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A Pedal-assisted Unit for Making Leaf Juice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

N. W. Pirie
N. W. Pirie
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, UK
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Summary

Extracted leaf protein is now used regularly as human food in several places. For preliminary, or domestic, trials the equipment used is inconveniently large. A miniature extraction unit, which does not depend on electricity, is described.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , July 1987 , pp. 315 - 318
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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