Fruit and Vegetable Flavour: Recent Advances and Future Prospects - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1420076000 ISBN 13 : 9781420076004

Editeur : CRC Press Inc, 2008

Synopsis

Consumer acceptance of food is highly dependent on flavour. This important collection reviews the chemical basis of fruit and vegetable flavour and current methods for improving the flavour of fruit and vegetable products. With its team of experienced international contributors Fruit and vegetable flavour will be an essential reference source for all those working in the food industry concerned with improving flavour in fruit and vegetables.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Consumer acceptance of food is highly dependent on flavour. This important collection reviews the chemical basis of fruit and vegetable flavour and current methods for improving the flavour of fruit and vegetable products.

Opening chapters outline the economic importance of flavour in fruit and vegetables. Ensuing chapters investigate the formation of fruit and vegetable flavour and how it deteriorates after harvest. It also looks at flavour management during horticultural and postharvest operations, discusses the possibilities and limitations for flavour improvement by selection and breeding, and the role of maturity for improved fruit and vegetable flavour. The book concludes with a discussion of emerging trends in flavour manipulation, especially how knowledge of the genetic background of quality attributes can be applied to flavour improvement.

With its team of experienced international contributors Fruit and Vegetable Flavour: Recent Advances and Future Prospectsis an essential reference for all those working in the food industry concerned with improving flavour in fruit and vegetables.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr Bernhard Brückner is a senior researcher at the Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ) in Germany and has published widely in the area of food science.

S. Grant Wyllie is a consultant scientist for ChromOil in Australia and has published widely in the area of food science.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CRC Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1420076000
• ISBN 13: 9781420076004
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 317
• Éditeur: Bruckner Bernhard, Wyllie S. Grant
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible