Microwave-assisted moulding using expandable extruded pellets from wheat flours and starch

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 445-454

  Zhou, Jiang ^a   Song, Jim ^a   Parker, Roger ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blocks; Expandable; Extruded pellets; Foams; Fusion and bonding; Microwave heating; Moulding; Starch; Wheat

Indexed keywords

FOAMS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MICROWAVE HEATING; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; STARCH;

EXTRUDED PELLETS; INTERFACIAL BONDING; MICROWAVE ASSISTED MOULDING (MAM); WHEAT FLOURS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

FOAM; PELLETS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; STARCH; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34247887559     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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