Effect of drying method on drying time and physico-chemical properties of dried rabbiteye blueberries

LWT

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 739-745

  Yemmireddy, Veerachandra K ^a   Chinnan, Manjeet S ^a   Kerr, William L ^b   Hung, Yen Con ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition; Cultivar; Impingement drying; Physico chemical properties; Rabbiteye blueberry

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); FLUIDIZED BEDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TEXTURES;

CULTIVAR; DRYING TEMPERATURE; FLUIDIZED BED DRYERS; IMPINGEMENT DRYER; IMPINGEMENT DRYING; INDIVIDUALLY QUICK FROZEN; RABBITEYE BLUEBERRY; SPECIFIC INTERACTION;

DRYING;

VACCINIUM;

EID: 84867867846     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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