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Science and Technology of Fibers in Food Systems

  • Provides comprehensive coverage of fibers used in foods from their basic chemical structure to their impact on the digestive process
  • Focuses on both traditional and new fiber rich sources including the technological and engineering processes used to obtain and incorporate fibers into foods
  • Studies fiber processing from including the chemical, physical and enzymatic processes of fiber extraction and modification

Part of the book series: Food Engineering Series (FSES)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Structure and Chemistry of Plant Cell Walls and Dietary Fiber in Foods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Architecture, Structure and Chemistry of Plant Cell Walls and Their Constituents

      • Fabiola E. Ayala Soto, Sergio O. Serna Saldívar
      Pages 3-14
    3. Chemical Composition and Biosynthesis of Dietary Fiber Components

      • Sergio O. Serna Saldívar, Fabiola E. Ayala Soto
      Pages 15-43
    4. Association of Dietary Fiber to Food Components

      • Carlos Esteban Guardiola-Márquez, Jesús Santana-Gálvez, Daniel A. Jacobo-Velázquez
      Pages 45-70
    5. Analysis of Fiber and Its Components

      • Luis Eduardo Garcia-Amezquita, Fernando Viacava, Daniel A. Jacobo-Velázquez
      Pages 71-86
    6. Dietary Fiber in Cereals, Legumes, Pseudocereals and Other Seeds

      • Sergio O. Serna Saldívar, Diana Sánchez Hernández
      Pages 87-122
    7. Dietary Fiber in Fruits and Vegetables

      • Mariana Morales-de la Peña, Isabel Odriozola-Serrano, Gemma Oms-Oliu, Olga Martín-Belloso
      Pages 123-152
    8. Resistant Starch

      • James N. BeMiller
      Pages 153-183
  3. Dietary Fiber and Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
    2. Dietary Fiber and Obesity

      • Paola Vitaglione, Ilario Mennella
      Pages 187-199
    3. Dietary Fiber and Diabetes

      • Nimbe Torres, Azalia Avila-Nava, Isabel Medina-Vera, Armando R. Tovar
      Pages 201-218
    4. Dietary Fiber and Hyperlipidemia and Cardiovascular Disease

      • Armando R. Tovar, Martha Guevara-Cruz, Aurora E. Serralde Zúñiga, Nimbe Torres
      Pages 219-239
    5. Dietary Fiber and Cancer

      • Marilena Antunes-Ricardo, Javier Villela-Castrejón, Janet A. Gutiérrez-Uribe, Sergio O. Serna Saldívar
      Pages 241-276
    6. Dietary Fiber and Gut Microbiota

      • Carolina Senés-Guerrero, Misael Sebastián Gradilla-Hernández, Ricardo García-Gamboa, Tomás García-Cayuela
      Pages 277-298
  4. Extraction Pretreatments, Treatments and Modification of Dietary Fiber

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 299-299
    2. Enzymatic Processes of Dietary Fibers

      • Maria Julia Spotti, Osvaldo H. Campanella
      Pages 301-327
    3. Extraction and Modification of Dietary Fiber Applying Thermal Processes

      • Luis Eduardo Garcia-Amezquita, Viridiana Tejada-Ortigoza, J. Antonio Torres, Jorge Welti-Chanes
      Pages 329-342
    4. Chemical Processes for the Extraction and Modification of Dietary Fiber

      • Viridiana Tejada-Ortigoza, Luis Eduardo Garcia-Amezquita, J. Antonio Torres, Jorge Welti-Chanes
      Pages 343-361
    5. Emerging Technologies for the Extraction and Modification of Dietary Fiber

      • Viridiana Tejada-Ortigoza, Tomás García-Cayuela, Jorge Welti-Chanes, M. Pilar Cano, J. Antonio Torres
      Pages 363-381

About this book

This text provides comprehensive coverage of fibers used in food formulations, starting with the understanding of their basic chemical structure and how they are present and organized in the cell wall structure, their physicochemical and functional properties, their impact on the digestive process and their role and preventive action against various chronic diseases including colon cancer. The book focuses on traditional and new fiber rich sources, incorporating an integrated approach in terms of the technological and engineering processes used to obtain and incorporate them in traditional foods, plus their characterization, extraction and modification. The study of processing conditions including the chemical, physical and enzymatic processes of fiber extraction and modification are also covered, including traditional and emerging processing technologies, plus the application of fibers in the development of new products and processes.

Science and Technology of Fibers in Food Systems integrates knowledge of fibers from their basic structural and property aspects and the applications of these ingredients to extraction process analysis, modification and feasibility for use at the industry level. The chapters incorporate the physiological aspects related to the consumption of fiber for prevention of serious diseases. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Centro de Biotecnología FEMSA, Monterrey, Mexico

    Jorge Welti-Chanes

  • Tecnologico de Monterrey Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Centro de Biotecnología FEMSA, Monterrey, Mexico

    Sergio O. Serna-Saldívar

  • Food Science and Technology Department, The Ohio State University, Colombo, USA

    Osvaldo Campanella

  • Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Querétaro, Mexico

    Viridiana Tejada-Ortigoza

About the editors

Jorge Welti-Chanes is Graduate Dean of the School of Engineering and Science at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Monterrey, México.

Sergio O. Serna-Saldívar is the Director of the Protein Center at the School of Engineering and Science at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Monterrey, México.

Osvaldo Campanella is a Professor of Agricultural & Biological Engineering in the Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Science and Technology of Fibers in Food Systems

  • Editors: Jorge Welti-Chanes, Sergio O. Serna-Saldívar, Osvaldo Campanella, Viridiana Tejada-Ortigoza

  • Series Title: Food Engineering Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38654-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-38653-5Published: 16 April 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-38656-6Published: 16 April 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-38654-2Published: 15 April 2020

  • Series ISSN: 1571-0297

  • Series E-ISSN: 2628-8095

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 468

  • Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Food Science, Organic Chemistry

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