Nanotechnology in the food, beverage and nutraceutical industries

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Huang Qingrong.
Published: Woodhead Pub.,
Publisher Address: Cambridge Philadelphia
Publication Dates: 2012.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Woodhead Publishing series in food science, technology and nutrition ; no. 218
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Carrier Form: xx, 452 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 1845697391
9781845697396
Index Number: TS201
CLC: TS201.2
Call Number: TS201.2/N186
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Processes, material characterization, risks and regulation -- 1. An overview of the development and applications of nanoscale materials in the food industry -- 2. Potential health risks of nanoparticles in foods, beverages and nutraceuticals -- 3. Detecting and characterizing nanoparticles in food, beverages and nutraceuticals -- 4. Regulatory frameworks for food nanotechnologies -- 5. Atomic force microscopy and related tools for the imaging of foods and beverages on the nanoscale -- 6. Characterization of food materials at multiple length scales using small-angle X-ray scattering and nuclear magnetic resonance: Principle and applications. Part 2: Applications of nanotechnology in the food, beverage and nutraceutical industries -- 7. Improving food sensory and nutritional quality through nanostructure engineering -- 8. Nanocapsules as delivery systems in the food, beverage and nutraceutical industries -- 9. Association colloids as delivery systems -- 10. Fabrication, characterization and properties of food nanoemulsions ...