The importance of food packaging hardly needs emphasizing 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 reductions can effectively be made. Food Packaging and Shelf Life: A Practical Guide provides package developers with the information they need to specify just the right amount of protective packaging to maintain food quality and maximize shelf life.
Current food packaging must take into consideration the biochemical, chemical, physical, and biological changes that occur during processing, distribution, and storage. Organized according to chapters devoted to specific food products, this practical handbook defines the indices of failure for foods as diverse as milk, fruits, bottled water, juices, vegetables, fish, and beef. It discusses the deteriorative reactions for each food and reviews how different packaging materials may influence time to failure and thus shelf life. Other topics included biobased packaging, packaging and the microbial shelf life of foods, and shelf life testing methodology.
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Contents
Food Packaging and Shelf Life
Gordon L. Robertson
Food Quality and Indices of Failure
Gordon L. Robertson
Shelf Life Testing Methodology and Data Analysis
Michel Guillet and Natalie Rodrigue
Packaging and the Microbial Shelf Life of Food
Dong Sun Lee
Packaging and the Shelf Life of Milk
Michael G. Kontominas
Packaging and the Shelf Life of Cheese
Maria de Fátima Poças and Manuela Pintado
Packaging and the Shelf Life of Milk Powders
Elmira Arab Tehrany and Kees Sonneveld
Packaging and the Shelf Life of Yogurt
Roger D. MacBean
Packaging and the Shelf Life of Water and Carbonated Drinks
PhAshurst
Packaging and the Shelf Life of Orange Juice
Antonio López-Gómez, María Ros-Chumillas, and Yulissa Y. Belisario-Sánchez
Packaging and the Shelf Life of Coffee
Maria Cristina Nicoli, Lara Manzocco, and Sonia Calligaris
Packaging and the Shelf Life of Beer
Charles W. Bamforth and John M. Krochta
Packaging and the Shelf Life of Wine
Malcolm J. Reeves
Packaging and the Shelf Life of Fresh Red and Poultry Meats
Alex O. Gill and Colin O. Gill
Packaging and the Shelf Life of Fish
Steve Slattery
Packaging and the Shelf Life of Fruits and Vegetables
Nathalie Gontard and Carole Guillaume
Packaging and the Shelf Life of Vegetable Oils
Luciano Piergiovanni and Sara Limbo
Packaging and the Shelf Life of Cereals and Snack Foods
Sea C. Min, Young T. Kim, and Jung H. Han
Shelf Life of Foods in Biobased Packaging
Vibeke Kistrup...
