Vegetable Processing / Edition 1

by David Arthey, Colin Dennis

Overview

This comprehensive book addresses the import and fast-moving issues of processing technologies as they apply to vegetable processing today. It is an up-to-date account of just how much the different techniques have developed over recent years to bring vegetables to the consumer not only in different forms and styles but also with a high degree of safety and nutritional quality. Vegetable Processing is written and edited by experts with wide research and industrial experience in the field. This unique review of the different aspects of vegetable processing updates existing technologies and deals in detail with more recent developments, such as aseptic packaging, the technology of chilling and the increasingly important areas of plant, equipment and cleaning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471198598
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/15/1991
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.18(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.98(d)

About the Author

The editors David Arthey, Deputy Director, and Colin Dennis, Director General, Campden Food and Drink Research Association, Chipping Campden, Gloucester.

Table of Contents

Crop Production, Harvesting and Storage (C. Knight).

Preparation Procedures (P. Rutledge).

Thermal Processing (A. Hersom).

Freezing (D. Reid).

Chilling (C. Brimelow & D. Vadehra).

Other Preservation Methods (K. Anderson).

Packaging (J. Bettison).

Quality (D. Lyon & H. Churchill).

Plant, Equipment and Cleaning (D. Timperley).

Index.

Editorial Reviews

A comprehensive survey of the techniques used to process vegetables for the market, emphasizing how long established principles have become increasingly sophisticated, and will become more so in the future. Among the topics are crop production, harvesting, and storage; thermal processing; freezing; chilling; packaging; quality; and plant equipment and cleaning. A guide for managers in the food industry, and a reference for students or researchers in the field. Acidic paper. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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