Gourmet and Health-Promoting Specialty Oils - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1893997979 ISBN 13: 9781893997974

Publisher: Academic Press and AOCS Press, 2009

Synopsis

The third volume in the AOCS PRESS MONOGRAPH SERIES ON OILSEEDS is a unique blend of information focusing on edible oils. These oils contain either unique flavor components that have lead to their being considered "gourmet oils," or contain unique health-promoting chemical components. Each chapter covers processing, edible and non-edible applications, lipids, health benefits, and more related to each type of oil.

• Includes color illustrations of over 20 health-promoting specialty oils
• Comprehensive resource for the chemical and physical properties and extraction and processing methods of these specialty oils
• Describes and and includes the health effects of over 50 different oils from plants, algae, fish, and milk

About this title

About the Author

Robert A. Moreau was born in Massachusetts. He obtained his BA at Boston University and his Ph.D. at the University of South Carolina (Ph.D.), where he was mentored by Dr. Anthony Huang. After a two year postdoc with Dr. Paul Stumpf at UC Davis, he joined the staff at the Eastern Regional Research Center (USDA, ARS) in Wyndmoor, PA, USA where he has been a happy lipid researcher for the last 28 years. Bob's research interests have focused on method development for lipid analysis and their use to solve problems in agriculture and food science, including functional lipids such as phytosterols, tocotrienols, and carotenoids.

Afaf Kamal-Eldin is a professor of food science at the United Arab Emirates University in Al-Ain, UAE. Her major specialty is on the chemistry, biochemistry and nutrition related to bioactive compounds and to food chemistry in general. She is a member of the editorial boards of a number of journals and has edited/co-edited four books published by the American Oil Chemists’ Society press. She has published 150 original publications and 30 reviews and book chapters in addition to a large number of conference abstracts. Afaf is conducting research and teaching in the area of food for health and has supervised a large number of M.Sc. and Ph.D. theses.

Review

Overall, this book provides the reader with a good understanding of the nature of gourmet and specialty oils and their importance in health. The color illustrations in the book are clear and they help to enhance the reader’s understanding ... . This is a well authored and edited text that will serve as a great read for the general audience or as a reliable reference source for the food scientists, oil experts, students, dieticians and nutritionists alike. I would highly recommend owning a copy of this book
     ― Jane Whittinghill, Senior Research Investigator, Solae, LLC., writing for aocs.org, April 2010

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press and AOCS Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1893997979
• ISBN 13: 9781893997974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 596
• Editor: Moreau Robert, Kamal-Eldin Afaf