Changes in Quality of Dried Macadamia Nuts during a Peak Harvest Season in Kenya

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 32-35

  Koaze, Hiroshi ^a   Ndaka, Daniel S ^b   Karanja, Paul N ^b   Ishibashi, Ken Ichi ^a   Baba, Naomichi ^c  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dry macadamia nuts; Lipids; Maturity; Moisture; Peak harvest season; Sugars

Indexed keywords

MACADAMIA;

EID: 0346976212     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.8.32     Document Type: Article

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