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32 Sensory and Food Quality
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34 Health, Nutrition, and Food
35 Toxicology and Chemical Food Safety
36Or choose another IFT peer-reviewed journal:
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38 Journal of Food Science Education
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40Previous address(es)
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43Author disclosures
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at a different affiliation than that listed above)

by the funding institution)

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PAGE 1ABSTRACT: State what was done (giving indication of

46importance),
47less

how it was done, major results, and conclusions in 250 words or

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48Define

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52ScholarOne
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54
55Practical

Application: (optional; recommended for JFS papers on original

56research)
57In

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58the

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59paragraph
60make

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63In

PAGE 2Introduction

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64references,
65of

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66Citation

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67Stalmach
68on

(2012) noted

tomatoes (Zhang and others 2013).

69
70Materials

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77treatment
78Be

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79previous

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81Results
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84those

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85herein.

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90Acknowledgments
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104References
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108multiple

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115Zhang
116and
117Sci

L, Barrett DM, McCarthy MJ. 2013. Characterization of the red layer

pericarp of processing tomato using magnetic resonance imaging. J Food

78(1):E50-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2012.03007.x

118(Note: issue number is optional; provide the DOI if known, especially if the article is in press
119or online-only)

120Book:

121Stalmach
122editor.

A. 2012. Bioavailability of coffee chlorogenic acids. In: Chu YF,

Coffee: Emerging health effects and disease prevention. Ames, IA:

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