Advances in Food Dehydration
Cristina RattiThe complex nature of food systems together with the deep structural and physico-chemical changes that foodstuffs undergo during processing
The difficulty to define quality in quantitative terms and to develop appropriate control techniques
The lack of realistic models and simulations to represent the phenomena
The book’s well-developed chapters explain the structural and physico-chemical changes that food undergoes during dehydration, while discussing ways to optimize natural resources. In addition to describing non-convectional heating sources such as microwaves, infrared, and radio frequency, the text also examines the impact of drying on nutraceutical compounds, the bases of rehydration of dry food particles and the stresses on microorganisms during drying and their stability during storage. Advances in Food Dehydration is a user-friendly volume that concisely links the gamut of dehydration concepts into one cohesive reference.
About the Editor: Cristina Ratti, Ph.D., is a food engineering professor in the Soils and Agri-Food Engineering Department at the Université Laval (Quebec). She is the coordinator of the Food Engin