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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction to food science/A.S. Bawa, O.P. Chauhan and P.S. Raju. 2. Unit operations in food processing/M.C. Pandey. 3. Thermal processing of foods/H.S. Ramaswamy. 4. Hurdle technology in food preservation/H.S. Vibhakara and P.S. Raju. 5. Low temperature preservation of foods/D.S. Sogi. 6. Separation and filtration processes/D.C. Saxena. 7. Dehydration of foods/U.S. Shivhare, G.S.V. Raghavan, G. Ghoshal and S. Basu. 8. Freezing preservation of foods/Alok Shah and O.P. Chauhan. 9. Food irradiation/K. Radhakrishna and K. Jayathilakan. 10. Infrared and microwave processing of food/G.K. Sharma, A.D. Semwal and D.K. Yadav. 11. Minimal processing of fruits and vegetables/P.S. Raju and O.P. Chauhan. 12. Fermentation preservation of foods/K.V. Ramana. 13. Packaging of food products/S. Nadanasabapathy and R. Kumar. 14. Non-thermal methods of food preservation/O.P. Chauhan, P.S. Raju and A.S. Bawa. 15. Functional foods/Shalini Mishra, Alka Pandey and H.N. Mishra. 16. Food laws and regulations/K.S. Premavalli. The book aims at imparting basics of the subject besides latest trends in the evolution of technologies and important industrial practices. Besides the technological aspects, adequate emphasis has also been laid on the quality aspects and adequate knowledge input required for a student or professional in food science and technology. The book contains 16 chapters addressing various important aspects such as unit operations, thermal processing hurdle technology preservation cold preservation dehydration, freezing and advanced thermal techniques such as infrared and microwaves besides non-thermal aspects such as high pressure and pulsed electric field processing as well as y-irradiation. State of art subject areas such as functional foods could be an added flavour as the global food market has ample potential in the area of functional foods. Food packaging and food laws are important in commercializing processed foods as well as fresh produce and the areas require due emphasis to make the book more comprehensive.