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Changes in physicochemical properties of retort-sterilized dairy beverages during storage

M E Cano-Ruiz1, R L Richter

  • 1Texas A&M University, Department of Animal Science, College Station 77843-2471, USA.

Journal of Dairy Science
|September 28, 1998
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