Nutritional changes in the essential trace elements content of asparagus during industrial processing

Food Research International

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 479-486

  López, M A Amaro ^a   Rojas, R Moreno ^a   Cosano, G Zurera ^a   Segarra, P J Sánchez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asparagus officinalis, L.; Atomic absorption; Blanching; Nutrient density spectrometry; Nutritional evaluation; Peeling; Washing

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS; COPPER; FOOD PROCESSING; IRON; MANGANESE; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PULPING; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

EID: 0033174163     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-9969(99)00111-8     Document Type: Article

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