This is a comprehensive work on emerging food processing technologies, efficient utilisation of co-products from different food crops and their food safety and quality evaluation methods, and impact assessment and marketing strategies of developed food technology to address the contemporary issues of food processing industry. It involves a systematic discussion, considering present status and even future prospects, of processing of specific crops including oilseeds, cereal crops and horticultural crops. The articles take up the approach of probiotics as health foods, use of biodegradable plastics for food packaging, application of cryogenics as in grinding of spices and microwave heating in foodgrains processing. With reference to studies on the subject, they evaluate aspects relating to protein quality, nutritional quality and microbial quality.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR R.T. Patil
Dr. R.T. Patil is presently holding the post of Director of Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) under ICAR which is a nodal institute to undertake lead researches in Post Harvest Management and Value Addition. Dr. Patil has B. Tech. degree (Ag. Engg), M. Tech (Crop Process Engineering) from India Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India and PhD in Bio Process Engineering from University of Saskatchewan, Canada and finished 2 years of Post Doctoral Fellowship at Washington State University, Pullman (USA). He has 28 years of research experience in food process engineering. He has contributed 5 books/bulletins and 5 book chapters. His areas of expertise are drying and dehydration, novel product development, physical properties and advanced extrusion processing. Dr. Patil has so far developed 16 research prototypes, 5 process protocols, 3 pilot plants and contributed to two US patents and three Indian patents with over 100 papers published in national and international journals and over 100 presentations (4 presentation awarded best paper award) in national and international conferences. He is a recipient of Best Graduate thesis award of Canadian Society of Agricultural Engineers for his PhD and the team award from Ministry of Education, Government of Poland for Thermal Processing of Bio Materials. He was elected as Directed (Food Process Engineering) of ISAE during 1998-2000 and was elected three times as Vice President of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers and presently he is Vice President, Association of Food Scientists and Technologist, India.
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