Shelf life prediction of cereal-based dry foods packed in moisture-sensitive films

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1292-1300

  Del Nobile, M A ^a   Buonocore, G G ^b   Limbo, S ^c   Fava, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cereal; Dry foods; Moisture sensitive films; Packaging; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038528490     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2003.tb09642.x     Document Type: Article

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