Water Mobility in Foods

Water Activity in Foods: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 47-108

  Schmidt, Shelly J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Food ingredients; Molecules; Nature of water; Properties of foods; Water mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249110650     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470376454.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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