Effect of freezing and frozen storage on microstructure of Mozzarella and pizza cheeses

LWT

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-16

  Kuo, Meng I ^a   Gunasekaran, Sundaram ^b  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Frozen storage; Microstructure; Mozzarella cheese; SEM

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CRACKS; FOOD STORAGE; FREEZING; MICROSTRUCTURE; PROTEINS; TEMPERING;

EFFECT OF AGEING; FROZEN STORAGE; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MOZZARELLA CHEESE; PASTA FILATA; PIZZA CHEESE; PROTEIN MATRIX;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 52949091898     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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