Introduction — FSTA - Food Science and Technology Abstracts^® is an extensive collection of abstracts prepared from the world's food science, food technology, and food-related human nutrition literature. Specialist scientists from the International Food Information Service extract food-relevant information from the original literature to form concise, comprehensive summaries.

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