{"product_id":"operations-in-food-refrigeration-hardback","title":"Operations in Food Refrigeration - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe final quality of a food product is impacted heavily by preservation technologies, such as chilling, freezing, and freeze-drying, as well as the numerous pretreatments that are routinely applied to foods. Adequate design and implementation of each of these treatments are critical to ensuring the integrity of the final food product, the productivity of the equipment, and reduced operation costs. \u003cstrong\u003eOperations in Food Refrigeration\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the fundamental issues involved in heat and mass transfer in food refrigeration and examines aspects of other operations applied to chilled or frozen foods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing an overview of basic concepts and general calculation procedures involved in cooling, freezing, thawing, and freeze-drying, the book discusses:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eSizing, peeling, cutting, sorting, and blanching fruits and vegetables\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePretreatments for meats, including tenderization, electrical stimulation, portioning, curing, and smoking\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePretreatments for fish and other seafood\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProcessing of poultry\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAir and osmotic partial dehydration, infusion of special nutrients, and the concentration of juices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraditional chilling and freezing methods\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSpecial precooling and freezing techniques\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe effects of thawing on food, factors that influence the choice and design of thawing processes, and various thawing methods\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFreeze-drying equipment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter is written by a recognized specialist and can serve as a stand-alone resource for the particular topic. Several chapters present case studies that can be used for developing processes or in teaching applications. Processors, researchers, and educators in the food industry will find this volume to be an invaluable reference for a host of food operations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45565391274222,"sku":"9781420055481","price":403.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/operations-in-food-refrigeration-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}