Food packaging and shelf life : a practical guide
"The importance of packaging hardly needs stressing since only a handful of foods are sold in an unpackaged state. With an increasing focus on sustainability and cost-effectiveness, responsible companies no longer want to over-package their food products, yet many remain unsure just where reduc...
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis ,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Food packaging and shelf life
- 2. Food quality and indices of failure
- 3. Shelf life testing methodology and data analysis
- 4. Packaging and the microbial shelf life of food
- 5. Packaging and the shelf life of milk
- 6. Packaging and the shelf life of cheese
- 7. Packaging and the shelf life of milk powders
- 8. Packaging and the shelf life of yogurt
- 9. Packaging and the shelf life of water and carbonated drinks
- 10. Packaging and the shelf life of orange juice
- 11. Packaging and the shelf life of coffee
- 12. Packaging and the shelf life of beer
- 13. Packaging and the shelf life of wine
- 14. Packaging and the shelf life of fresh red and poultry meats
- 15. Packaging and the shelf life of fish
- 16. Packaging and the shelf life of fruits and vegetables
- 17. Packaging and the shelf life of vegetable oils
- 18. Packaging and the shelf life of cereals and snack foods
- 19. Shelf life of foods in biobased packaging
- 20. Active packaging and the shelf life of foods