Nonuniformity in lethality and quality in thermal process optimization: A case study on color degradation of green peas

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 545-550

  Smout, C ^a   Banadda, N E ^a   Van Loey, A M L ^a   Hendrickx, M E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Color degradation; Green peas; Nonuniformity; Process optimization; Retort processing

Indexed keywords

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0141452191     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2003.tb05709.x     Document Type: Article

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