Bøger i Food Science and Technology serien

Presents an overview of knowledge regarding the influence of freezing, frozen storage and thawing of specific food-stuffs. This book delineates how freezing processes alter the colour, appearance, palatability, nutritional value, intrinsic chemical reactions, microbiological safety and consumer acceptance of foods.

Summarizes the research required to allow the sale of Acesulfame-K, an intense artificial sweetener that does not adversely affect diabetics, cause tooth decay, or contain calories. This title covers health hazards of the food additive and its subsequent compounds.

Features papers delivered to a 1988 meeting of food technologists in Dallas, and a few chapters, which survey the instruments and methodologies available for the instrumental analysis of chemical, physical, and microbiological aspects of food, especially in quality assurance and control.

A handbook of nutrition and diet which provides information on food nutrients and their functions; food safety and distribution; food composition, consumption and utilization; adequacy of diet; and the nutritional management of diseases and disorders. It also discusses the effects of nutrition and diet on diseases of the bones, teeth, and kidneys.

Presents a wide range of information on the composition, utilization, and evaluation of colorants and pigments in food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetic products. This title tabulates key data for food, drug, and cosmetic colorants by Color Index Numbers. It describes the relationships between coloring reactions.

Covering chemical engineering and food technology issues, this text discusses the design of the food processing system and the industrial food plant. Including modeling procedures for food processing systems and auxiliary systems, it also discusses synthesis techniques and procedures to structure data on different food processing alternatives.

Considers the design and economic analysis of food preservation, food manufacturing, and food ingredients plants with regard to a number of representative food processes. This book covers estimations of capital investment and operating costs including statistical data, empirical models, and useful rules of thumb.

Reviews the physiochemical properties of the main food proteins and explores the interdependency between the structure-function relationship of specific protein classes and the processing technologies applied to given foods. This book offers solutions to the problems related to the complexity of food composition, preparation and storage.

Presents research on food phosphates, commercial starches, antibrowning agents, essential fatty acids, and fat substitutes, as well as studies on consumer perceptions of food additives. This book details food additives for special dietary needs, and identifies methods to determine hypersensitivity.

Describes the breadmaking process at the molecular level, based on surface and colloidal science and introducing colloidal science with a minimum of theory. This book discusses the structure of the dough, how a foam is formed during fermentation and how starch gelatinization induces the formation of an open-pore network, such as the bread crumb.

Featuring extraction process optimization, this book details the installation, construction, development, modeling, control, and economics of conventional and specialized extraction systems in the food processing industry. It also presents case studies for illustration of specific extraction systems in commercial food production.

Covers various transport properties of food materials and systems - exploring moisture diffusivities, thermal conductivity and diffusivity, transport and permeability of small molecules, and heat and mass transfer coefficients. This book describes physical, mathematical or empirical models of the transport processes for each application.

Applies an experimental approach to recognize, control and resolve the variables that effect the wine-making process and the quality of the final product. This title contains over 300 drawings, photographs and photomicrographs that illustrate the diagnostic morphology of wine yeast and bacteria used to track wine spoilage and related problems.

Offers coverage of spices and herbs from basic science to the developments in spice functions and applications. This title introduces a fresh patterning theory of extensive spice use in various types of food preparations.

From health and economic consequences to exposure assessment and detoxification, this title covers the formation, characteristics, and control of various toxins that occur in the production, storage, and preparation of food. It discusses toxin sources, mechanisms, routes of exposure and absorption, and their chemical and biochemical components.

Using carefully selected examples, this title demonstrates the relationship of engineering to the chemistry, microbiology, nutrition and processing of foods in a uniquely practical blend. It facilitates comprehensive learning that has proven valuable beyond the classroom as a lifetime professional reference.

Valued for its unique flavors, textures, and colors, berry fruit is a crop that provides health benefits due to its many bioactive components. This book provides an understanding of the functional chemicals, shelf-life and microbial safety concerns, and applications in the food industry.

Addressing theoretical and practical issues in dairy technology, this work offers coverage of the basic knowledge and scientific advances in the production of milk and milk-based products. It examines energy supply and electricity refrigeration, water and waste-water treatment, cleaning and disinfection, and occupational safety in dairies.

Exploring the structure and physical and chemical properties of solutions, dispersions, soft solids, fats, and cellular systems, this title describes the physiochemical principles of the reactions and conversions that occur during the manufacture, handling, and storage of foods. It covers aspects of thermodynamics and bonds and interaction forces.

The international fishing industry is in danger of stagnation if it continues to ignore consumer demands. What the consumer wants is easy-to-prepare or ready-to-eat value added products. This title considers issues that need to be addressed to bring items profitably to market, including product development, processing, packaging and storage.

Intended for students and practitioners who have a basic education in chemical engineering or food science, this title contains basic information in each area and describes some of the fundamental ideas of processing development and design. It examines the food industry structure, how it works, and consumer products.

Addresses the spectrum of cereal grain science, employing agronomic, chemical, and technological perspectives. This book provides treatment of food enrichment techniques, nutritional standards, and product quality evaluation. It highlights newly developed special ingredients and microbiological operations in processed foods; and more.

Presents an overview of food borne listeriosis in animals and humans, including pathogenesis, methods of detection and sub typing. This book deals with risk assessment, cost of outbreaks, and regulatory control in various countries. It covers many high-risk foods including dairy products, meat, poultry, fish, seafood, and products of plant origin.

Focuses on strategies to analyze the functionality and performance of food emulsions and explores developments in emulsion science that have advanced food research and development. This book probes technologies in food emulsion assessment for excellence in food product design and focuses on methods of emulsion characterization and investigation.

Food Texture is the first book to provide a broad overview of texture measurementfrom both the subjective (consumer) and objective (instrument) points of viewand to highlight the relation between objective measures and sensory perceptions

"Integrates principles of electromagnetics, dielectrics, heat and moisture transfer, packaging, solid mechanics, fluid flow, food chemistry, and microbiology to provide a comprehensive overview of microwave processing in a single accessible source."

Analyzes how the technology and commercial practices of cultivation affect the nutritive value of certain fish, molluscs, crustacea, and freshwater plants. This title is organized to show the sequence from growth, harvest, and capture, through transportation, storage, and processing, to packaging and distribution.

Covers preharvest and postharvest handling and production of fruits grown in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions in the world. This work brings together 45 top experts who discuss over 60 major and minor crops, detailing methods and technology for handling, disease control, storage, packaging, and refrigeration.

Offers an examination of certain types of fatty acids and their role in the aetiology of cancer, cardiovascular disease, immune and inflammatory diseases, renal disease, diabetes, neuromuscular disorders, liver disease, mental illness, visual dysfunction and ageing.