Physico-chemical characteristics and sensory quality of two date varieties under commercial and industrial storage conditions

LWT

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 896-904

  Ismail, Baraem ^a   Haffar, Imad ^b   Baalbaki, Riad ^c   Henry, Jeya ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Nakheel   (United Arab Emirates)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dates; Physico chemical characteristics; Quality; Sensory evaluation; Storage

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; MOISTURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TIME MEASUREMENT;

INDUSTRIAL FOOD STORAGE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SENSORY EVALUATION;

FOOD STORAGE;

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 38749096956     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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