Impact of edible coatings on nutritional and physiological changes in lightly-processed carrots

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-60

  Li, Peiyin ^a,b   Barth, M Margaret ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Redi Cut Foods   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotene; Carrot; Edible coatings; Lightly processed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032170947     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(98)00020-9     Document Type: Article

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