Measurement of firmness of fresh-cut sliced tomato using puncture tests - Studies on sample size, probe size and direction of puncture

Journal of Texture Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 601-618

  Lana, Milza M ^a,b   Tijskens, Leopold M M ^b   De Theije, Anemarie ^b   Dekker, Matthijs ^b   Barrett, Dianne M ^b,c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Firmness measurement; Fresh cut tomato; Modeling; Monte Carlo simulation; Probe size; Puncture; Puncture direction; Sampling; Variation

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 34548721565     PISSN: 00224901     EISSN: 17454603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4603.2007.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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