Texture of acidified canned carrots was evaluated using a shear compression procedure. Carrots canned with as little as 0.77% gluconic acid in the brine retained firmer texture than those packed without acid. Softening phenomena of acidified carrots do not appear to be consistent with a two substrate first order rate expression model.
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