Extrusion processing of cactus pear

Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-110

  Sarkar, Preetam ^a   Setia, Nikhil ^a   Choudhury, Gour S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactus pear; Rice flour; Twin screw extrusion

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DENSITY; BREAKING STRENGTH; CACTUS PEAR; CLEXTRAL; EXTRUDATES; EXTRUDED PRODUCTS; EXTRUSION PROCESSING; EXTRUSION TECHNOLOGY; FEED-RATES; FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY; L/D RATIO; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE LEVEL; PRICKLY PEAR FRUITS; RADIAL EXPANSIONS; RICE FLOUR; SCREW SPEED; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TEXTURAL PROPERTIES; TRUE DENSITY; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; TWIN SCREW EXTRUSION;

FOOD PROCESSING; FRUITS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SCREWS;

EXTRUSION;

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; PYRUS;

EID: 79955455258     PISSN: 20424868     EISSN: 20424876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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