Changes in the Composition and Meltability of Mozzarella Cheese during Contact with Pizza Sauce

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 609-614

  Wang, Wei ^a,b   Kindstedt, Paul S ^a   Gilmore, James A ^a   Guo, Ming R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Meltability; Mozzarella cheese; Refrigerated pizza

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005639420     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75614-0     Document Type: Article

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