show that separating the tightly attached seeds markedly improved the drying speed of siraitiae fructus this was also related to the increased surface area of the drying material therefore when the broken open flesh masses are dried to a certain extent it is then suitable to separate the tightly attached seeds in order to reduce energy consumption and to improve the convenience for eating 20 siraitiae fructus were peeled to obtain flesh masses flesh masses were randomly divided into two groups each containing 10 flesh masses flesh masses in the first group were put in sieve and dried at 60 u00b0 c when the water was removed at about 20 the flesh masses were broken open and continued to dry at 60 u00b0 c to remove about 40 of water then the tightly attached seeds were separated and continued to dry at 60 u00b0 c to remove 30 of water then the flesh masses were taken out product weight was measured the dried flesh that stuck on the sieve was collected as flesh crumb and the flesh crumb weight was measured the flesh masses in the second group were pressed into flat sheets and put into another sieve and dried at 60 u00b0 c when the water was removed at about 60 the tightly attached seeds were separated and continued to dry at 60 u00b0 c to remove 30 of water and then the.