Salt reduction - A technical overview

Food Australia

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 83-86

  Cobcroft, M ^a   Tikellis, K ^b   Busch, J L H C ^c  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Coles Group Ltd ^*  (United States)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE; FOOD INDUSTRIES; HIGH SALTS; POTENTIAL REDUCTION; PRODUCT DEVELOPERS; SALT SUBSTITUTES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

ACCEPTANCE TESTS;

EID: 40749122993     PISSN: 10325298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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