New prebiotics for functional food

Acta Alimentaria

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-37

  Bekers, M ^a   Marauska, M ^a   Grube, M ^a   Karklina, D ^b   Duma, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Fructan syrup; Fructooligosaccharides; Functional food products; Zymomonas mobilis

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FOOD ADDITIVE; FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; SUCROSE;

BACTERIAL CELL; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; CELL COUNT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FERMENTATION; FOOD; HONEY; MILK; NONHUMAN; TASTE; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 2542640829     PISSN: 01393006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AAlim.33.2004.1.4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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