Acidified sodium chlorite as an alternative to chlorine to control microbial growth on shredded carrots while maintaining quality

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1887-1893

  Cruz, Saúl Ruiz ^a   Luo, Yaguang ^b   Gonzalez, Rolando J ^c   Tao, Yang ^d   González, Gustave A ^a  

^a Research Center for Food and Development   (Mexico)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidified sodium chlorite; Microbial growth; Shelf life; Shredded carrots

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 33748668221     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2550     Document Type: Article

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