Food and beverage packaging technology /

• Other Authors: Kirwan, Mark J.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Ames, Iowa : Wiley, [2011]
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Subjects: Food > Packaging.; Beverages > Packaging.; Food > Preservation.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Food Science.; Electronic books.

Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, this volume provides a contemporary overview of food processing/packaging technologies. It acquaints the reader with food preservation processes, shelf life and logistical considerations, as well as packaging materials, machines and processes necess...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• Colour Plates
• Introduction / Richard Coles
• Food Biodeterioration and Methods of Preservation / Gary S Tucker
• Packaged Product Quality and Shelf Life / Helen Brown, James Williams, Mark Kirwan
• Logistical Packaging for Food Marketing Systems / Diana Twede, Bruce Harte
• Metal Packaging / Bev Page, Mike Edwards, Nick May
• Packaging of Food in Glass Containers / Peter Grayhurst, Patrick J Girling
• Plastics in Food Packaging / Mark J Kirwan, Sarah Plant, John W Strawbridge
• Paper and Paperboard Packaging / M J Kirwan
• Active Packaging / B P F Day, L Potter
• Modified Atmosphere Packaging / Michael Mullan, Derek McDowell
• Bioplastics / Jim Song, Martin Kay, Richard Coles
• Index
• Food Science and Technology.