Breakfast Cereals and How They Are Made

Raw Materials, Processing, and Production

Alicia A. Perdon, Sylvia L. Schonauer, Kaisa Poutanen

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing and AACC International Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9780128120439
• eBook ISBN: 9780128120446
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Food Science
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Breakfast Cereals and How They Are Made: Raw Materials, Processing, and Production, Third Edition, covers the transformation of a cereal grain across the supply chain with oversight of the entire lifecycle – from ingredient, to finished product. The book provides essential Information for food product developers on the effect of ingredients and process conditions on breakfast cereal quality. All aspects of the processing of cereals grains into finished products is covered, from batching and cooking, toasting and tempering, coating, the inclusion of additional ingredients, and packaging information. In addition, the book covers the chemistry and economics of cereal crops.Essential reading for all product developers working in the cereal industry, this book will also be of interest to academic researchers and postgraduate students in both cereal science and food processing.- Provides an up-to-date, end-to-end overview of the production process of cereal products- Edited by active cereals researchers working in industry, with experts from both academia and industry supplying content- Includes essential information on both ingredients and processes in the production of breakfast cereals- Discusses materials, cooking and packaging- Includes nutrition, quality and safety

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• Preface
• 1. Breakfast cereals and how they are made—Introduction
• 2. Breakfast—Forms, ingredients, and process flow
• Section One. Raw materials’ fundamentals
• Section Two. Process and packaging
• Section Three. Finished food
• Index