Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Postharvest Physiology, Processing and Packaging - Hardcover

 
9780813811420: Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Postharvest Physiology, Processing and Packaging

Inhaltsangabe

Tropical and sub-tropical fruits have gained significant importance in global commerce. This book examines recent developments in the area of fruit technology including: postharvest physiology and storage; novel processing technologies applied to fruits; and in-depth coverage on processing, packaging, and nutritional quality of tropical and sub-tropical fruits. This contemporary handbook uniquely presents current knowledge and practices in the value chain of tropical and subtropical fruits world-wide, covering production and post-harvest practices, innovative processing technologies, packaging, and quality management.

Chapters are devoted to each major and minor tropical fruit (mango, pineapple, banana, papaya, date, guava, passion fruit, lychee, coconut, logan, carombola) and each citrus and non-citrus sub-tropical fruit (orange, grapefruit, lemon/lime, mandarin/tangerine, melons, avocado, kiwifruit, pomegranate, olive, fig, cherimoya, jackfruit, mangosteen). Topical coverage for each fruit is extensive, including: current storage and shipping practices; shelf life extension and quality; microbial issues and food safety aspects of fresh-cut products; processing operations such as grading, cleaning, size-reduction, blanching, filling, canning, freezing, and drying; and effects of processing on nutrients and bioavailability. With chapters compiled from experts worldwide, this book is an essential reference for all professionals in the fruit industry.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Muhammad Siddiq, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor, department of Food Science & Human Nutrition, Michigan State University (USA). Dr. Siddiq has edited/co-edited several books and published extensively in the field of fruit and vegetable processing.

Jasim Ahmed, Ph.D. is a Senior Scientist at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat (Kuwait). Dr. Ahmed has published extensively and has edited three books on unit operations, rheological and thermal properties of foods and biomaterials.

Maria Gloria Lobo, Ph.D. is a Research Scientist at Postharvest & Food Technology Laboratory of Tropical Fruits, Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias, Canary Islands (Spain). Dr. Lobo's published work includes postharvest quality aspects, including minimal processing of tropical fruits.

Ferhan Ozadali, Ph.D. is a Senior Manager of Corporate Quality at Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc., Lakeville-Middleboro, Massachusetts (USA). Dr. Ozadali has diversified industry and academic experience in the areas of food safety, product/process development, aseptic processing and packaging, and quality assurance.

Von der hinteren Coverseite

Tropical and subtropical fruits have gained significant importance in the global commerce in recent years. Tropical and Subtropical Fruits serves as a reference book on the production, postharvest physiology and storage, innovative processing, packaging and nutritional aspects by covering the latest developments and advances for these fruits. Tropical and Subtropical Fruits is a unique book that takes a "farm-to-fork" and multi-disciplinary approach involving the fields of horticulture, food processing, food engineering, packaging, and nutrition. The value-chain approach to the topics coverage is the unique feature of this book. Coverage includes chapters on postharvest physiology and storage, enzymes role in processing, phytochemical and bioactive compounds, novel processing technologies, quality management, and current and innovative packaging technologies of tropical and subtropical fruits. In addition, 24 full chapters are devoted to individual tropical fruits, subtropical fruits citrus and non-citrus types, and some lesser known tropical and subtropical fruits. A team of world renowned editors and authors have contributed to this contemporary collective work that brings together current knowledge and practices across the value-chain of tropical and subtropical fruits.

Special Features

  • Unparalleled expertise on important topics contributed by more than 60 experienced contributors
  • Complete chapters on more than 25 tropical and subtropical fruits covering topics across the value-chain
  • Coverage of bioactive compounds and nutritional aspects of tropical and subtropical fruits
  • In-depth coverage of novel processing technologies, packaging, and quality management, ISO, HACCP

Aus dem Klappentext

Tropical and subtropical fruits have gained significant importance in the global commerce in recent years. Tropical and Subtropical Fruits serves as a reference book on the production, postharvest physiology and storage, innovative processing, packaging and nutritional aspects by covering the latest developments and advances for these fruits. Tropical and Subtropical Fruits is a unique book that takes a "farm-to-fork" and multi-disciplinary approach involving the fields of horticulture, food processing, food engineering, packaging, and nutrition. The value-chain approach to the topics coverage is the unique feature of this book. Coverage includes chapters on postharvest physiology and storage, enzymes role in processing, phytochemical and bioactive compounds, novel processing technologies, quality management, and current and innovative packaging technologies of tropical and subtropical fruits. In addition, 24 full chapters are devoted to individual tropical fruits, subtropical fruits – citrus and non-citrus types, and some lesser known tropical and subtropical fruits. A team of world renowned editors and authors have contributed to this contemporary collective work that brings together current knowledge and practices across the value-chain of tropical and subtropical fruits.

Special Features

  • Unparalleled expertise on important topics contributed by more than 60 experienced contributors
  • Complete chapters on more than 25 tropical and subtropical fruits covering topics across the value-chain
  • Coverage of bioactive compounds and nutritional aspects of tropical and subtropical fruits
  • In-depth coverage of novel processing technologies, packaging, and quality management, ISO, HACCP

„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.