Water activity and the inactivation of enterobacter cloacae inoculated in chocolate liquor and a model system by pulsed electric field treatment

Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 323-337

  Min, S ^a   Reina, L ^a   Zhang, Q H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FOOD PRODUCTS; MICROORGANISMS; THERMOCOUPLES;

CHOCOLATE LIQUORS;

FOOD PROCESSING;

ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; MUS;

EID: 0036876566     PISSN: 01458892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4549.2002.tb00488.x     Document Type: Article

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