Quality of shredded carrots as affected by packaging film and storage temperature

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 726-730

  Barry Ryan, C ^a   Pacussi, J M ^b   O'Beirne, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Carrots; Film; Modified atmosphere packaging; Permeability; Shredded; Storage temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033865027     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2000.tb16080.x     Document Type: Article

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