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Fruit Development, Ripening & HarvestIs mango dry matter percentage the same as the percentage of water lost during drying?
They describe opposite parts of the original sample. Dry matter percentage expresses the dried material as a proportion of its fresh weight; the weight lost during drying represents the removed water under that procedure. Write the calculation beside the result rather than labeling both values maturity. Confusing the two can reverse the interpretation of a test even when every weighing was performed correctly.