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Books in Food science and technology

The Food Science and Technology portfolio covers food safety, quality assurance, processing techniques, sensory analysis, nutrition, and food innovation. Featuring the latest research, technological advances, and practical case studies, these resources support researchers, technologists, and students in developing safer, healthier, and sustainable food products. This collection emphasizes food security, traceability, and novel processing methods, addressing global challenges in nutrition and food supply with actionable insights.

  • Clean Label Starch

    Processes, Properties and Functionality
    • 1st Edition
    • Parmjit Singh Panesar + 1 more
    • English
    Clean Label Starch: Processes, Properties and Functionality, a volume in the "Applications of Starches in Food and Packaging" series, provides the most up-to-date information on clean label starches, catering to a wide range of readers interested in starch modification and its applications in clean label food and packaging industries. Chapters cover hydro-thermal clean label starch, thermal and non-thermal physically modified starches, biotechnological approaches for clean label starch production, and its nanoencapsulation. Applications of clean label starch in the edible packaging industry, biodegradable packaging, and in bakery and confectionery are also included. The book discusses the challenges, and consumer acceptability, in addition to the quality attributes of clean label starch. Edited by an internationally diverse group of experts and leaders who possess extensive, up-to-date knowledge of native and modified starches and related technologies, this book is an excellent resource which highlights important global perspectives in the field.
  • Red Wine Technology

    • 2nd Edition
    • Antonio Morata
    • English
    Back in its second edition, Red Wine Technology, Second Edition continues to offer a solutions-based approach to the challenges associated with red wine production. It focuses on the technology and biotechnology of red wines and is ideal for anyone in need of a succinct reference on novel ways to increase and improve overall red wine production and innovation. This updated edition provides emerging trends in modern enology, including molecular tools for wine quality and analysis. In addition to updating existing topics, it is expanded to include a variety of completely new chapters on cutting-edge topics such as the red wine microbiome, the use of viruses in wine biotechnology, smoke taint, the future of yeast research, and environmental winery management for climate change. Red Wine Technology, Second Edition is an essential resource for wine producers, researchers, practitioners, technologists and students.
  • Advances in Food and Nutrition Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 118
    • English
    Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, Volume 118 provides the latest advances on nanoformulations that can be used in the food industry, including chapters that cover important topics such as Nanoformulation Used In The Food Industry, Advances in Rapid On-Site Detection Techniques for Food Safety and Authenticity, Utilizing Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Sustainable High-Quality Food Production: Current State, Challenges, and Future Directions, Advances in High Hydrostatic Pressure Processing of Fruit and Vegetable Juicesm Functionality, Health Benefits, and Applications of Fish-Derived Hydrolysates and Peptides, and more.Additional chapters explore Maximizing the utilisation of seafood resources, A novel cooking technique for seafood: sous-vide, and Vegetable oils as a source of omega-3 fatty acids – transgenic vegetable oil.
  • A Practical Guide for Interpreting and Constructing Nutritional Labeling

    • 1st Edition
    • María Patricia López Ramírez + 1 more
    • English
    A Practical Guide for Interpreting and Constructing Nutritional Labeling delves into the intricate global landscape of nutritional labeling for consumer packaged goods. It addresses the complexity and lack of uniform guidelines that plague food industry professionals in effectively conveying nutritional impacts on dietary choices. Additionally, it presents a global perspective on nutritional and front package labeling, offering solutions for standardizing the nutritional table process. The book includes historical milestones and case studies from countries like the U.S., Switzerland, Colombia, and Chile. It provides practical tools for interpreting front-of-pack labeling and insights into the regulatory landscape and future trends in nutritional labeling.
  • Advances in Edible Packaging Systems for Food Preservation

    Processing, Bioactive Agents and Preservation
    • 1st Edition
    • Zuhaib F. Bhat + 1 more
    • English
    Advances in Edible Packaging Systems for Food Preservation: Processing, Bioactive Agents and Preservation discusses the edible packaging systems available for the preservation of all types of foods and products derived from meat, eggs, milk, plants, cereals, fish, and seafood. Divided into 14 chapters, the book covers recent topics related to edible packaging such as the role of emerging technologies (including cold plasma, ultrasonication, electrospinning, high-pressure, 3D printing, and pulsed light), alternative film materials (including insect, fungal, and algae proteins), novel bioactive agents (including novel peptides and nanoemulsions, nanoparticles, and nanofibers from novel sources), engineering aspects, environmental impacts, and consumer perception.This book caters to a wider audience, including, but not limited to, individuals involved in food science, meat science, dairy science, food packaging, agriculture sciences, protein and carbohydrate biochemistry, and nutrition.
  • Packaging Operations in the Food Industry

