Food Additive Application Technology

Author: Jiang Jianjun
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book is suitable for students majoring in food-related fields, agricultural product processing, and food testing in higher vocational education. It can also serve as a training manual for relevant enterprises. The book comprehensively introduces the role, development direction, and applications of food additives in plain language, covering concepts and functions, general requirements, hygiene management, and safe use of food additives. It also includes discussions on preservatives, antioxidants, food colors, color-forming agents, bleaching agents, flavoring agents, flavor enhancers, emulsifying and stabilizing agents, leavening agents, enzyme preparations, nutritional fortifiers, food processing aids, and moisture-retaining agents. The book emphasizes practicality and simplicity, providing application examples for each category of food additives. Additionally, it highlights the "new" aspect by incorporating new technologies in food additive applications and natural food additives.