Moisture adsorption characteristics of gingerbread, a traditional bakery product in Pardubice, Czech Republic

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 601-607

  Cervenka, L ^a   Rezkova, S ^a   Kralovsky, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adsorption isotherm; Gingerbread; Heat of sorption

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; MOISTURE; SORPTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLAUSIUS-CLAPEYRON EQUATION; GINGERBREAD; HEAT OF SORPTION;

FOOD PROCESSING;

EID: 34548528249     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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