Abstract:The pineapple was treated by warm air drying and vacuum drying, and its drying characteristics were studied in this paper. Results showed that, for the warm air drying of pineapple, the optimum technologic parameters were as follows: the temperature of 70 ℃, wind speed of 2.5 m/s and the material amounts of 60 g. For vacuum drying, the optimum vacuum, temperature and the material amount were 0.08 MPa, 60 ℃ and 60 g, respectively. The powder treated by vacuum drying had better characteristics and higher Vc retention than that by warm air drying.