Date and date processing: A review

Food Reviews International

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-133

  Ashraf, Zahra ^a   Hamidi Esfahani, Zohreh ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Date by products; Date fruit; Fermented date products; Processing; Ready to use and semi finished date products

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LILIOPSIDA; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 79951842900     PISSN: 87559129     EISSN: 15256103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87559129.2010.535231     Document Type: Article

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