Handbook of natural antimicrobials for food safety and quality

• Other Authors: Taylor, T. M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge : Woodhead Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier, [2014]
• Series: Woodhead Publishing in food science, technology, and nutrition.
• Subjects: Anti-infective agents.; Food > Microbiology.; Food > Safety measures.; Food preservatives.; Chemical preservatives.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 1322286868; 9781322286860; 9781782420422; 1782420428; 1782420347; 9781782420347
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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...