Handbook of natural antimicrobials for food safety and quality

• Other Authors: Taylor, T. M., (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, England : Woodhead Publishing, 2015.
• Series: Woodhead Publishing in food science, technology, and nutrition ; number 269.
• Subjects: Food preservatives.; Anti-infective agents.; Food > Microbiology.; Food > Safety measures.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781782420422; 9781782420347
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (443 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Natural additives are increasingly favoured over synthetic ones as methods of ensuring food safety and long shelf-life. The antimicrobial properties of both plant-based antimicrobials such as essential oils and proteins such as bacteriocins are used in, for example, edible preservative films, in foo...