Highlighting the versatility and efficiency of extrusion cooking, this comprehensive introduction offers the most up-to-date information available. It emphasizes recent advances in extrusion technology and extruder systems and instructs in the proper selection of raw materials and extruders. Describing the advantages and disadvantages of extrusion versus other methods, it covers the use of extrusion to develop new products such as cereal-based snacks, baby foods, pasta products, breakfast cereals, texturized protein, and modified starch from cereals. It provides practical troubleshooting...
Highlighting the versatility and efficiency of extrusion cooking, this comprehensive introduction offers the most up-to-date information available....
A fresh view of the state-of-the-art, Advances in Food Extrusion Technology focuses on extruder selection, extrudate development, quality parameters, and troubleshooting in the 21st century extrusion process. In particular, the book:
Introduces the history, nomenclature, and working principles of extrusion technology
Presents an overview of various types of extruders as well as parts and components of an extruder for design considerations
Discusses extruder selection and design, fluid flow problem with different types...
A fresh view of the state-of-the-art, Advances in Food Extrusion Technology focuses on extruder selection, extrudate development,...
