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Record Nr.

UNISA996208219903316

Autore

Bamforth Charles W. <1952->

Titolo

Food, fermentation, and micro-organisms [[electronic resource] /] / Charles W. Bamforth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Science, c2005

ISBN

1-281-31202-9

9786611312022

0-470-70958-8

0-470-99527-0

0-470-99526-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Disciplina

664/.024

Soggetti

Fermentation

Fermented foods

Yeast

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

The science underpinning food fermentations -- Beer -- Wine -- Fortified wines -- Cider -- Distilled alcoholic beverages -- Flavoured spirits -- Sake -- Vinegar -- Cheese -- Yoghurt and other fermented milk products -- Bread -- Meat -- Indigenous fermented foods -- Vegetable fermentations -- Cocoa -- Mycoprotein -- Miscellaneous fermentation products.

Sommario/riassunto

Fermentation and the use of micro-organisms is one of the most important aspects of food processing, an industry worth billions of US dollars world-wide. From beer and wine to yoghurt and bread, it is the common denominator between many of our foodstuffs.In his engaging style Professor Charles Bamforth covers all known food applications of fermentation. Beginning with the science underpinning food fermentations, Professor Bamforth looks at the relevant aspects of microbiology and microbial physiology, moving on to cover individual food products, how they are made, what is the role of f