Quality of in-shell Brazil nuts after drying using a pilot natural convection oven in the state of Acre, Brazil
Abstract The natural drying of in-shell Brazil nuts carried out by the extractivists is not effective in reducing contamination by aflatoxin-producing fungi. Thus the use of an artificial heater could prove to be a favourable method to bring about a rapid reduction in the moisture content of the nut...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos (ITAL)
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Food Technology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-67232017000100441&lng=en&tlng=en |