Fruit Freezing Principles

Handbook of Fruits and Fruit Processing

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 59-79

  De Ancos, B ^a   Sanchez Moreno C ^a   De Pascual Teresa, S ^a   Cano, M P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DEL FRÍO CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Freezing principles; Frozen fruit quality; Frozen storage; Fruit freezing; Fruit packaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849112190     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470277737.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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