Pulsed electric field treatment of carrots before drying and rehydration

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 89, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2372-2376

  Gachovska, Tanya K ^a   Simpson, Marian V ^a   Ngadi, Michael O ^a   Raghavan, G S V ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blanching; Carrots; Drying; Pulsed electric field; Rehydration

Indexed keywords

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 70350059230     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3730     Document Type: Article

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