Measuring texture of crackers with a multiple-point sheet sensor

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 922-925

  Kohyama, Kaoru ^a,b   Nishi, Midori ^a   Suzuki, Tateo ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NFRI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crackers; Food texture; Multiple point; Pressure distribution; Pressure sensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030724552     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1997.tb15007.x     Document Type: Article

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