Instructor’s Manual for Food Analysis: Answers to Study Questions (Food Science Text Series) - Softcover

S. Suzanne Nielsen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306481758 ISBN 13: 9780306481758

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

The first and second editions of Food Analysis were widely adopted for teaching the subject of Food Analysis and were found useful in the food industry. The third edition has been revised and updated for the same intended use, and is being published with an accompanying laboratory manual. Food Analysis, Third Edition, has a general information section that includes governmental regulations related to food analysis, sampling, and data handling as background chapters. The major sections of the book contain chapters on compositional analysis and on chemical properties and characteristics of foods. A new chapter is included on agricultural biotechnology (GMO) methods of analysis. Large sections on spectroscopy, chromatography, and physical properties are included. All topics covered contain information on the basic principles, procedures, advantages, limitation, and applications. This book is ideal for undergraduate courses in food analysis and also is an invaluable reference to professions in the food industry.

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About the Author

Piers Paul Read is best known for his book "Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors", which documented the story of the 1972 crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 and was adapted into a film in 1993. He has won a number of prizes for his fiction, including the Hawthornden Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

Review

"[...]an excellent introductory food analysis textbook[...]for instruction, or as a reference manual for analysts in the food industry." (Food Technology)

Edition details

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306481758
• ISBN 13: 9780306481758
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168