The aim of the present study was to analyse and compare camel milk powder quality and functional properties produced with spray-drying and freeze-drying techniques. Freeze-drying is recognized as an advanced method for the production of high-quality dried products, but it has been a costly process for production of camel milk powder. Spray-drying and freeze-drying of camel’s milk demonstrated that the nutritional characteristics of this product basically remained unchanged compared to fresh milk. The differences were found analysing flowability, solubility and hygroscopicity of camel milk powder samples obtained with freeze-drying and spray-drying technique. Analysed quality indices of camel milk demonstrated that spray-drying has lower impact on camel milk powder physical properties in comparison with freeze-drying.

Honey is a naturally supersaturated sugar solution, which tends to crystallize. The crystallization of honey can lead to unwanted fermentation that can have a negative impact to honey quality. The production of honey powder could be an alternative method to prevent honey from fermentation. Honey powder could be used as alternative substitute to liquid honey that would allow to use this product more widely in the food industry. α-amylase activity is one of the most important parameters to evaluate the quality of honey. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of freeze-drying and spray-drying on honey α-amylase activity. Detection of α-amylase activity was carried out by spectrophotometric method. High-performance liquid chromatography was used to determine the content of hydroxymethylfurfural in the powders. The obtained results showed that both drying methods had a negative impact to the enzyme activity in the samples. The lowest activity of α-amylase (8.3 DN) was measured in the spray-dried honey powder. Concentration of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in the powders did not exceed required concentration 40 mg kgE−1.