Overview
Recent developments in nutrition and public health have initiated much interest in the production of healthy new foods. This is the only book to assess the impact of nutritional science on food manufacture, technology, and product development. It examines the effect of food processing technology on the nutritional value of food stuffs, providing up-to-date information. It also covers the latest thinking on human nutritional requirements and the effects on the development of new products and explores the effect of consumption of new food ingredients on human nutrition and physiology.
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Contents:
The Addition of Nutrients to Foods
Technological Factors in the Development of Low Calorie Foods
Functional Foods: Prospects and Perspectives
Nutritional Enhancement of Cereals by Fortification
Nutritional Implications of Ingesting Modified Foods
Nutrition and Genetically Engineered Foods
Use of Food Ingredients to Reduce Degenerative Diseases
Nutritional Labeling and Claims
Index
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