Evaluation of Treatments to Reduce Hardness of Agave americana Core

Evaluation of Treatments to Reduce Hardness of Agave americana Core

Agave americana contains inulin as storage carbohydrate. Therefore, agave is interesting to be used for the extraction of inulin by pressing. The yield of the process is low due to the high hardness of the core. The objective of this work was to evaluate pretreatments to reduce the hardness in the p...

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Main Authors: José A. Ramírez, Rocio C. Gómez-Ayala, Cuauhtémoc Jacques-Hernández, Manuel Vázquez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology 2006-01-01
Series:Food Technology and Biotechnology
Subjects:
Agave americana
inulin
hardness
colour
Online Access:http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/162437

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