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Books in Food engineering

  • Smart Engineering Approaches to Food Safety and Shelf Life Extension

    Safer and Fresher Foods
    • 1st Edition
    • Yogesh K. Ahlawat + 2 more
    • English
    Smart Engineering Approaches to Food Safety and Shelf Life Extension: Safer and Fresher Foods covers revolutionary ways we preserve and process food, ensuring its quality, safety, and sustainability. With a comprehensive exploration of cutting-edge technologies, methodologies, and applications, this book addresses the challenges of current food preservation and processing. Readers will find fresh insights and practical knowledge across various disciplines, with an emphasis on innovation, quality, safety, and sustainability. From novel preservation methods to advanced processing technologies, each chapter presents valuable insights into how engineering principles can be leveraged to enhance food safety, extend shelf life, and preserve nutritional quality.Alongside sustainable practices, sections also cover high-pressure processing, pulsed electric fields, novel packaging materials designed to minimize spoilage and contamination, intelligent packaging systems, and process optimization techniques. Authored by leading experts in the fields of engineering and food science, this book uniquely integrates both disciplines to provide a comprehensive understanding of the latest advancements in food preservation and processing technologies.

  • Fundamentals of 3D Food Printing and Applications

    • 2nd Edition
    • Fernanda C. Godoi + 4 more
    • English
    Fundamentals of 3D Food Printing and Applications, Second Edition continues to be the most comprehensive reference offering a broad overview of 3D printing technology applied to food. This new edition outlines the emerging 3D food printing technologies and their working mechanisms across a wide range of application areas, including the development of soft foods and confectionary designs. Composed of 22 chapters, the book covers new trends and demands, such as changes in consumer preferences, new regulations, or new applications of 3D printing technology in the food industry. It also explores the use of natural and organic materials as printing materials to address end-user concerns about artificial food. Besides covering the use of automated systems and advanced technologies, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, to improve efficiency and consistency in 3D food printing. Case studies and best practices from industry professionals who have successfully scaled up their 3D food printing operations are presented throughout the chapters as well. Edited and written by a team of worldwide experts in 3D food printing, this book is the best resource covering the latest developments in 3D printing technology.

  • Food Industry 5.0

    Components, Opportunities, and Challenges
    • 1st Edition
    • Abdo Hassoun
    • English
    Food Industry 5.0: Components, Opportunities, and Challenges focuses on identifying potential enabling technologies that could be leveraged to shape the future of food in the coming years. Divided into three parts, the book introduces the concept of Food Industry 5.0, its foundations, and driving principles, focusing on its three main components, mainly human-centricity, resilience, and sustainability. The second part identifies enabling technologies of Food Industry 5.0 and their evolutionary trajectories from the ongoing Food Industry 4.0 technologies. Finally, the main challenges in adopting Industry 5.0 technologies and future research directions are presented.This book is an excellent resource that provides guidance and insightful perspectives to researchers, scholars, and students on the fundamentals of Industry 5.0 within agriculture and the food industry.

  • 3D Printing of Food Products for Sustainability

    Innovation, Design and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain + 1 more
    • English
    3D Printing of Food Products for Sustainability: Innovation, Design and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in 3D printing technology as applied to food production, with a focus on sustainability. Divided in 5 parts, the book blends theoretical insights with practical guidelines and real-world case studies to equip readers with a deep understanding of sustainable additive manufacturing processes in the food industry. It addresses the urgent need for innovative approaches to food manufacturing that prioritize environmental stewardship, resource efficiency, and sustainability. The book also offers a detailed exploration of the intersections between 3D printing technology and sustainable food production, making it an indispensable guide for those committed to shaping the future of food sustainability.

