October 2011
Physical properties of honey products in Algeria
Honey is considered as the sweetened natural substance produced by mellifluous bees from the flowers nectar, plants parts or the insects excretions generally left on the same parts. Although Algeria possesses floral and climatic potentialities; it remains a small honey producer. Among analyzed samples,74% correspond to codex standards. This latter may increase if certain measures such as a national regulation including...
October 2011
Application of oven drying method on moisture content of ungrounded and grounded (long and short) rice for storage
This study was conducted on ungrounded, grounded, long and short rice grains to determine the moisture content for storage. The rice samples were dried in an oven at 105°C; in this regard every sample was divided in 6 parts with equal volume. The moisture contents were measured in six different ways such as 1st part with 1 h interval, 2nd with 2 h, 3rd with 4 h, 4th with 6 h, 5th with 12 h and 6th part after 24 h....
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