Nonthermal Preservation Of Foods

Download or read book Nonthermal Preservation of Foods written by Enrique Palou and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1997-10-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written by four experts actively researching alternatives to conventional thermal methods in food preservation. Presents information on traditional and emerging nonthermal food processing technologies in a convenient, single-source volume--offering an incisive view of the latest experimental results, state-of-the-art applications, and new developments in food preservation technology. Furnishes a thorough review of nonthermal techniques such as high hydrostatic pressure, pulsed electric fields, oscillating magnetic fields, light pulses, ionizing irradiation, the use of chemicals and bacteriocins as preservation aids, and combined methods/hurdle technology."