Bacterial adjunct to improve the quality of alkaline noodles

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-44

  Saito, Katsuichi ^a   Nishio, Zenta ^a   Takata, Kanenori ^a   Kuwabara, Tatsuo ^a   Yokota, Atsushi ^b   Yamauchi, Hiroaki ^a   Oda, Yuji ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaline noodles; Bacteria; Brevibacterium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS;

ALKALINE NOODLES;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

ARTHROBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACTERIUM; BREVIBACTERIUM HELVOLUM;

EID: 0042378750     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.9.40     Document Type: Article

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