Consumer acceptability of a synbiotic version of the maize beverage mageu

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 447-463

  Nyanzi, Richard ^a   Jooste, Piet J ^a   Abu, Joseph O ^a   Beukes, Elbie M ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Consumer acceptability; Mageu; Prebiotics; Probiotics; Quantitative descriptive sensory analyses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; MAIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

LACTOBACILLUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956711583     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2010.498955     Document Type: Article

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