Food packaging and shelf life : a practical guide / / [edited by] Gordon L. Robertson

• Pubblicazione: Boca Raton : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Disciplina: 664/.09
• Soggetto topico: Food - Packaging; Food - Shelf-life dating
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RobertsonGordon L. <1946->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Contents; Preface; Editor; Contributors; Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols; Chapter 1. Food Packaging and Shelf Life; Chapter 2. Food Quality and Indices of Failure; Chapter 3. Shelf Life Testing Methodology and Data Analysis; Chapter 4. Packaging and the Microbial Shelf Life of Food; Chapter 5. Packaging and the Shelf Life of Milk; Chapter 6. Packaging and the Shelf Life of Cheese; Chpater 7. Packaging and the Shelf Life of Milk Powders; Chapter 8. Packaging and the Shelf Life of Yogurt; Chapter 9. Packaging and the Shelf Life of Water and Carbonated Drinks ; Chapter 10. Packaging and the Shelf Life of Orange JuiceChapter 11. Packaging and the Shelf Life of Coffee; Chapter 12. Packaging and the Shelf Life of Beer; Chapter 13. Packaging and the Shelf Life of Wine; Chapter 14. Packaging and the Shelf Life of Fresh Red and Poultry Meats; Chapter 15. Packaging and the Shelf Life of Fish; Chapter 16. Packaging and the Shelf Life of Fruits and Vegetables; Chapter 17. Packaging and the Shelf Life of Vegetable Oils; Chapter 18. Packaging and the Shelf Life of Cereals and Snack Foods; Chapter 19. Shelf Life of Foods in Biobased Packaging; Index; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: The importance of food packaging hardly needs emphasizing since only a handful of foods are sold in an unpackaged state. With an increasing focus on sustainability and cost-effectiveness, responsible companies no longer want to over-package their food products, yet many remain unsure just where reductions can effectively be made. Food Packaging and Shelf Life: A Practical Guide provides package developers with the information they need to specify just the right amount of protective packaging to maintain food quality and maximize shelf life.Current food packaging must
• Titolo autorizzato: Food packaging and shelf life
• ISBN: 0-429-14680-9; 1-282-49535-6; 9786612495359; 1-4200-7845-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456895703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II