“…The manufacturing process of fruit leathers consist on drying a thin layer of a fruit puree until a leathery consistence is achieved (Vatthanakul et al, 2010). Many kind of fruits can be used to make fruit leathers, like apple, papaya, mango, guava, durian, jackfruit, grape and kiwifruit, among others (Chan and Cavaletto, 1978;Irwandi et al, 1998;Vijayanand et al, 2000;Chen et al, 2001;Maskan et al, 2002;Gujral and Brar, 2003;Chowdhury et al, 2011;Quintero Ruiz et al, 2012). The fruit leather matrix (is composed mainly by) mainly consists of carbohydrates such as sugars, pectin and cellulosic substances (Torley et al, 2008).…”