Principles of Intermediate-Moisture Foods and Related Technology

Water Activity in Foods: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 273-312

  Taoukis, Petros S ^a   Richardson, Michelle ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Food Protection Innovative Packaging Team   (United States)

Author keywords

Food products; Intermediate moisture foods; Microbial stability; Stability of foods; Water activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889847000     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470376454.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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