Texture in Food
Volume 2: Solid Foods
Published on 27. April 2004
Book
Hardback
564 pages
978-0-8493-2537-3 (ISBN)
Description
Summarizing the wealth of recent research, Texture in Food looks into what influences texture in solid foods and how it can be controlled to maximize product quality. The first part of the book reviews research on understanding how consumers experience texture when they eat, and how they perceive and describe key textural qualities such as crispness. Part two considers the instrumental techniques used for analyzing texture such as force/deformation techniques and sound input, and the final part examines how the texture of particular foods may be better understood and improved. The closing chapters discuss the texture of foods such as: bread, rice, pasta and fried food.
This guide has been put together by a top UK expert and is especially suited to food scientists and food industry professionals.
This guide has been put together by a top UK expert and is especially suited to food scientists and food industry professionals.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
971 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8493-2537-3 (9780849325373)
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Content
Texture in Food: Volume 2: Solid Foods summarizes the wealth of recent research on what influences texture in solid foods and how it can be controlled to maximize product quality. The first part of the book reviews research on understanding how consumers experience texture when they eat, and how they perceive and describe key textural qualities such as crispness. Part 2 considers the instrumental techniques used for analyzing texture. The final part examines how the texture of particular foods may be better understood and improved. The last chapters discuss the texture of cereal foods, including bread, rice, pasta and fried food.