Development and application of image analysis to quantify calcium lactate crystals on the surface of smoked Cheddar cheese

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4157-4164

  Rajbhandari, P ^a   Kindstedt, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium lactate; Cheese; Crystal

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144527554     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)73101-5     Document Type: Article

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