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MEASUREMENT OF TOMATO FIRMNESS WITH A UNIVERSAL TESTING MACHINE

C B Holt1

  • 1Unilever Research Laboratory, Colworth House, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England.

Journal of Texture Studies
|April 4, 2017
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