Maintaining quality of minimally processed pomegranate arils by honey treatments

British Food Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 396-406

  Ergun, Muharrem ^a   Ergun, Nazan ^b  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kahramanmaras Agricultural Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Food industry; Honey; India; Iran; Quality

Indexed keywords

LYTHRACEAE;

EID: 69549090000     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700910951524     Document Type: Article

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