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Quality Handling and Evaluation

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Editors:
  1. Ramdane Dris

    1. World Food Ltd., Helsinki, Finland

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  2. S. Mohan Jain

    1. FAO/IAEA Joint Division, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Enzymes and Quality Factors of Fruits and Vegetables

    • Pankaj Kumar Bhowmik, Ramdane Dris
    Pages 1-25

  3. Volatile Flavours in Strawberries: A Description of the Components, and How to Analyse Them

    • Randi Utre Holt
    Pages 27-54

  4. Methods to Evaluate the Antioxidant Activity

    • Volker Böhm, Karin Schlesier
    Pages 55-71

  5. Essential Oil Drugs — Terpene Composition of Aromatic Herbs

    • Jens Rohloff
    Pages 73-128

  6. Integral Handling of Banana

    • Lourdes YaÑez, Miguel Armenta, Efrain Mercado, Elhadi M. Yahia, Porfirio Guttierrez
    Pages 129-168

  7. Economics and Organisation of Horticultural Postharvest Production

    • Z. Kiss L., J. Bálint, M. Hollá, M. Juhász
    Pages 169-198

  8. Handling Machinery and Damage Inflicted to the Product

    • F. Javier García-Ramos, Constantino Valero, Margarita Ruiz-Altisent
    Pages 199-231

  9. Mechanical Damage During Fruit Post-Harvest Handling: Technical and Physiological Implications

    • Domingo Martinez-Romero, Maria Serrano, Angel Carbonell, Salvador Castillo, Fernando Riquelme, Daniel Valero
    Pages 233-252

  10. Harvest and Postharvest Conditions for Apples and Pears

    • Celia E. Benitez, Norma A. Pensel
    Pages 253-293

  11. Rapid Quality Evaluation Techniques of Horticultural Crops

    • Hidekazu Ito
    Pages 295-305

  12. Table Grape Postharvest Management and Safety Issues

    • Alfonso A. Gardea, Tania Carvallo, Bethzabet Sastré, Miguel A. Martínez-Téllez, Gloria M. Yépiz-Plascencia, Martha Díaz-Cinco et al.
    Pages 307-320

  13. Fruit Postharvest Technology: Instrumental Measurement of Ripeness and Quality

    • Pilar Barreiro, Margarita Ruiz-Altisent, Constantino Valero, Javier García-Ramos
    Pages 321-340

  14. Developmental Changes During Strawberry Fruit Ripening and Physico-Chemical Changes During Postharvest Storage

    • Wilfried Schwab, Thomas Raab
    Pages 341-369

  15. Processing of Horticultural Crops in the Tropics

    • R. Madakadze, M. Masarirambi, E. Nyakudya
    Pages 371-399

  16. Quality Dynamics and Quality Assurance of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Pre- and Postharvest

    • Srsanne Huyskens-Keil, Monika Schreiner
    Pages 401-449

  17. Modification of Fruit Ripening by Genetic Transformation

    • Lech Michalczuk
    Pages 451-472

  18. Quality of Equilibrium Modified Atmosphere Packaged (EMAP) Fresh-Cut Vegetables

    • Liesbeth Jacxsens, Frank Devlieghere, Johan Debevere
    Pages 473-523
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About this book

Food quality is becoming an ever-increasing important feature for consumers and it is well known that some food crops are perishable and have a very short shelf and storage life. An effective quality assurance system throughout the handling steps between harvest and retail display is essential to provide a consistently good quality supply of fresh food crops to the consumers and to protect the reputation of a given marketing label. Food manufacturing companies all over the world are incre- ingly focussing on quality aspect of food including minimally processed food to meet consumer demands for fresh-like and healthy food products. To investigate and control quality, one must be able to measure quality-related attributes. Quality of produce encompasses sensory attributes, nutritive values, chemical constituents, mechanical properties, functional properties and defects. Successful postharvest handling of crops requires careful coordination and integration of the various steps from harvest operations to consumer level in order to maintain the initial product quality. Maturity at harvest is one feature of quality of perishable products, it has great influence on their postharvest behavior during marketing. Safety assurance can be part of quality assurance and its focus on minimizing chemical and microbial contamination during production, harvesting, and postharvest handling of intact and fresh-cut of commodities. Essentially, electromagnetic (often optical) prop- ties relate to appearance, mechanical properties to texture, and chemical properties to flavor (taste and aroma).

Editors and Affiliations

  • World Food Ltd., Helsinki, Finland

    Ramdane Dris

  • FAO/IAEA Joint Division, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria

    S. Mohan Jain

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Quality Handling and Evaluation

  • Editors: Ramdane Dris, S. Mohan Jain

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2534-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1700-1Published: 31 January 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-4268-9Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-2534-1Published: 08 May 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 524

  • Topics: Agriculture, Food Science, Business and Management, general, Chemistry/Food Science, general, Nutrition

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