Pecan texture as affected by freezing rates, storage temperature, and thawing rates

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 332-335

  Anzaldua Morales A ^a,b   Brusewitz, G H ^a   Anderson, J A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Freezing; Pecans; Texture; Texture profile; Thawing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344327117     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1999.tb15894.x     Document Type: Article

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