Prediction of pork belly fatness from the intact primal cut

Food Control

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1394-1401

  Uttaro, B ^a   Zawadski, S ^a  

^a LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Belly composition; Image analysis; Pork belly

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 77953610247     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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