Accelerated ripening of Dhakki dates by artificial means: Ripening by acetic acid and sodium chloride

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-66

  Saleem, Shahzada A ^a   Baloch, Ahmad K ^b   Baloch, Musa Kaleem ^b   Baloch, Waqar A ^c   Ghaffoor, Abdul ^b  

^a Agriculture Research Institute   (Pakistan)

^b GOMAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerated ripening; Acetic acid; Artificial ripening; Dhakki dates; Sodium chloride

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; COLOR; FRUIT JUICES; INSECT CONTROL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEXTURES;

ACCELERATED RIPENING; ARTIFICIAL RIPENING; COLOR SHADE; DHAKKI DATES;

FRUITS;

ACETIC ACID; COLOR; FRUITS; INSECTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEXTURE;

AVES; INSECTA;

EID: 15844367703     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2004.09.013     Document Type: Article

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