Osmotic Dehydration of Apples - Effects of Agitation and Raw Material Characteristics

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-209

  Mavroudis, Nikolaos E ^a   Gekas, Vassilis ^a   Sjöholm, Ingegerd ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

ASPECT RATIO; DEHYDRATION; FRUITS; LAMINAR FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; OSMOSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; RAW MATERIALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLUTIONS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TURBULENT FLOW;

AGITATION; APPLES; OSMOTIC DEHYDRATION;

FOOD PROCESSING;

EID: 0031988657     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-8774(98)00015-6     Document Type: Article

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