Biopolymer engineering in food processing

• Other Authors: Nicoletti-Telis, Vânia Regina (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2012
• Series: Contemporary food engineering
• Subjects: potravinářství; biopolymery; food industry and trade; biopolymers; kolektivní monografie; collective monographs
• ISBN: 9781439844946
• Physical Description: xviii, 398 s. : il. ; 25 cm

The unit operations commonly applied in food processing may affect the physicochemical and functional behavior of biopolymers and their interactions with other food compounds. Presenting an overview of their physical, physicochemical, and thermodynamic properties, this book explores the ways in which biopolymers are affected by or may affect transport processes and unit operations such as forced flow, thermal treatments, drying, and freezing-thawing. The text focuses on how such behavior can be positively applied in food products and processes design and development. It also explains the application of polysacharides and proteins. -- Vydavatelská anotace