New approach to model rehydration of dry food particulates utilizing principles of liquid transport in porous media

The overall objective of this review is to assess the present understanding of the rehydration process, highlight new approaches and offer recommendations on future research required to facilitate a better understanding required for deriving the mechanisms playing key role in the transport of a liquid into porous media such as dried foods. This new and integrated approach is paramount to overcome the immense complexity that hampered previous studies, and to open new avenues for optimization of food rehydration.