The effect of pretreatments on the drying rate and quality of dried bananas

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 877-882

  Dandamrongrak, Rak ^a   Mason, Richard ^b   Young, Gordon ^c  

^a NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Food Industry Engineering Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blanching; Chilling; Freezing; Heat pump dehumidifier dryer; Quality

Indexed keywords

BLANCHING; HEAT PUMP DEHUMIDIFIER DRYER;

DRYING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENZYMES; FOOD PRODUCTS; FREEZING; HUMIDITY CONTROL; KINETIC THEORY; OSMOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

FOOD PRESERVATION;

EID: 0346963903     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0950-5423.2003.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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