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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139692503321

Titolo

Sweeteners and sugar alternatives in food technology / / edited by Kay O'Donnell, Malcolm Kearsley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

ISBN

9786613854834

9781523111077

1523111070

9781118373972

1118373979

9781283542388

1283542382

9781118373958

1118373952

9781118373941

1118373944

9781118373965

1118373960

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (506 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

O'DonnellKay

KearsleyM. W

Disciplina

664/.5

Soggetti

Sweeteners

Sugar substitutes

Sugars in human nutrition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Nutrition and health considerations -- pt. 2. High-potency sweeteners -- pt. 3. Reduced-calorie bulk sweeteners -- pt. 4. Other sweeteners -- pt. 5. Bulking agents - multi-functional ingredients.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive and accessible source of information on all types of sweeteners and functional ingredients, enabling manufacturers to produce low sugar versions of all types of



foods that not only taste and perform as well as sugar-based products, but also offer consumer benefits such as calorie reduction, dental health benefits, digestive health benefits and improvements in long term disease risk through strategies such as dietary glycaemic control. Now in a revised and updated new edition which contains seven new chapters, part I of this volume addresses relevant digesti