Food texture and viscosity : concept and measurement /

Drawing together literature from a variety of fields, Food Texture and Viscosity, 2E, includes a brief history of this area and its basic principles. It reviews how texture and viscosity are measured, including the physical interactions between the human body and food, objective methods of texture m...

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Main Author: Bourne, Malcolm C.
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Academic Press, [2002]
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Food science and technology international series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Drawing together literature from a variety of fields, Food Texture and Viscosity, 2E, includes a brief history of this area and its basic principles. It reviews how texture and viscosity are measured, including the physical interactions between the human body and food, objective methods of texture measurements, the latest advances in texture-measuring instruments, various types of liquid flow, and more. This revised edition contains approximately 30% new material, including two new chapters on physics and texture and the correlation between physical measurements and sensory assessments. It now.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 427 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-413) and index.
ISBN:9780080491332
0080491332
9780121190620
0121190625