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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455214203321

Autore

Fisher Carolyn

Titolo

Food flavours [[electronic resource] ] : biology and chemistry / / Carolyn Fisher and Thomas R. Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Royal Society of Chemistry, 1997

ISBN

1-84755-086-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Collana

RSC paperbacks

Altri autori (Persone)

ScottThomas R

Disciplina

664

Soggetti

Flavor

Food - Analysis

Food - Composition

Food - Biotechnology

Electronic books.

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

BK9780854045389-FX001; BK9780854045389-FP001; BK9780854045389-FP005; BK9780854045389-FP007; BK9780854045389-FP009; BK9780854045389-00001; BK9780854045389-00015; BK9780854045389-00056; BK9780854045389-00099; BK9780854045389-00125; BK9780854045389-00147; BK9780854045389-00151; BK9780854045389-00158

Sommario/riassunto

How does the nose know what it smells? How do we taste foods? What gives foods their characteristic flavours? How do the methods of food preparation and processing change the flavours of foods? Food Flavours answers these questions and much more, in a clear and understandable manner, describing the composition of flavour compounds and the contributions they make to our sensory experiences.The book begins with the chemical reactions by which chemical compounds develop in plants, and continues through the processing and preparation of foods. It then turns to our chemical sensory systems to descr