Development of extruded snacks using soy, sorghum, millet and rice blend - A response surface methodology approach

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1526-1531

  Seth, Dibyakanta ^a   Rajamanickam, Gopirajah ^b  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Extruded snack; Millet; Ragi; Response surface methodology; Soy

Indexed keywords

EXTRUDED SNACKS; MILLET; RAGI; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SOY;

OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ELEUSINE CORACANA; ELEUSINE CORACANA SUBSP. CORACANA;

EID: 84862551545     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2012.03001.x     Document Type: Article

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