Functional Foods

Principles and Technology
2. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-443-19100-8
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1000 g

Functional Foods: Principles and Technology, Second Edition covers the definition, history, and development trends of functional foods. Specifically, this updated edition discusses the chemistry of functional components and their physiological properties of functional foods, including antioxidants, dietary fiber, pre-, pro-, and paraprobiotics, symbiotics, and postbiotics, selected nutritional supplements, soy and soy foods, human milk biochemistry and infant formula, sports drinks chemistry, and formulation aspects. This book is sure to be of interest to food and nutrition researchers, pharmacologists, and those teaching and studying related fields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guo, Mingruo

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. Antioxidants and Antioxidant-rich Foods
3. Dietary Fiber and Dietary Fiber Rich Foods
4. Prebiotics, Probiotics and Symbiotics
5. Lipids and Their Impact on Health
6. Nutritional Supplements
7. Soy Foods and Their Impact on Health
8. Methods and Technologies to Improve the Bioavailability of Bioactive Substances
9. Sports Drinks Formulation
10. Human Milk Biochemistry and Infant Formula

Über Autor(innen)

Guo, Mingruo
Mingruo Guo, a food chemist and a full professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the University of Vermont (UVM), USA, received his B.S. and M.S. from the Northeast Agricultural University (NEAU), Harbin, China. He received his Ph.D. degree in Food Chemistry from the National University of Ireland. His inventions in food science and environmentally safe products awarded him nine patents. His patented technology on infant formula formulation and processing resulted in three infant formula products currently manufactured and available on the market in China and another patent for making whey protein based environmentally safe wood finish products has been commercialized in USA since 2005.