Processing and Utilization Technology of Root and Tuber Food
Fankui Zeng1, Huachun Guo2, Gang Liu1
1Research Center for Natural Medicine and Chemical Metrology, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
|July 13, 2024
Abstract:
Roots and tubers make a great contribution to major staple foods and provide good sources of dietary carbohydrates for the nutrition supply and energy recharge of human [...].
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