Relationship among the carotenoid content, dry matter content and sensory attributes of sweet potato

Food Chemistry

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-21

  Tomlins, Keith ^a   Owori, Constance ^b   Bechoff, Aurelie ^a   Menya, Geoffrey ^b   Westby, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b National Agricultural Research Organization   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Dry matter; Ipomoea batatas; Logarithm; Sensory evaluation; Sweet potato

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; DRY MATTERS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LOGARITHM; SENSORY EVALUATION; SWEET POTATO;

LINEAR REGRESSION;

ALGEBRA;

CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DRY MATTER CONTENT; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; ODOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SWEET POTATO; TASTE; TOUCH; VISION;

IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 80054036749     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.07.072     Document Type: Article

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