Moisture sorption studies on onion powder

Food Chemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 479-482

  Debnath, Sukumar ^a   Hemavathy, J ^a   Bhat, K K ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Critical moisture content; Moisture sorption isotherms; Onion powder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MOISTURE; ONION; PACKAGING; POWDER; STORAGE;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 0036768256     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(02)00161-9     Document Type: Article

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