The sensory qualities of fresh vegetable such as carrot are
dependent on their texture, which correlates well with the freshness
of the produce (Fuchigami et al., 1995). Cutting test is one
of the common methods for studying the textural changes in food
products. It is generally applied with maximal cutting force as an
attribute of the studied material quality (Drake et al., 1981;
Lisinska and Golubowska, 2005). In the present study thawed
samples required lesser force for cutting than fresh samples
(Fig. 3) This was expected as carrots contains around 90% water
this gives rigidity to the texture, however, in the process of
freezing, when water in the cell freezes, an expansion causing
the cell walls to rupture, leading to softening of the texture when
thawed (Schafer and Munson, 1990).