Water activity in foods : fundamentals and applications

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Main Author: Barbosa-Canovas, Gustavo V. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub. , c2007
Edition:1st ed
Series:IFT Press series
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction: historical highlights of water activity research -- 2. Water activity: fundamentals and relationships -- 3. Water activity and glass transition -- 4. Water mobility in foods -- 5. Water activity prediction and moisture sorption isotherms -- 6. Measurement of water activity, moisture sorption isotherms and noisture content of foods -- 7. Moisture effects on food's chemical stability -- 8. Water activity and physical stability -- 9. Diffusion and sorption kinetics of water in foods -- 10. Effects of water activity (aw) on microbial stability: as ahurdle in food preservation -- 11. Principles of intermediate-moisture foods and related technology -- 12. Desorption phenomena in food dehydration processes -- 13. Applications of water activity management in the food industry -- 14. Applications of water activity in nonfood systems -- 15. The future of water activity in food processing and preservation 
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