Concepts in cereal chemistry

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacRitchie, Finlay (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press , c2010
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Sciences applicable to milling
  • 3. Efficiency of dry milling
  • 4. Grain hardness
  • 5. Structure and properties of dough
  • 6. Dough rheology
  • 7. Aspects of processing
  • 8. Shelf life
  • 9. Solubility of cereal proteins
  • 10. Characterization of cereal proteins
  • 11. Composition-functionality relationships
  • 12. Strategies for targeting specific end-use properties
  • 13. Nonwheat cereals
  • 14. Health aspects of cereals
  • 15. The scientific methods