Advances in Food Processing Technology

Contents: Preface. 1. Food processing operations. 2. Emerging technologies in food preservation. 3. Primary processing of food. 4. Food and food toxicity. 5. Determination of quality/maturity indices of fresh produce. 6. Extrusion cooking technology. 7. Probiotic and prebiotic based functional food. 8. Drying of food commodity. 9. Modified atmosphere packaging of fruits and vegetables. 10. Nanotechnology and food processing. 11. Food freezing. 12. Pulsed electric field processing. 13. Enzymes in food processing. 14. Safety aspects in food processing. Bibliography.