Emerging Trends in Post Harvest Processing and Utilization of Plant Foods

Contents: Preface. I. Emerging trends: 1. Emerging trends in food processing/S.S. Arya. 2. Post harvest management of horticultural crops: an overview/J.K. Sandooja. 3. The coming age of probiotic foods/N. Khetarpaul. 4. New processes and the products for the millennium/A.K. Bakshi. II. Processing and utilization of cereals, pulses and oilseeds: 5. Trends in cereal processing/B.S. Khatkar. 6. Quality parameters in rice processing/P.C. Grover. 7. Physical and chemical evaluation of wheat flour quality/Shashi Madan and B.K. Misra. 8. Processing and utilization of coarse grains/Sudesh Jood. 9. Processing and food uses of grain legumes/ Umaid Singh. 10. Processing and utilization of soybean/R.B. Grewal. 11. Functional properties and their applications in food formulations/G.S. Chauhan. 12. Role of oilseeds in human nutrition/D.R. Sood. III. Processing and utilization of fruits and vegetables: 13. Post harvest handling of fruits and vegetables/S.S. Dhawan. 14. Controlled and modified atmospheric storage of fruits/J.K. Sandooja. 15. Drying and dehydration of fruits/S.S. Dhawan. 16. Freezing of fruits and vegetables/S.S. Dhawan. 17. Processing and utilization of underutilized fruits/Suneel Sharma. 18. Processed products from tomatoes/A. Kumari, P. Boora and R.B. Grewal. 19. Nutrient losses during post harvest processing/Darshan Punia. IV. Technologies for value addition of plant foods: 20. New applications of extrusion cooking technology/Narpinder Singh. 21. Hurdle technology for shelf stable food products/J.S. Berwal. 22. Biotechnology in post harvest 368 pp.…