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Dehydration of Foods (Food Engineering Series) [Hardcover]

Humberto Vega-Mercado (Author)
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0412064219 978-0412064210 June 30, 1996 1st
Completely up-to-date and organized for easy use, this one-of-a-kind reference integrates basic concepts with hands-on techniques for food dehydration. It discusses a wide range of scientific and technical information, from the physical, chemical, and microbiological changes in food dehydration to its packaging aspects.

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  • Hardcover: 330 pages
  • Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (June 30, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0412064219
  • ISBN-13: 978-0412064210
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,359,482 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference that anyone should have ..., September 27, 1999
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As Process Engineer I found this book to be an excellent reference for anyone that works/designs or uses dehydration processes on their shopfloors. This is the most used reference I have... Great work...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent in theory, May 25, 1999
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Es un libro excelente en la exposición de la teoría del proceso de secado y en los equipos utilizados. Debiera tener más ejemplos resueltos y un mejor apéndice con información general de distintos productos a secar. Por ejemplo frutas y verduras
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It is not known when the preservation of foods by dehydration began, but history does show that our ancestors learned how to dry foods by trial and error. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ideal dryers, freeze drying system, osmotic dehydration, humid volume, food dehydration, freeze dehydration, falling rate period, constant rate period, aroma retention, sugar gain, continuous dryer, intermediate moisture foods, vapor diffusivity, osmotic solution, water vapor flux, hurdle technology, tunnel dryers, tray dryer, water activity, critical moisture content, drying medium, osmotic coefficient, solar drying, wet bulb temperature, dried layer
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Marcel Dekker, Food Sci, Food Technol, Hemisphere Publishing, Drying Technol, Van Arsdel, Water Activity Figure, Fick's Law, Physical Principles of Food Preservation, Puerto Rico, Raoult's Law, Universidad de las Americas, Academic Press, Elsevier Applied Science, United States, National Drying Machinery, Arbitrary Scale, Elsevier Science, Dalton's Law, Heat Mass Transfer, International Symposium, Pergamon Press
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