Use of filtration and buffers in raw sugar colour measurements

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-116

  Ahmedna, M ^a   Clarke, S J ^b   Rao, R M ^a   Marshall, W E ^c   Johns, M M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Audubon Sugar Institute   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer; Colour; Filtration; Raw sugar; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030874006     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199709)75:1<109::AID-JSFA849>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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