Current availability and consumption of Carrageenan-containing foods

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 357-371

  Shah, Zara C ^a   Huffman, Fatma G ^a  

^a Department of Dietetics Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

Availability; Carrageenan; Consumption; Food additive; Food industry; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION;

ALGAE;

EID: 0942291334     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240390265175     Document Type: Article

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