  • Utilizing Microfluidics in the Food Industry

    Applications and Techniques
    • 1st Edition
    • C. Anandharamakrishnan + 3 more
    • English
    Utilizing Microfluidics in the Food Industry: Applications and Techniques thoroughly covers state-of-the-art applications of microfluidic systems in the food sector. The book presents fundamental concepts of microfluidic devices, liquid conduction in microfluidics, fabrication techniques, computational approaches, scalability approaches, and emerging concepts in nanofluidics. The second section provides details on microfluidics for food structure (emulsion, foams, micro and nano carriers) formulation and aspects for food processing food safety and quality analysis. The last section is dedicated to providing a futuristic view of this rapidly advancing field, emphasizing the need for research and market potential.This comprehensive reference written by world renowned scientists provides both fundamentals and principles or other application sectors in the microfluidics on food processing.

  • Conductive Hydro Drying of Foods

    Principles and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • C. Anandharamakrishnan + 2 more
    • English
    Conductive Hydro Drying of Foods: Principles and Applications presents the current state of this emerging field, touching basics of novel drying approaches, introducing the concept of conductive hydro drying, and detailing its applications in food processing. The book explores novel drying techniques and covers the drying of various foods, including fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, poultry, and egg, spices and herbs, cereals and pulses, and other edible materials. It also brings chapters on trends and prospects, providing emphasis on the scope for low-cost drying, drying, or heat-sensitive foods. Edited by authors with interdisciplinary backgrounds and strong expertise in the field of food drying, this is a valuable resource to research and industry professionals working in allied fields.

  • Biscuit, Cookie and Cracker Production

    Process, Production and Packaging Equipment
    • 2nd Edition
    • Iain Davidson
    • English
    Biscuit, Cookie and Cracker Production, Second Edition is a practical reference that brings a complete description of the process and equipment necessary for automated food production in the food/biscuit industry. The book describes the existing and emerging technologies in biscuit making and production, making it a valuable asset to R&D personnel and students in food technology and engineering areas. The second edition brings 370 new photos and images for updated equipment. Additional chapters covering energy usage and baking efficiency are also included, along with data on energy usage and energy saving.Iain Davidson shares his almost 50 years of experience in the biscuit baking industry worldwide with students, researchers or people joining a biscuit making company.

  • Advances in Biopolymers for Food Science and Technology

    • 1st Edition
    • Kunal Pal + 2 more
    • English
    Advances in Biopolymers for Food Science and Technology brings together the latest techniques for the preparation of bio-based polymeric materials for novel food applications. Sections introduce biopolymers and their various polysaccharide and protein sources, addressing biopolymers from marine sources in particular. Food design using biopolymers, and their preparation as gels and composites are then discussed in detail. This is followed by in-depth chapters that guide the reader through specific applications, including fat replacement products, delivery systems, food emulsions, micro- and nano-encapsulation, nanovehicles, nanostructures, nanofilms, antimicrobial peptides, food coatings, food packaging, smart monitoring, cryoprotection, and cultured meat production. Finally, the various challenges regarding sustainability of food packaging are addressed. This is a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students across polymer science, food science, chemistry, packaging, nanotechnology, and materials science, as well as industrial scientists and R&D professionals with an interest in biopolymers for advanced applications in food products and packaging.

  • Biodegradable and Edible Food Packaging

    Trends and Technologies
    • 1st Edition
    • Khalid Bashir + 4 more
    • English
    Biodegradable and Edible Food Packaging: Trends and Technologies presents the concept, status and recent advancements of Biodegradable and Edible packaging materials. The book offers broad and available information regarding principles of food packaging and its applications in different area of food and non-food. Chapters bring a detailed overview of the interaction of constituents and properties like physiochemical, mechanical, microbiological and engineering. The book also serves latest information regarding the packaging requirements of almost all food groups, including knowledge regarding biodegradable and edible food packaging materials that reduce environmental pollution. This is a solid reference book that helps readers understand different benefits of using biodegradable and edible films and their development and suitability with various foods.

  • Engineering Applications in Livestock Production

    • 1st Edition
    • Ayon Tarafdar + 4 more
    • English
    Engineering Applications in Livestock Production covers the recent advancements and technological developments in the field of livestock production engineering in great detail. The major advances covered in this book include the use of artificial intelligence, image processing, Internet of Things, novel animal product processing technologies, farm automation systems, sensor technology, bioengineering practices and even engineered housing systems among others.