Optimisation of a dehydration process for potato cubes using an intermediate puffing step

Potato Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-209

  Shilton, N C ^a   Bekhit, A A ^b   Niranjan, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blanching; Pre drying; Solanum tuberosum L.; Tuber

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032405970     PISSN: 00143065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02358190     Document Type: Article

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