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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830670503321

Titolo

Handbook of vegetables and vegetable processing / / Nirmal K. Sinha [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, Iowa : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-470-95844-8

1-282-82285-3

9786612822858

0-470-95834-0

0-470-95838-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (788 p.)

Disciplina

664.8

664/.8

Soggetti

Vegetables - Processing

Vegetables - Composition

Botanical chemistry

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Biology, biochemistry, nutrition, microbiology, and genetics -- pt. 2. Postharvest technology and storage systems -- pt. 3. Processing and packaging of vegetables -- pt. 4. Product and food plant safety and HACCP -- pt. 5. Commodity processing.

Sommario/riassunto

Vegetables are an important article of commerce both in developed and developing economies. Many studies point to importance of vegetables in our diet. Handbook of Vegetables and Vegetable Processing serves as a reference handbook on vegetables and vegetable processing containing the latest developments and advances in this fast growing field. The book can be considered as a companion to Y. H. Hui's popular Handbook of Fruits and Fruit Processing (2006). Handbook of Vegetables and Vegetable Processing is contemporary in scope, with in-depth coverage of new interdisciplinar