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Handbook of vegetable preservation and processing.

Author(s) : HUI Y. H., GHAZALA S., GRAHAM D. M., et al.

Type of monograph: Book, Guide/Handbook

Summary

This handbook, published in the "Food science and technology" series, represents the vanguard in the field with research from more than 35 international experts spanning governmental, industrial, and academic sectors. It compiles the latest science and technology in the processing and preservation of vegetables and vegetable products and it serves as the only guide to compile key tools used in the United States to safeguard and protect the quality of fresh and processed vegetables. Recent issues in vegetable processing safety such as modified-atmosphere packaging, macro-analytical methods, and new technologies in microbial inactivation are considered. Extract from the table of contents: horticulture and nutrition; canned vegetables; fermentation and chemical preservation; frozen vegetables (product descriptions; quality control in frozen vegetables; frozen tomatoes; frozen French fried potatoes and quality assurance; frozen peas: standard and grade); dehydrated vegetables; minimal processed products; special vegetables and related products; safety of processing vegetables. In the appendices: US standards for grades of canned whole kernel; FDA standard for frozen vegetables; approximate pH of vegetables and vegetable products; pathogen: vegetables and vegetable products; reference tables for modified-atmosphere packaging and controlled-atmosphere systems; FDA food defect action levels; FDA macro-analytical methods; safety of vegetable juices; vegetables; vegetable products, and disease outbreaks.

Details

  • Original title: Handbook of vegetable preservation and processing.
  • Record ID : 2006-0498
  • Languages: English
  • Publication: Marcel Dekker - United kingdom/United kingdom/United states/United states
  • Publication date: 2004
  • Collection:
  • ISBN: 0824743016
  • Source: Source: 752 p. (19 x 26); fig.; phot.; tabl.; ref.; append.; index; GBP 115.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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