Ingredients in Meat Products: Properties, Functionality and Applications

ISBN-13: 9780387713267 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 432 str.

Rodrigo Tarta(c)

Opis

There is little doubt that today s food industry is faced with a rapidly changing market landscape. The obvious need to continue to provide consumers with nutritious, delectable, safe, and affordable food products which are also profitable for food manufacturers, as well as the ongoing challenge of ensuring the delivery of adequate nutrition to hundreds of millions of disadvantaged people around the world, appears at least as much as, if not more than, ever to be at odds with the challenges posed by soaring energy and food commodity prices; fast-paced changes in consumer demographics, habits, and preferences; and the continual need to stay ahead of current and emerging food safety issues. In addition to this, the present ubiquity in the industry of terms such as functional foods, nutraceuticals, low sodium, low fat, clean label, minimal processing, and natural to name a few underscores yet a different dimension of the challenges faced by food processors today. On the other hand, however, the solutions of many of these challenges may, concurrently, present the food industry with unique and exciting opportunities. The processed meat industry, despite its long history and tradition, is certainly not exempt from having to face these modern challenges, nor excluded from realizing the promises of the opportunities that may lie ahead."

Spis treści

Basic Curing Ingredients.- Starches.- Nonstarch Hydrocolloids.- Fiber.- Plant Proteins.- Dairy Proteins.- Meat-Derived Protein Ingredients.- Enzymes.- Spices, Seasonings, and Flavors.- Smoke Flavor.- Fermentation and Acidification Ingredients.- Coating Ingredients.- Antioxidants.- Antimicrobial Ingredients.- Alternative Curing Systems.

O autorze

Rodrigo Tarté is Senior Program Leader, Meat Science Research, at Kraft Foods Inc., in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He is the recipient of the 2013 Meat Processing Award, presented by the American Meat Science Association.

Blurb

Ingredients in Meat Products presents the most up-to-date information regarding the utilization of non-meat ingredients in the manufacturing of processed meat products, in a way that is both comprehensive and practical. Emphasis has been placed on helping the reader attain a fundamental understanding of: (i) the basic chemical and physical properties of each of these groups of ingredients, as we understand them today; (ii) how these properties affect their functionality in meat systems; and (iii) how to take advantage of the ingredients' functional properties to maximize their application in real-life situations.

Drawing on the knowledge and expertise of twenty expert contributors from North America and Europe, representing both academia and industry, the volume discusses all the major types of ingredients used in processed meat products today, both in the context of their traditional uses, as well as, when applicable, in the context of more novel--and in many instances commercially unexploited--applications. New, "next-generation," ingredients are also discussed

Ingredients in Meat Products is intended as a primary reference on the subject for university, industry, and government meat science researchers; graduate and undergraduate students with an interest in the topic; and meat and food industry product development, quality, production and marketing personnel.

Rodrigo Tarté is Senior Program Leader, Meat Science Research, at Kraft Foods Inc., in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.