Freezing of strawberries by immersion in CaCl2 solutions

Food Chemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 243-248

  Galetto, Carolina D ^a,b   Verdini, Roxana A ^a,b   Zorrilla, Susana E ^a   Rubiolo, Amelia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Calcium; Immersion freezing; Pectin methylesterase; Strawberries

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; GALACTURONIC ACID; PECTIN; PECTINESTERASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ESTERIFICATION; FREEZING; IMMERSION; STRAWBERRY;

EID: 77953284852     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.04.018     Document Type: Article

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