian paste
6. Durian cake and other useful materials

Pre-processed durian
Pre-processed durian is almost the same as fresh durian. Minimally processed, ready-to-eat durian is easier for people who have difficulty dehusking the fresh fruit. Durian should be half-ripe before being dehusked.

The durian aril with seeds intact is removed from the locules and placed in a foam tray before being wrapped with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) film to prevent condensation inside the package. Paper towel is sometimes laid on the foam tray beneath the aril to reduce humidity within the package and prevent the aril becoming watery. Caution should be taken in the processing of durian to ensure that conditions remain hygienic and prevent microbial contamination which causes rapid decay, particularly at room temperature.

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