REG. No. 24918 / 64 ISSN: 0022 - 1155 CODEN: JFSTAB ASSOCIATION OF FOOD SCIENTISTS AND TECHNOLOGISTS (INDIA) MYSORE - 570 013 Telephone : 521747; 28157; Telex 0846-241 FTRI IN, Cable : FOODSEARCH, MYSORE. Fax : 521747, 27697, 24475 (Countiy code : 91, Mysore code : 0821) * Affiliated to the Institute of Food Technologists, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. * The Association is a professional and educational organization of Food Scientists and Technologists, with its head­ quarters at Mysore. * The chapters of the Association are located at Bangalore, Bhopal, Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi, Hisar, Hyderabad, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Karnal, Kharagpur, Ludhiana, Madras, Manipur, Nagpur, Par.tnagar, Parbhani, Pune and Thiruvananthapuram. Objectives : * Advancement of all the aspects of Science and Technology relating to production, processing and distribution of food, with the ultimate objective to serve humanity through better food. * Promotion of research, development and training in the science, Technology and Engineering of Food. * To provide a forum for exchange, discussion and dissemination of knowledge and current developments, especially among Food Scientists and Technologists as well as the Public and Society at large. Major Activities : * Publication of 'Journal of Food Science and Technology' (bi-monthly) and 'Indian Food Industry' (bi-monthly). * Holding symposia/conventions on different aspects of Food Science, Technology and Engineering. * Arranging Lectures and Seminars for the benefit of Members and the Public. Membership : * Membership is open to graduates and diploma holders in Food Science, Technology and Engineering as well as to those engaged in these professional activities. * Types of membership include Life Member. Life Member (Resident Abroad), Corporate Members, Full Member, Member (Resident Abroad, Affiliate Member, Student Member and Student Member (Abroad). * Each member will receive a free copy of the 'Journal of Food Science and Technology' or 'Indian Food Industry', as per the option exercised. CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (CEC) OF THE AFST (I) President : Vice-Presidents (Chapters) : Immediate Past-Secretary : P. Narasimham G.S. Chauhan G.A. Krishna Central Food Technological G.B. Pant University of Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore Agriculture & Technology Research Institute, Mysore P a n tn a g a r President-Designate : Joint Secretary : Rugmini Sankaran A. S. Gholap P.C.S. Nambiar Defence Food Research Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Central Food Technological Laboratory, Mysore Trombay, Bombay Research Institute, Mysore Immediate Past-President : Treasurer : Su santa K Roy G.V. Krishna Murthy M.S. Krishna Prakash Indian Council of Agricultural 16-11 -310-11 Central Food Technological Research, New Delhi Saleem Nagar Colony, Research Institute, Mysore H y derabad Vice-President (H.Q.) : Editor, J. Food Sci. Technol : A. R am esh B. Raghuramaiah B.K. Lonsane Central Food Technological Food Ingredient Specialities Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore Pvt. Ltd., Madras Research Institute, Mysore Executive Secretary : Chief Editor, Ind. Food Indus. : K. Udaya Sankar S.P. Pillai Central Focd Technological Central Food Technological Research institute, Mysore Research Institute, Mysore For Membership, Subscription to the Journal and Other particulars, kindly contact ; The Honorary Executive Secretary Association of Fc^itl Scientists and Technologists (India) Central Food Technological Research Institute Campus, Mysore-570 013, India. JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Editor : B.K. Lonsane Ferm entation Technology Department, Central Food Technological Research Institute, M ysore-570 013, India EDITORIAL BOARD : INDIAN P.G. Adsule N.S. Mahendrakar Susanta K. Roy Post-harvest Technological Central Food Technological Indian Agricultural Institute, Pune Research Institute, Mysore Research Institute, New Delhi A.G. Appu Rao P.N. Maheshwari H. Shekar Shetty Central Food Technological Harcourt Butler University of Mysore, Research Institute, Mysore Technological Institute, Mysore Kanpur S.S. Arya J. S. Sidhu Defence Food Research K.S. Manja Punjab Agricultural Laboratory, Mysore Defence Food Research University, Ludhiana Laboratory, Mysore A.S. Bai Sreemathi Hariprasad National Environmental P. Narasimham Central Food Technological Engineering Research Institute, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore Nagpur Research Institute, Mysore Subadra Seshadri M.S. University of Baroda. P.J. Dubash M.S. Prasad Baroda University Department of Chemical Central Food Technological Technology, Bombay Research Institute, Mysore R.N. Taranathan Central Food Technological P. Haridas Rao P.L. Raina Research