Sous Vide and Cook-Chill Processing

Handbook of Food Safety Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 468-496

  Gormley, Ronan ^a   Tansey, Fergal ^b  

^a ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cook chill; Food packaging; Hurdle technology; Shelf life; Sous vide; Sous vide processing; Sous vide technology; Sous vide, advantages; Steps in sous vide; Thermal treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885984228     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444355321.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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