Handbook of Food Engineering, Second Edition

The Handbook of Food Engineering, Second Edition assembles the latest information available on the thermophysical properties of foods and the rate constants pertaining to changes in food components during traditional and innovative processing techniques. It provides illustrations of the use of these properties and the constants in process design. Featuring a new appendix of tables and figures containing property data, this edition includes coverage of the transport and storage of liquids and solids, heating and cooling of foods, food ingredients, mass transfer in foods, freezing, concentration, dehydration, thermal processing, extrusion, membrane processes, liquid food concentration, applications of membranes in food processing, as well as packaging, cleaning, and sanitation.

As the demand for safe, nutritious, convenient foods continues to rise, and the capabilities of molecular biology and nutritional biochemistry continue to expand, the need for up-to-date engineering information becomes ever more critical. The application of innovative engineering concepts enables scientific breakthroughs to be utilized in the manufacture of the highest quality food products at the lowest possible cost. Handbook of Food Engineering, Second Edition assembles the most recent information available for the efficient design and development of processes used in the manufacturing of food products, along with traditional background and fundamental information. In keeping with the comprehensive and informative style of the original, this second edition focuses on the thermophysical properties of food and the rate constants of change in food components during processing. It highlights the use of these properties and constants in process design. Beginning with a review of the properties of food and food ingredients and the traditional unit operations associated with food manufacture, the book moves on to discuss specific points associated with freezing, concentration, dehydration, thermal processing, and extrusion. Key chapters cover basic concepts of the transport and storage of liquids and solids, as well as important topics in packaging, cleaning, and sanitation. New information on membrane processes addresses not only liquid concentration, but also other applications for membranes in food processing. The chapters on mass transfer in foods and food packaging have been extensively revised. Delineating the concepts of engineering as they are applied to the latest advancements in food manufacture, Handbook of Food Engineering, Second Edition contributes to the evolution of food engineering as an interface between engineering and other food sciences.

Rheological Properties of Foods, H. Dogan and J. L. Kokini Reaction Kinetics in Food Systems, R. Villota and J. G. Hawkes Phase Transitions and Transformations in Food Systems, Y. H. Roos Transport and Storage of Food Products, M.A. Rao Heating and Cooling Processes for Foods, R. P. Singh Food Freezing, D. R. Heldman Mass Transfer in Foods, B. Hallström, V. Gekas, I. Sjöholm, and A. M. Romulus Evaporation and Freeze, K. R. Morison and R. W. Hartel Membrane Concentration of Liquid Foods, M. Cheryan Food Dehydration, M. R. Okos, O. Campanella, G. Narsimhan, R. K. Singh, and A. C. Weitnauer Thermal Processing of Canned Foods, A. Teixeira Extrusion Processes, L. Levine and R. C. Miller Food Packaging, J. M. Krochta Cleaning and Sanitation, E. A. Plett and A. Grasshoff Appendix Index