The chemical physics of food /

This important book covers the main types of materials that food scientists have to deal with. Special attention is given to starch and gluten as being of particular importance in food science and not typical of general classes of substance. The book approaches the subject matter form a physics view...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Belton, P. S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This important book covers the main types of materials that food scientists have to deal with. Special attention is given to starch and gluten as being of particular importance in food science and not typical of general classes of substance. The book approaches the subject matter form a physics viewpoint. Based on the fundamental quantitative principles, which must form the basis for any discussion, qualitative or quantitative, about the behaviour of the systems involved, the book thus differs from others currently available. The editor, Peter Belton, currently President of the Institute of Fo.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 247 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780470995792
0470995793
9781405181525
1405181524