Dehydration of melons in a ternary system followed by air-drying

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 678-687

  Rodrigues, Sueli ^a   Fernandes, Fabiano A N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo L.; Melon; Optimization; Osmotic dehydration; Ternary system

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; OPTIMIZATION; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

CUCUMIS MELO L.; MELONS; OSMOTIC DEHYDRATION; OSMOTIC SOLUTION;

FRUITS;

DEHYDRATION; FRUITS; OPTIMIZATION; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; MELO;

EID: 33845463257     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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