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Advances in Food and Nutrition Research

  • 1st Edition, Volume 89 - July 24, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Fidel Toldra
  • Language: English

Advances in Food and Nutrition Research provides updated knowledge about nutrients in foods and how to avoid their deficiency, especially for those essential nutrients that shou… Read more

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Description

Advances in Food and Nutrition Research provides updated knowledge about nutrients in foods and how to avoid their deficiency, especially for those essential nutrients that should be present in the diet to reduce disease risk and optimise health.

The series provides the latest advances on the identification and characterisation of emerging bioactive compounds with putative health benefits, as well as up-to-date information on food science, including raw materials, production, processing, distribution and consumption, always having in mind its nutritional benefits and health effects.

Key features

  • Contains contributions that have been carefully selected based on their vast experience and expertise on the subject
  • Includes updated, in-depth, and critical discussions of available information, giving the reader a unique opportunity to learn
  • Encompasses a broad view of the topics at hand

Readership

Scientists involved in R&D related with food science and nutrition but also with food quality and safety

Table of contents

1. Genetic determinants of beverage consumption: Implications for nutrition and health
Marilyn C. Cornelis

2. Current feeding strategies to improve pork intramuscular fat content and its nutritional quality
C.M. Alfaia, P.A. Lopes, M.S. Madeira, J.M. Pestana, D. Coelho, F. Toldrá and J.A.M. Prates

3. Dairy foods and positive impact on the consumer's health
Silvani Verruck, Celso Fasura Balthazar, Ramon Silva Rocha, Ramon Silva, Erick Almeida Esmerino, Tatiana Colombo Pimentel, Mônica Queiroz Freitas, Marcia Cristina Silva, Adriano Gomes da Cruz and Elane Schwinden Prudencio

4. Food-derived bioactive peptides and their role in ameliorating hypertension and associated cardiovascular diseases
Advaita Ganguly, Kumakshi Sharma and Kaustav Majumder

5. Effects of phytochemicals against diabetes
Merve Bacanli, Sevtap Aydin, Nurşen Başaran and A. Ahmet Başaran

6. DMHF (2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone), a volatile food component with attractive sensory properties, brings physiological functions through inhalation
K. Arihara, I. Yokoyama and M. Ohata

7. Challenges and opportunities regarding the use of alternative protein sources: Aquaculture and insects
Belén Gómez, Paulo E.S. Munekata, Zhenzhou Zhu, Francisco J. Barba, Fidel Toldrá, Predrag Putnik, Danijela Bursać Kovačević and José M. Lorenzo

8. Mycotoxins in food and feed
Jelka Pleadin, Jadranka Frece and Ksenija Markov

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 89
  • Published: July 24, 2019
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Fidel Toldra

Professor Fidel Toldrá is Research Professor at the Instituto de Agrpquimica y Tecnologia de Alimentos, CSIC in Valencia (Spain) where he leaders the group on Protein Foods. He was a Fulbright postdoctoral scholar at Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana, 1985-86) and visiting scientist at the University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin, 1991 and 1995), and the Institute of Food Research (Bristol, UK, 1987). He is Editor-in-Chief of Trends in Food Science & Technology, Associate Editor of Meat Science and Editor of book serial Advances in Food and Nutrition Research. He has published >365 manuscripts, with h index 74, and has filed 11 patents. He is a member of the Editorial Board of 16 scientific journals including Food Chemistry, Current Opinion in Food Science, Journal of Food Engineering, Food Analytical Methods, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Food Science & Human Wellness, among other. He is author of 2 books, 163 book chapters, and edited 63 books, being Editor of the 8th and 9th editions of Lawrie´s Meat Science book (Elsevier) and an Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Food and Health (2015, Academic Press/Elsevier). He received the 2001 Institute Danone Award to the best Scientific Trajectory, 2002 International Prize for Meat Science and Technology, 2010 Distinguished Research Award, 2014 Meat Processing Award and 2023 International Lectureship Award, all 3 from the American Meat Science Association, 2015 Dupont Science Award, 2019 Innovation Award of the Spanish Association of Meat Industry and 2019 Award on Advancement of Agricultural and Food Chemistry of the American Chemical Society (ACS). He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFOST), Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), Fellow of the Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society and Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials. Prof. Toldrá served at Panels on Food Additives and on Flavorings, Enzymes, Processing aids and Food contact materials of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA, 2003-15) and was Chairman of the Working groups on Irradiation (2009-10), Processing Aids (2011-14) and Enzymes (2010-15). In 2008-09 he joined the FAO/WHO group of experts to evaluate chlorine-based disinfectants in the processing of foods.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Professor, Instituto de Agroquimica y Tecnologia de Alimentos (CSIC), Spanish National Research Council, Paterna (Valencia), Spain

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