Packaging for Nonthermal Processing of Food

by Editor: Jung H. Han (Frito-Lay Inc. )

• ISBN13: 9780470276471
• ISBN10: 0470276479
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-02-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

A number of novel thermal and nonthermal processing methods are in active research and development in industry, academic and government laboratories. A key step that needs to be addressed is how to best package commodities processed by high pressure, pulsed electric fields, UV, irradiation, microwave or radio frequency heating, bioactive coating/packaging, or the treatment with probiotics to best preserve the benefits of improved product quality imparted by these emerging preservation technologies. Packaging for Nonthermal Processing of Food reviews typical nonthermal processes, the characteristics of food products after nonthermal treatments, and packaging parameters to preserve the quality and enhance the food safety of the products. In addition, the critical role of information carried by packaging materials to make a new product produced by a novel process attractive to consumers is discussed. Packaging for Nonthermal Processing of Food offers many benefits to industry for providing the practical information on the relationship between new processes and packaging materials, to academia for constructing the fundamental knowledge, and to regulatory agencies for acquiring deeper understanding on the packaging requirements for new processes.

Table of Contents

Packaging for nonthermally processed foods

The role of active packaging in non-thermal processing

Edible coatings containing bioactive antimicrobial agents

Bio-MAP: Modified atmosphere packaging with biological control for shelf-life extension

Packaging for high pressure processing, irradiation, and pulsed electric field processing

Packaging for foods treated by ionizing radiation

Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems for packaged foods

Consumer choice: Responses to new packaging technologies

European standpoint to active packaging û legislation, authorization and compliance testing

Packaging for nonthermal food processing: future

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