Completely up-to-date and organized for easy use this one-of-a-kind reference integrates basic concepts with hand-on techniques for food dehydration from an engineering point of view. It discusses a wide range of scientific and technical information, from the physical chemical and microbiological changes in food dehydration to its packaging aspects.
The first section of the book provides a thorough review of topics such as water-air mixtures, characteristics of dehydrated food, glass transition temperature, enzymatic and nonenzymatic reactions, destruction of nutrients and aromas, and...