Instrumental texture profile analysis (TPA) of date flesh as a function of moisture content

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 505-511

  Rahman, Mohammad Shafiur ^a   Al Farsi, Sohrab Aliakbar ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Cohesiveness; Date; Factorial analysis; Hardness; Principal component analysis; Rheology

Indexed keywords

HARDENING; MOISTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RHEOLOGY; SUGARS; TEXTURES;

COHESIVENESS; DATE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS;

FRUITS;

EID: 4944231410     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2004.04.022     Document Type: Article

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