Kinetic modelling of the quality degradation of frozen watermelon tissue: Effect of the osmotic dehydration as a pre-treatment

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 790-798

  Dermesonlouoglou, Efimia ^a   Giannakourou, Maria ^a   Taoukis, Petros ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colour; Freezing; Lycopene; Osmotic dehydration; Quality; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 34250675247     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2006.01280.x     Document Type: Article

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