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Handbook of Food Preservation

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ISBN-10: 1574446061

ISBN-13: 9781574446067

Edition: 2nd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: M. Shafiur Rahman

List price: $250.00
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Expanded and updated, Handbook of Food Preservation: Second Edition provides fundamental and practical aspects of the preservation methods and new techniques that are most important to those in the industry. This book emphasizes practical, cost-effective, and safe strategies for implementing preservation techniques and describes the exact mode or mechanisms involved in each preservation method by exploring the effects on food properties. The text is organized based on the mode of preservation method: fresh food products; chemicals and microbes; water, structure, and atmosphere; heat and energy; and indirect approaches. This is an invaluable resource for students and researchers.
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Book details

List price: $250.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Publication date: 7/16/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1088
Size: 7.28" wide x 10.31" long x 2.13" tall
Weight: 4.4
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
Editor
Contributors
Preservation of Fresh Food Products
Food Preservation: Overview
Postharvest Physiology of Fruit and Vegetables
Postharvest Handling and Treatments of Fruits and Vegetables
Postharvest Handling of Grains and Pulses
Minimal Processing of Fruits and Vegetables
Postharvest Handling and Preservation of Fresh Fish and Seafood
Postharvest Handling of Red Meat
Postharvest Handling of Milk
Preservation Using Chemicals and Microbes
Fermentation as a Method for Food Preservation
Natural Antimicrobials for Food Preservation
Antioxidants in Food Preservation
pH in Food Preservation
Nitrites in Food Preservation
Preservation by Controlling Water, Structure, and Atmosphere
Modified-Atmosphere Packaging of Produce
Glass Transition and State Diagram of Foods
Food Preservation and Processing Using Membranes
Stickiness and Caking in Food Preservation
Drying and Food Preservation
Osmotic Dehydration of Foods
Water Activity and Food Preservation
Surface Treatments and Edible Coatings in Food Preservation
Encapsulation, Stabilization, and Controlled Release of Food Ingredients and Bioactives
Preservation Using Heat and Energy
Pasteurization and Food Preservation
Canning and Sterilization of Foods
Cooking and Frying of Foods
Food Preservation by Freezing
Freezing-Melting Process in Liquid Food Concentration
Microwave Pasteurization and Sterilization of Foods
Ultrasound in Food Processing and Preservation
Food Preservation Aspects of Ohmic Heating
Light Energy in Food Preservation
Irradiation Preservation of Foods
Pulsed Electric Fields in Food Preservation
High-Pressure Treatment in Food Preservation
Applications of Magnetic Field in Food Preservation
Combined Methods for Food Preservation
Update on Hurdle Technology for Mild and Effective Preservation of Foods
Enhancing Food Preservation by Indirect Approach
Packaging as a Preservation Technique
Types of Packaging Materials Used for Foods
Food Packaging Interaction
Hygienic Design and Sanitation
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
Commercial Considerations: Managing Profit and Quality
Index