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Chemical deterioration and physical instability of food and beverages
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ISBN: 9781845699260 1845699262 1845694953 9781845694951 1439827729 9781439827727 1615838759 Year: 2010 Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press,

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For a food product to be a success in the marketplace it must be stable throughout its shelf-life. Quality deterioration due to chemical changes and alterations in condition due to physical instability are not always recognised, yet can be just as problematic as microbial spoilage. This book provides an authoritative review of key topics in this area.Chapters in part one focus on the chemical reactions which can negatively affect food quality, such as oxidative rancidity, and their measurement. Part two reviews quality deterioration associated with physical changes, such as moisture lo

Understanding and measuring the shelf-life of food
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ISBN: 1855737329 9786610373062 1280373067 185573902X 9781855739024 9781855737327 9780849325564 0849325560 9781280373060 Year: 2004 Publisher: Boca Raton, FL : Cambridge : CRC Press ; Woodhead Publishing,

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The shelf-life of a product is critical in determining both its quality and profitability. This important collection reviews the key factors in determining shelf-life and how it can be measured.Part one examines the factors affecting shelf-life and spoilage, including individual chapters on the major types of food spoilage, the role of moisture and temperature, spoilage yeasts, the Maillard reaction and the factors underlying lipid oxidation. Part two addresses the best ways of measuring the shelf-life of foods, with chapters on modelling food spoilage, measuring and modelling glass tr

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