Advances in Processing Technology

Contents: 1. Sensory Evaluation Techniques and Consumer Perception Studies for Food Product Innovations/Shiby V.K. and Aisha Tabassum. 2. Therapeutic Foods: An Overview/Farhath Khanum. 3. Current Expansions in Microbiology for Food Preservation/K. Ranjitha. 4. Technological Advances in Nano-science for Specific Food and Nutrition Delivery/K.R. Anilakumar. 5. Recent Trends in Functional and Nutraceutical Foods/Rashim Kumari, Vikas Dadwal, Himani Agrawal and Mahesh Gupta. 6. Advancement in the Processing of Condiments and Spices/Himani Singh and Murlidhar Meghwal. 7. Past, Present and Future Perspective of Army Operational Rations (AOR’S)/Kumar Ranganathan, Shreelaxmi, Vijayalakshmi Subramanian Shanmugam Nadanasabapathi and Anil Dutt Semwal. 8. Developments in the Technology of Oils and Refineries/Sandeep Singh. 9. Chronological Developments in the Technology of Weaning and Geriatric Foods/Sangeeta Pandey. 10. Progression of Biotechnology and its Application in Food Processing/Janifer Raj Xavier and Gopal Kumar Sharma. 11. Smart Packaging in Food Sector/Rajeshwar S. Matche and Monica Oswal. 12. Energy Bars: A Perfect Choice of Nutrition to All/Padmashree Ananthan, Gopal Kumar Sharma and Anil Dutt Semwal. The present book is an amalgamation of various topics which are quite relevant to academics pertaining to food science and technology. Sincere attempts have been made to map consumer's perception in terms of sensory evaluation of processed foods and their role on quality determination. To cover food safety, the topic of advancement in the traceability and transparency of food supply chain was also discussed in length. Besides, providing basic nutrition food has become an essential source of health promoting phyto-ingredients too. To take care of concerned population therapeutic foods has also been discussed with their future trends. Similarly, recent trends in functional and Nutraceutical foods were also discussed in detail so as to give an exhaustive overlook of such subject matter. To give impetus to the growing and aged generations the importance of the technology of weaning and geriatric foods was described in detail. Bio-preservation of various food products including fermentation had always attracted researchers for various reasons inclusive of its novel and chemical free approach of preservation which has been aptly covered under current expansions in microbiology for food preservation and also under progression in biotechnology and its application in food processing. The cross linkage of advance technologies inclusive of nano-science was elaborated as technological advances in nano- science for specific food and nutrition delivery.