    Unit Operations and Processing Equipment in the Food Industry
    • 1st Edition
    • Seid Mahdi Jafari + 1 more
    • English
    Packaging Operations in the Food Industry, a volume in the Unit Operations and Processing Equipment in the Food Industry series, explains the processing operations and equipment necessary for the packaging of different food products including conventional and modern packaging techniques. These processes and unit operations are important in the manufacture of various food products.Divided in four sections, “Principles of packaging “, “Different stages of packaging”, “Different packaging operations”, and “Novel packaging processes”, all chapters emphasize basic texts relating to experimental, theoretical, computational, and/or applications of food engineering principles and the relevant processing equipment to packaging unit operations.Written by experts in the field of food engineering, in a simple and dynamic way, this book targets industrial Engineers working in the field of food processing and within food factories to make them more familiar with the food processing operations and equipment.
  • Underutilized Tuber Crops of the Himalayan Region

    Nutraceutical Potential, Processing, and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Arun Kumar Gupta + 1 more
    • English
    Underutilized Tuber Crops of the Himalayan Region: Nutraceutical Potential, Processing, and Applications explores significant, yet underutilized, edible tubers known for their bioactive and pharmacological properties, as well as their preservation potential. The book presents detailed information on historical uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology, distribution, processing, toxicity, conservation, and future prospects of these tubers, along with their market relevance. It also covers various processing and preservation techniques to maximize their utility as ingredients or additives in food products.By integrating neglected and underutilized tubers into the current agricultural portfolio, alongside environmentally sustainable farming practices, the book provides valuable insights for food scientists and agricultural professionals working to ensure a secure, nutritious food supply while addressing the challenges of environmental change.
  • Methods in Consumer Research, Volume 1

    Theoretical and Practical aspects
    • 2nd Edition
    • Gaston Ares + 1 more
    • English
    Methods in Consumer Research, Volume 1: Theoretical and Practical aspects, Second Edition, brings together the world’s leading experts in global consumer research who provide a fully comprehensive state-of-the-art coverage of advances in methods in consumer science.The new edition, thoroughly revised and updated, touches on the latest developments in consumer behavior. It includes a theoretical overview of consumer behavior, followed by a detailed description of qualitative techniques, including coverage of focus groups, projective techniques, ethnography, and social media. Quantitative methods are also addressed from both an explicit and implicit perspective. A section specifically delves into physiological measurements, such as eye-tracking, facial reading, and fMRI.In conjunction with the second volume, which covers specific applications, this book is an invaluable reference for academics working in the fields of sensory and consumer science, psychology, marketing, and nutrition. Through examples of the methodologies being applied throughout, it serves as a practical guide to practitioners in both the public and private sector.
  • Honey Bioavailability

    Understanding Nutritional Benefits and Therapeutic Potential
    • 1st Edition
    • Rajesh Kumar Jaryal + 2 more
    • English
    Honey Bioavailability: Understanding Nutritional Benefits and Therapeutic Potential begins with an overview of sustainable apiculture practices, methods of honey harvesting, and global quality testing. The book also explores how honey as a functional food can optimize health, enhance nutrition, and aid in healing certain diseases. With a special emphasis on medical-grade honey and it pharmacological importance, readers will gain insights into honey’s bioavailability and the benefits of its antimicrobial, antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, anticancer, and antiaging properties. The book also highlights honey’s effectiveness in fighting certain respiratory diseases, viral infections such as Covid-19, diabetes, allergies, skin, periodontal diseases, and more.
  • Seaweed in Health and Disease Prevention

    • 2nd Edition
    • Joël Fleurence + 1 more
    • English
    Seaweed in Health and Disease Prevention, Second Edition updates knowledge on the therapeutic and functional activities related to algae and their compounds. The book includes a new chapter on the use of seaweed and seaweed products in the current war against viral-based exposures, a result of the massive research effort stemming from the global Covid Pandemic, along with the improvement of the nutritional value of algae via enzymatic or fermentation treatments. These treatments are at the origin of the production of oligosaccharides, presenting interesting biological activities for the human microbiota.Chapter updates on seaweed’s biochemical characteristics such as proteins, lipids, and polysaccharides are also addressed.