Food Chemistry Third Edition

"Offers up-to-the-minute coverage of the chemical properties of major and minor food constituents, dairy products, and food tissues of plant and animal origin in a logically organized, step-by-step presentation ranging from simple to more complex systems. Third Edition furnishes completely new chapters on proteins, dispersions, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, animal tissue, toxicants, and pigments."

This book was designed to serve as a text for lipids, low caloric fats, and biotechnology have courses in food chemistry in food science pro received a good deal of attention. Our under grams following the Institute of Food Technolo standing of the functionality of proteins expands gists minimum standards. The original idea in with increasing knowledge about their composi the preparation of this book was to present basic tion and structure. Carbohydrates serve many information on the composition of foods and the functions in foods, and the noncaloric dietary chemical and physical characteristics they fiber has assumed an important role. undergo during processing, storage, and han Color, flavor, and texture are important dling. The basic principles of food chemistry attributes of food quality, and in these areas, remain the same, but much additional research especially those of flavor and texture, great carried out in recent years has extended and advances have been made in recent years. deepened our knowledge. This required inclu Enzymes are playing an ever increasing part in sion of new material in all chapters. The last the production and transformation of foods. chapter in the second edition, Food Additives, Modern methods of biotechnology have pro has been replaced by the chapter Additives and duced a gamut of enzymes with new and Contaminants, and an additional chapter, Regu improved properties.

This advanced textbook for teaching and continuing studies provides an in-depth coverage of modern food chemistry. Food constituents, their chemical structures, functional properties and their interactions are given broad coverage as they form the basis for understanding food production, processing, storage, handling, analysis, and the underlying chemical and physical processes. Special emphasis is also giben to food additives, food contaminants and tho understanding the important processing parameters in food production. Logically organized (according to food constituents and commodities) and extensively illustrated with more than 450 tables and 340 figures this completely revised and updated edition provides students and researchers in food science or agricultural chemistry with an outstanding textbook. In addition it will serve as reference text for advanced students in food technology and a valuable on-the-job reference for chemists, engineers, biochemists, nutritionists, and analytical chemists in food industry and in research as well as in food control and other service labs.

This latest edition of the most internationally respected reference in food chemistry for more than 30 years, Fennema’s Food Chemistry, 5th Edition once again meets and surpasses the standards of quality and comprehensive information set by its predecessors. All chapters reflect recent scientific advances and, where appropriate, have expanded and evolved their focus to provide readers with the current state-of-the-science of chemistry for the food industry. This edition introduces new editors and contributors who are recognized experts in their fields. The fifth edition presents a completely rewritten chapter on Water and Ice, written in an easy-to-understand manner suitable for professionals as well as undergraduates. In addition, ten former chapters have been completely revised and updated, two of which receive extensive attention in the new edition including Carbohydrates (Chapter 3), which has been expanded to include a section on Maillard reaction; and Dispersed Systems: Basic considerations (Chapter 7), which includes thermodynamic incompatibility/phase separation concepts. Retaining the straightforward organization and accessibility of the original, this edition begins with an examination of major food components such as water, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and enzymes. The second section looks at minor food components including vitamins and minerals, colorants, flavors, and additives. The final section considers food systems by reviewing basic considerations as well as specific information on the characteristics of milk, the postmortem physiology of edible muscle, and postharvest physiology of plant tissues.

The 3rd edition has been extensively re-written and many topics of particular interest to food technologists have been added or completely revised. The book now comprises more than 620 tables and 472 figures, including the structural formulae of around 1,100 food components. This standard text and reference is logically organized according to food constituents and commodities. It provides students and researchers in food science, food technology, agricultural chemistry and nutrition with the up-to-date information they require. The extensive tables for easy reference, the wealth of information, and the comprehensive subject index aid advanced students to acquire in-depth insight into food chemistry and technology and make this book also a valuable on-the-job reference for chemists, food chemists, food technologists, and more. Praise for the first edition: "Few books on food chemistry treat the subject as exhaustively researchers will find it to be a useful source of information. It is easy to read and the material is systematically presented." (JACS)

Food chemistry has grown considerably since its early foundations were laid. This has been brought about not only by research in this field, but also, and more importantly, bYiadvances in the basic sciences involved. In this second edition, the chapters dealing with fundamentals have been rewritten and strengthened. Three new chapters have been added, Water and Solutions, Colloids, and Minerals. The chapter on Fruits and Vegetables has been expanded to cover texture. Other chapters discuss flavor and colors, together with one on brown ing reactions. The last seven chapters give the student a background of the classes offood products and beverages encountered in everyday use. Each chapter includes a summary and a list of references and sug gested readings to assist the student in study and to obtain further information. Basic Food Chemistry is intended for college undergraduates and for use in food laboratories. The author wishes to express his appreciation to the following people, who reviewed the chapters on their respective specialties: Doctors L.R. Hackler, M. Keeney, B. Love, L.M. Massey, Jr., L.R. Mattick, W.B. Robinson, R.S. Shallenberger,D.F. Splittstoesser, E. Stotz, W.L. Sulz bacher, and J. Van Buren. In addition, the author wishes to express his appreciation to Dr. H.O. Hultin and Dr. F.W. Knapp for their reviews of the entire original manuscript and for their helpful comments. The author welcomes notices of errors and omissions as well as sug gestions and constructive criticism.

The third edition of Fennema's standard text offers comprehensive coverage of the chemical properties of major and minor food constituents, dairy products, and food tissues of plant and animal origin. Organizedin a logical, step-by-step presentation ranging from simple to more complex systems, Food Chemistry, Third Edition discusses water and ice; dispersed systems - basic considerations; carbohydrates; lipids; amino acids, peptides and proteins; enzymes; vitamins; minerals; colorants; flavors; food additives; toxic substances; characteristic of milk; characteristics of milk; characteristics of edible muscle tissue; and characteristics of edible plant tissue.