Technology : Food Industry & Science

With increasing regulation and consumer pressure, the food industry needs to ensure that its production methods are sustainable and sensitive to environmental needs. This important collection reviews ways of analysing the impact of food processing operations on the environment, particularly life cycle assessment (LCA), and techniques for minimising that impact. The first part of the book looks at the application of LCA to the key product areas in food processing. Part 2 then discusses best practice in such areas as controlling emissions, waste treatment, energy efficiency and biobased food packaging. more...

Price: $245.00

A comprehensive source on extraction process optimization, this reference details the installation, construction, development, modelling, control and economics of conventional and specialized extraction systems in the food processing industry. more...

Price: $179.95

In most OECD countries, farm household incomes figure prominently among the wide and growing range of concerns described as motivating policy interventions in agriculture. The first part of this report provides an overview of the income situation of farm households and examines the influence of agricultural and of tax and social security policies on them. more...

Price: $18.00

This revised and updated second edition is a comprehensive reference to the fats and oils used in commercial food products. It provides detailed coverage of raw material sources, processing, formulation, quality control, and finished products. The text includes new information on GMO raw ingredients, up-to-date processing procedures and formulation techniques, and the effects of new ingredients, processing and formulation on applications. All product categories are examined, including different types of shortenings, margarines, and liquid oils. The expanded section on troubleshooting covers problems in processing and quality control, making this an even more complete reference. more...

Price: $159.95

This third edition of Fish Nutrition is a comprehensive treatise on nutrient requirements and metabolism in major species of fish used in aquaculture or scientific experiments. It covers nutrients required and used in cold water, warm water, fresh water, and marine species for growth and reproduction. It also highlights basic physiology and biochemistry of the nutrients and applications of these principles to scientific and practical diet formulations and to manufacturing techniques for major species used worldwide in aquaculture. more...

Price: $290.00