Food Engineering and Technology

Contents: Preface. 1. Carbohydrates. 2. Proteins. 3. Lipids. 4. Pigments. 5. Enzymes and food flavour. 6. Nutrition, vitamins, minerals and anti-nutritional factors. 7. Food and microorganisms: general concepts. 8. Food spoilage and food borne illness. 9. Microorganisms in food production. 10. Processing: principles and methods. 11. Food additives and preservatives. 12. Food packaging. 13. Grains and oilseeds processing. 14. Fruits, vegetables and plantation products processing. 15. Animal products. 16. Food safety and regulations. 17. Basic concepts. 18. Food rheology and pumps. 19. Heat transfer. 20. Mass transfer operations. 21. Unit operations: size reduction, filtration, separation mixing, agitation and extrusion. 22. Food processing. 23. Numerical problems in food engineering. 24. Bakery products. 25. Non thermal methods in food processing. Food Engineering and Technology: A Practice Book deals with objective type questions and answers. The book is aimed to provide number of questions related to almost all the main aspects of the Food Technology. Efforts have been made to cover wide range of topics in accordance to the syllabus of various competitive examinations like JRF, SRF, ARS, GATE, etc. It is expected that the book will be much sought by the students of Food Science/Technology/Engineering and related disciplines who can prepare themselves for both written as well as oral examinations. At the same time, this can be used as a readily available handbook for quick reference by practicing researchers/technologists and engineers. Besides faculty members involved in teaching Food Technology will find the book useful as a good question bank.…