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Understanding and measuring the shelf-life of food /

The shelf-life of a product is critical in determining both its quality and profitability. This important collection reviews the key factors in determining shelf-life and how it can be measured. Part 1 examines the factors affecting shelf-life and spoilage, including individual chapters on the major...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Steele, R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton : Cambridge : CRC Press ; Woodhead Pub., 2004.
Colección:Woodhead Publishing in food science and technology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The major types of food spoilage : an overview / R.P. Singh, B.A. Anderson
  • Shelf-life and moisture management / R. Esse, A. Saari
  • Temperature and food stability : analysis and control / P.S. Taoukis, M.C. Giannakourou
  • Genetic and physiological factors affecting colour and firmness / R.E. Schouten [and others]
  • Spoilage yeasts / T. Deak
  • Factors affecting the Maillard reaction / A. Arnoldi
  • Factors affecting lipid oxidation / M.H. Gordon
  • Lipolysis in lipid oxidation / C. Davies
  • Ways of measuring shelf-life and spoilage / T.K. Singh, K.R. Cadwallader
  • Verification and validation of food spoilage models / G.D. Betts, S.J. Walker
  • Measuring and modelling the glass transition temperature / I.A. Farhat
  • Detecting spoilage yeasts / V. Loureiro, M. Malfeito-Ferreira, A. Carreira
  • Measuring lipid oxidation / J.W. Irwin, N. Hedges
  • Accelerated shelf-life tests / S. Mizrahi
  • Shelf-life testing / C.M.D. Man
  • Lipid oxidation and the shelf-life of muscle foods / P.A. Morrissey, J.P. Kerry.