Starter Cultures

Fermented Milks

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 11-52

  Tamime, A Y ^a   Skriver, A ^b   Nilsson, L E ^c  

^a Chr Hansen A/S ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b CHR HANSEN A S   (Denmark)

^c Tetra Pak AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacteriocins; Dairy products; Food preservatives; Microbial starter culture; Probiotic micro organisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889325271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470995501.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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