Institute, Mysore Central Food Technological Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore Research Institute, Mysore M. C. Varadaraj N.G.K. Karanth Central Food Technological Central Food Technological M. Ramakrishna Research Institute, Mysore Research Institute, Mysore Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore K. Udaya Sankar Central Food Technological M. Karuna Kumar G. Ramanatham Research Institute, Mysore University of Mysore, Central Food Technological (Ex-officio) Mysore Research Institute, Mysore P.C.S. Nambiar M. Mahadeviah K.A. Ranganath Central Food Technological Central Food Technological Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore Research Institute, Mysore Research Institute, Mysore (Ex-officio) * 1 n C I ü -■ 3 1:338 EDITORIAL BOARD : OVERSEAS Ola La tan Adu P.M. Jayatissa Ministry of Agriculture, Ceylon Institute of Scientific M.A. Rao, Natural Resource and Cooperation, and Industrial Research, Cornell University-Geneva, Akure, Nigeria Colombo, Sri Lanka Geneva, New York, U.S.A. Zeki Berk Mogens Jacobsen Carlos Rolz Technion-Israel Institute Den Kgl. Veterinaer-Og Instituto Centro Americano de of Technology, Haifa, Landbohojskole, Investigación y Technologia Isreal Frederiksberg C, Denmark Industrial, Guatemala City, Guatemala Jan Bol Dietrich Knorr TNO Nutrition and Food Research, Technische Universität Sevastianos Roussos Zeist, The Netherlands Berlin, Gemany Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Development en Cooperation, Montpellier, C.W. Brown Lee Yuan Kun France Heriot-Watt University, National University of Singapore, Edinburgh, U.K. Singapore, Republic of Singapore E Gumbira-Said Bogor Agricultural University, Bulan Phithakpol Bogor, Indonesia Kasetsart University, T.W. Kwon Bangkok, Thailand INJE University, Kyungsangnam-do, S. Korea Carlos Ricardo Soccol Universidade Federal do Parana Daniel Martinez-Carreara Curitiba-PR, Brazil Centro de Enseñanza, G. Leupold Investigación y Capacitación Technische Universität para el Desarollo München, Freising-Weihenstephan, J.F.T. Spencer Agrícola Regiona, Puebla, Germany Planta Piloto De Procesos México Industriales Microbiologicos, Tucuman, Stylianos Marakis Republica Argentina Robin Y.Y. Chiou University of Athens, National Chiayi Institute of Athens, Greece Agriculture, Chiayi, Taiwan, Ivan Varasanyi Republic of China University of Horticulture and Jorge Marcondes Food Industry, Victoria University of Technology, Budapest, Khalil I. Ereifej Melbourne, Australia Hungary Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan V.H. Potty G. Viniegra-Gonzalez University Sains Malaysia, Universida Autpnoma K.K. Eyeson Penang, Malaysia Metropolitana, Iztapalapa Food Research Institute Mexico D.F., Ara, Ghana Mexico Maurice Raimbault Institut Français de Recherche Paolo Fantozzi Scientifique pour le Development University di Perugia, en Cooperation, Cali, Perugia, Italy Columbia JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INDEXED AND SELECTIVELY ABSTRACTED IN Volume 32 Number 3 May-June * Current Contents-Agriculture, 1995 Biology and Environmental S c ie n c e s CONTENTS * Indian Food Industry * NCI Current Contents * Chemical Abstracts REVIEW * Biological Abstracts * Food Science and Technology Biochemical M ethods for Determ ination of Spoilage of A b s tra c ts Foods of Animal Origin : A Critical Evaluation M.D. Alur, S.N. Doke, S.B. Warner and P.M. Nair * Food Technology Abstracts * Dairy Science Abstracts RESEARCH PAPERS * Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews-Series A-Human and Studies on Growth, Pungency and Flavour Characteristics Experimentals of Different Varieties of Onions During Bulbs Development * International Packaging Ashish Kalra, D.R. Sood and U.C. Pandey 189 A b s tra c ts * P IR A CD-ROM-Paper, Printing Physico-chemical Composition and Processing and Packaging Database Characteristics of Pearl M illet Varieties N.A. Hadimani, S.Z. Ali and N.G. M alleshi 19 3 * Online PIRA Databases-Data- Star, Dialog, Orbit Search Economic Utilization of Cabbage W astes through Solid Service, PFDS Online and STN State Ferm entation by Native Microflora * Fisheries Review C. Krishna and M. Chandrasekaran 199 * Cambridge Scientific Studies on the Protein Quality and Storage Stability of Abstracts-M icrobiology, Textured Soya Proteins Biotechnology, Health and N. Narayan Prasad, K.R. Viswanathan, 202 Safety Science M. Siddalinga Swamy and K. Santhanam * Food Adlibra Dialog File 79. Development of Instant K a d h i M ix * Food Adlibra Alerting Bulletin G.K. Sharma, A.D. Semwal and S.S. Arya 206 * Food Adlibra Current Awareness Supplements for RESEARCH NOTES Food Science and Seafood * Food Adlibra Current Effect of Storage Conditions on Popping Quality of Awareness Supplement for S o r g h u m Snacks and Confectionery Archana Gupta, Ratna and Sarita Srivastava 211 * Biology