7 kinds of methods, such as boiling, steaming, alkali, acid, microwave, enzyme and repeated freezing, were used to soft the edible areca. Comparing to the control group, studied the effects of different softening methods on chewiness, slagging, arecoline content, TPA test, five needles puncturing test and taste index of edible areca. Results: steaming (88.1 points), alkali (85.3 points) and microwave (83.2 points) had the highest chewiness score; control (84.7 points), boiling (80.7 points) and freezing (78.8 points) had the highest slaggingscore; control (4.90%), freezing (4.49%), alkali (4.1...
