Quality Handling and Evaluation

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Ramdane Dris, S. Mohan Jain

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Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
31 January 2004

Food manufacturing & related industries; Food & beverage technology

Food quality is becoming an ever-increasing important feature for consumers and it is well known that some food crops are perishable and have a very short shelf and storage life. An effective quality assurance system throughout the handling steps between harvest and retail display is essential to provide a consistently good quality supply of fresh food crops to the consumers and to protect the reputation of a given marketing label. Food manufacturing companies all over the world are incre- ingly focussing on quality aspect of food including minimally processed food to meet consumer demands for fresh-like and healthy food products. To investigate and control quality, one must be able to measure quality-related attributes. Quality of produce encompasses sensory attributes, nutritive values, chemical constituents, mechanical properties, functional properties and defects. Successful postharvest handling of crops requires careful coordination and integration of the various steps from harvest operations to consumer level in order to maintain the initial product quality. Maturity at harvest is one feature of quality of perishable products, it has great influence on their postharvest behavior during marketing. Safety assurance can be part of quality assurance and its focus on minimizing chemical and microbial contamination during production, harvesting, and postharvest handling of intact and fresh-cut of commodities. Essentially, electromagnetic (often optical) prop- ties relate to appearance, mechanical properties to texture, and chemical properties to flavor (taste and aroma).

Edited by: Ramdane Dris, S. Mohan Jain
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2004 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 2.050kg
ISBN: 9781402017001
ISBN 10: 1402017006
Pages: 524
Publication Date: 31 January 2004
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Enzymes and Quality Factors of Fruits and Vegetables.- Volatile Flavours in Strawberries: A Description of the Components, and How to Analyse Them.- Methods to Evaluate the Antioxidant Activity.- Essential Oil Drugs — Terpene Composition of Aromatic Herbs.- Integral Handling of Banana.- Economics and Organisation of Horticultural Postharvest Production.- Handling Machinery and Damage Inflicted to the Product.- Mechanical Damage During Fruit Post-Harvest Handling: Technical and Physiological Implications.- Harvest and Postharvest Conditions for Apples and Pears.- Rapid Quality Evaluation Techniques of Horticultural Crops.- Table Grape Postharvest Management and Safety Issues.- Fruit Postharvest Technology: Instrumental Measurement of Ripeness and Quality.- Developmental Changes During Strawberry Fruit Ripening and Physico-Chemical Changes During Postharvest Storage.- Processing of Horticultural Crops in the Tropics.- Quality Dynamics and Quality Assurance of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Pre- and Postharvest.- Modification of Fruit Ripening by Genetic Transformation.- Quality of Equilibrium Modified Atmosphere Packaged (EMAP) Fresh-Cut Vegetables.

Reviews for Quality Handling and Evaluation

Cat, Duck and Squirrel from Pumpkin Soup (1999) and A Pipkin of Pepper (2005), return in another culinary adventure. Without a ripe pumpkin in their garden to make soup, they try recipes for Fish Soup, Mushroom Soup and Beet Soup, but when Duck sniffs each one, he howls, YUCK! All I want is Pumpkin Soup . . . and that's not orange! While the other two are taking a bath, Cat has a plan; he peels, chops and slices zucchini, tomatoes, carrots and corn and plops them into the cooking pot. When Duck peers into the pot, he says, That looks like Pumpkin Soup. He sips and quacks, This isn't Pumpkin Soup . . . but it's the best soup I ever tasted. Let's eat the whole pot! Entertaining detailed illustrations, interesting page composition with sidebars of charming insects commenting on the action and rhyming phrases maintain the playfulness of characters and the childlike behavior. Preschoolers will enjoy the story while subtly ingesting the message of trying new foods. Recipe for Pink Soup included. (Picture book. 4-8) (Kirkus Reviews)