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Novel Technologies in Food Science

Their Impact on Products, Consumer Trends and the Environment

  • Covers novel technologies
  • Synopsis of an ISEKI workshop
  • Excellent food and biotechnology resource
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Integrating Food Science and Engineering Knowledge Into the Food Chain (ISEKI-Food, volume 7)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Environmental Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Waste and Its Rational Management

      • Anna McElhatton, Anton Pizzuto
      Pages 3-19
    3. Food By-products for Biofuels

      • Cecilia Hodúr, Zsuzsanna László, Giovana Tommaso
      Pages 39-64
    4. Integrated Management Methods for the Treatment and/or Valorization of Olive Mill Wastes

      • Katerina Stamatelatou, Paraskevi S. Blika, Ioanna Ntaikou, Gerasimos Lyberatos
      Pages 65-118
  3. Safety and Quality Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
    2. Safety Considerations of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods

      • Semih Otles, Ozlem Cagindi
      Pages 121-136
    3. Consumer Behavior: Determinants and Trends in Novel Food Choice

      • Mona Elena Popa, Alexandra Popa
      Pages 137-156
  4. Novel Process Technologies with a Green/Environmental Slant

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
    2. Biocontrol of Foodborne Bacteria

      • Lynn McIntyre, J. Andrew Hudson, Craig Billington, Helen Withers
      Pages 183-204
    3. Plant Extracts as Natural Antifungals: Alternative Strategies for Mold Control in Foods

      • Virginia Fernández Pinto, Andrea Patriarca, Graciela Pose
      Pages 205-218
    4. Emerging Technologies to Improve the Safety and Quality of Fruits and Vegetables

      • Elisabete M. C. Alexandre, Teresa R. S. Brandão, Cristina L. M. Silva
      Pages 261-297
    5. Novel Technologies for the Preservation of Chilled Aquatic Food Products

      • Carmen A. Campos, María F. Gliemmo, Santiago P. Aubourg, Jorge Barros Velázquez
      Pages 299-323
    6. Use of Natural Preservatives in Seafood

      • Carmen A. Campos, Marcela P. Castro, Santiago P. Aubourg, Jorge Barros Velázquez
      Pages 325-360
    7. Edible Films: Use of Lycopene as Optical Properties Enhancer

      • Rosemary A. de Carvalho, Carmen Silvia Fávaro-Trindade, Paulo J. A. Sobral
      Pages 361-380
    8. Clean Strategies for the Management of Residues in Dairy Industries

      • Giovana Tommaso, Rogers Ribeiro, Carlos Augusto Fernandes de Oliveira, Katerina Stamatelatou, Georgia Antonopoulou, Gerasimos Lyberatos et al.
      Pages 381-411

About this book

The book covers novel technologies, including high pressure, antimicrobials, and electromagnetism, and their impact.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Malta, Msida, Malta

    Anna McElhatton

  • Department of Food Engineering, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil

    Paulo José do Amaral Sobral

About the editors

About the Editors

Anna McElhatton is a Senior lecturer and Head of the Department of Food Studies in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Malta. McElhatton has an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy and M.Phil and PhD from the Queen’s University of Belfast in Northern Ireland. Her main research interests include food safety (of dairy products), sensory aspects of food preference, and ethical issues in research.

Paulo J. Sobral is a Full Professor and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Animal Science and Food Engineering at the University of São Paulo (USP). Sobral is a Food Engineer with an MS in Food Engineering (UNICAMP, Brazil), and a PhD in Processing Engineering (ENSIC-INPL, France). His main research interests include glass transition of freeze-dried fruits, meat quality, and development of edible and/or biodegradable films.

About the Series Editor

Kristberg Kristbergsson is Professor of Food Science in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Iceland. Kristbergsson has a BS in Food Science from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Iceland and earned his MS, M. Phil and PhD in Food Science from Rutgers University. His research interests include physicochemical properties of foods, new processing methods for sea foods, modernization of traditional food processes, safety and environmental aspects of food processing, extrusion cooking, shelf-life and packaging, biopolymers in foods, and delivery systems for bioactive compounds.  

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eBook USD 84.99
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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