Physical Properties of Foods

Novel Measurement Techniques and Applications
Herausgeber: Arana, Ignacio

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With higher food quality in increasing demand by consumers, there is continuous pressure on food engineers to meet market needs. One of the critical challenges is to use modern technology and knowledge to develop new processes for improving food quality. Given the global food marketplace, there is also a greater need for a means of objectively classifying and differentiating foods. Physical properties, determined by measurable physical parameters, profoundly affect food quality and can be used for these determinations. Physical Properties of Foods: Novel Measurement Techniques and Applications presents a wide range of these practical, low-cost techniques to characterize physical properties without destroying the food. The book presents principles and measurement techniques, highlighting the latest methods and their ability to replace the traditional costly, time-consuming ones. It also covers the application of the measurements to classify and differentiate various foods, including fruits, vegetables, cereals, and dairy and meat products. The text gathers up-to-date procedures for determining the most important physical parameters that characterize food quality, many of which have not previously been sufficiently described in the literature, and delivers them in one useful volume. It includes methods based on a variety of technologies such as electronics, spectroscopy, mechanics, and acoustic response-which can be applied to a wide range of foods. With a focus on practical application of novel techniques, chapters specify method details, the type of food to which it has been applied, the accuracy, its ability to replace traditional techniques, as well as whether it can be installed on line. Written by internationally renowned engineers and scientists, this reference offers crucial information in an easily accessible format for engineers, researchers, and those in the food industry-all who will benefit from the cutting-edge practices described for measuring parameters that affect food quality and food characterization. The text is also an excellent resource for students and university researchers.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 796g
• ISBN-13: 9781439835364
• ISBN-10: 1439835365
• Artikelnr.: 32899041

Autorenporträt

Ignacio Arana

Inhaltsangabe

Basics of Electronic, Nondestructive Technologies for the Assessment of
Physical Characteristics of Foods. Rheological Properties of Foods.
Textural Properties of Foods. Optical Properties of Foods. Electrical
Properties of Foods. Thermodynamic Properties of Agricultural Products
Processes. Flow Properties of Foods. The Acoustic Properties Applied to the
Determination of Internal Quality Parameters in Fruits and Vegetables.
Medical Diagnostic Theory Applied to Food Technology. Mechanical Damage of
Foods. Measurement of Physical Properties of Fruits Using Image Analysis.
Novel Measurement Techniques of Physical Properties of Vegetables. Physical
Properties of Cereal Products: Measurement Techniques and Applications.
Physical Properties of Meat and Meat Products: Measurement Techniques and
Application. Physical Properties of Dairy Products. Index.