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EFFECT OF PACKAGING AND TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS ON THE QUALITY OF FROZEN FOODS.

INFLUENCE DE L'EMBALLAGE ET DES FLUCTUATIONS DE TEMPERATURE SUR LA QUALITE DES DENREES ALIMENTAIRES SURGELEES.

Author(s) : POOVARODOM M.

Summary

THE EFFECT OF SINUSOIDAL TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION ON QUALITY LOSS IN FROZEN GROUND BEEF CONTAINING 15% FAT WAS STUDIED. FOUR PACKAGING METHODS WERE USED. THE SAMPLES WERE STORED AT 3 AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, EACH OF WHICH HAD 3 AMPLITUDES OF FLUCTUATIONS. THE FREQUENCY OF TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION UNDER CONTROLLED AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS 8 AND 4 CYCLES/DAY. TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF FREQUENCY, IT WAS ACCELERATEDUP TO 12 CYCLES/DAY AND THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS -10 DEG C. THE SAMPLES WERE STORED FROM 3 TO 15 MONTHS. RESULTS ARE GIVEN AS FAR AS WEIGHT LOSS, SENSORY CHANGES, SHELF LIFE, MICROBIOLOGY, ARE CONCERNED.

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  • Original title: INFLUENCE DE L'EMBALLAGE ET DES FLUCTUATIONS DE TEMPERATURE SUR LA QUALITE DES DENREES ALIMENTAIRES SURGELEES.
  • Record ID : 1992-1207
  • Languages: French
  • Publication date: 1990/09/24
  • Source: Source: C. R. Réun. Dresde, IIF/Proc. Dresd. Meet., IIR
    1990-4; 559-567; 7 fig.; 4 tabl.
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