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Process-Induced Chemical Changes in Food

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 434)

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Chemical changes that occur in foods during processing and storage are manifold and might be both desirable and undesirable in nature. While many of the processes are carried out intentionally, there are also certain unwanted changes that naturally occur in food and might have to be controlled. Therefore, efforts are made to devise processing technologies in which desirable attributes of foods are retained and their deleterious ef­ fects are minimized. While proteins, lipids and carbohydrates are the main nutrients of food that are affected by processing, it is their interaction with one another, as well as in­ volvement oflow-molecular-weight constituents that affects their flavor, color and overall acceptability. Thus, generation of aroma via thermal processing and bioconversion is of utmost importance in food preparation. Furthermore, processing operations must be opti­ mized in order to eliminate or reduce the content of antinutrients that are present in foods and retain their bioactive components. Therefore, while novel processing technologies such as freezing, irradiation, microwaving, high pressure treatment and fermentation might be employed, control process conditions in a manner that both the desirable sensory attributes and wholesomeness of foods are safeguarded is essential. Obviously, method­ ologies should also be established to quantitate the changes that occur in foods as a result of processing. This volume was developed from contributions provided by a group of internation­ ally-recognized lead scientists.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John, Canada

    Fereidoon Shahidi

  • Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA

    Chi-Tang Ho

  • Japan Women’s University, Tokyo, Japan

    Nguyen Chuyen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Process-Induced Chemical Changes in Food

  • Editors: Fereidoon Shahidi, Chi-Tang Ho, Nguyen Chuyen

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1925-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45824-8Published: 30 April 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-1927-4Published: 29 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-1925-0Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 362

  • Topics: Biochemistry, general, Nutrition

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