Case Studies in Food Engineering

• Section 1: Processes Based Largely on Physical Operations.- Dry Mixing.- Snacks and Baking.- Breakfast Cereals.- Pet Foods.- Fruit and Vegetable Juice Processing.- Membrane Processing.- Freeze Drying.- Section 2: Processes Based on Biochemical Reactions and Thermal Treatment.- Continuous Thermal Processing.- Retort Pouch Foods.- Ice Cream.- Sausages and Other Meat Products.- Non-thermal Processing.- Section 3: A few broader topics.- Economic Evaluation.- Design of a New Facility.- How to Tour a Food Plant.- Build New, Expand, or Upgrade?.- Developing Processes.

From the reviews: "Clark ... has more than 40 years of experience in the field; this is evidenced by the significant practical engineering knowledge that he imparts in this book. The work describes thermal sterilization and nonthermal sterilization processes in detail. ... A good list of references, a glossary, and many examples are included. This book will be useful to professionals and can serve as ... a good textbook on food engineering. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals; two-year technical programming students." (L. E. Erickson, Choice, Vol. 47 (4), December, 2009)