Water Activity and Physical Stability

Water Activity in Foods: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 199-213

  Roudaut, Gaëlle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Crispness; Food products; Mechanical properties; Plasticization; Water activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889764387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470376454.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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