Dry mixing of food powders: Effect of water content and composition on mixture quality of binary mixtures

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 149, Issue , 2015, Pages 229-236

  Shenoy, Pooja ^a,b   Xanthakis, Epameinondas ^a   Innings, Fredrik ^c   Jonsson, Caroline ^d   Fitzpatrick, John ^b   Ahrné, Lilia ^a  

^a SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c Tetra Pak AB   (Sweden)

^d Santa Maria AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Food powders; Mixture quality; Powder flow; Powder mixing; Spices; Water activity

Indexed keywords

MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; MIXTURES; POWDERS; SPICE;

FOOD POWDERS; MIXTURE QUALITY; POWDER FLOW; POWDER MIXING; WATER ACTIVITY;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 84910599905     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2014.10.019     Document Type: Article

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