Food Properties Handbook

by M. Shafiur Rahman (Editor)

Overview

Dramatically restructured, more than double in size, the second edition of the Food Properties Handbook has been expanded from seven to 24 chapters. In the more than ten years since the publication of the internationally acclaimed and bestselling first edition, many changes have taken place in the approaches used to solve problems in food preservation, processing, storage, marketing, consumption, and even after consumption. Incorporating changes too numerous to list, this updated edition provides new measurement techniques, basic data compiled for diversified food groups, worked-out examples, and detailed graphs and illustrations.

Explores Empirical and Theoretical Prediction Models

The book clearly defines the terminology and elucidates the theory behind the measurement techniques, including applications and limitations of each method. It includes data on sources of error in measurement techniques and experimental data from the literature in graphical or tabular form. The volume also elucidates empirical and theoretical prediction models for different foods with processing conditions, descriptions of the applications of the properties, and coverage of where and how to use the data and models in food processing.

User-Friendly Format Puts the Latest Information within Easy Reach

Still under the aegis of Shafir Rahman, the new edition is now an edited volume, benefitting from the input and expertise of numerous contributors spanning both the globe and the many disciplines that influence the field. Presented in a user-friendly format, the second edition remains the definitive, and arguably the only, source for data on physical, thermal, thermodynamic, structural, and acoustic properties of foods.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849350054
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/28/2009
Series:	Contemporary Food Science
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	878
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Classification of Food Properties. Water Activity Measurement. Data and Models of Water Activity and Sorption Isotherm. Acoustic Properties of Foods. Freezing Point: Measurement, Data, and Prediction. Measurement of Glass Transition. Data Compilation and Models of Glass Transition. Gelatinization. Crystallization: Measurements, Data, and Predictions. Collapse and Sticky Temperature: Measurements, Data, and Predictions. State Diagram of Food. Measurement of Density, Shrinkage, and Porosity. Data and Models of Density, Shrinkage, and Porosity. Volume and Surface Area. Specific Heat and Enthalpy of Foods. Latent Heat and Ice Content in Foods. Measurement of Thermal Conductivity of Foods. Thermal Conductivity Data of Foods. Thermal Conductivity Prediction of Foods. Measurement of Thermal Diffusivity of Foods. Thermal Diffusivity Data of Foods. Thermal Diffusivity Prediction of Foods. Measurement of Surface Heat Transfer Coefficient. Surface Heat Transfer Coefficient: With Phase Change and Without Phase Change (Natural, Forced, and Mixed Convection).Surface Heat Transfer Coefficient in Food Processing.