Tropical Food Science (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781774072592)

Tropical Food Science discusses about food science and its various related fields like food microbiology, food engineering and processing, food chemistry and biochemistry. It also discusses the tropical food science from the global perspective, its geography and climate. The nutritional values of some tropical foods like proteins, carbohydrates, fat and oil, vitamins have also been discussed. This book throws light on the nutritive value of food, importance of food labels on packaged foods as it tells about the ingredients and nutrients contain inside it. There is a discussion about food processing and nutrition of tropical foods, the effects of processing and storage of food and the various processes affecting food nutrient content like fertilizers, milling, blanching, canning etc. Also discussed in the book is food absorption and digestion and its related aspects like absorption of the digestive products and digestive enzymes and small intestine.

Author: Cristina Garc? Jaime
ISBN-10: 1774072599
ISBN-13: 9781774072592
Publisher: Delve Publishing
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2019
Pages: 226
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d