A comparison of evaporative and conventional freezing prior to freeze-drying of fruits and vegetables

Food and Bioproducts Processing: Transactions of the Institution of of Chemical Engineers, Part C

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 187-192

  Ghio, S ^a   Barresi, A A ^a   Rovero, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evaporative freezing; Freeze drying; Fruits; Process kinetics; Residual water; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034460571     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/09603080051065287     Document Type: Review

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