Optimisation of pre-treatments of solar dehydrated cauliflower

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 659-664

  Kadam, Dattatreya M ^a   Samuel, D V K ^b   Parsad, Rajender ^c  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF POST HARVEST ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c ICAR INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Blanching time; Dehydration; KMS; NaCl; Optimisation; Preservative concentration; Rehydration; Sensory evaluation; Sodium benzoate

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BLANCHING TIME; POTASSIUM META BISULPHATE (KMS); REHYDRATION; SENSORY EVALUATION; SODIUM BENZOATE; SOLAR DEHYDRATED CAULIFLOWER;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

DEHYDRATION; FOOD ADDITIVES; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLES;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS;

EID: 33745193724     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2005.07.027     Document Type: Article

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