Kent's Technology of Cereals
eBook - PDF

Kent's Technology of Cereals

An Introduction for Students of Food Science and Agriculture

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Kent's Technology of Cereals

An Introduction for Students of Food Science and Agriculture

About this book

This well-established textbook provides students of food science with an authoritative and comprehensive study of cereal technology. Kent compares the merits and limitations of individual cereals as sources of food products as well as looking at the effects of processing treatments on the nutritive value of the products. The fourth edition of this classic book has been thoroughly updated with new sections including extrusion cooking and the use of cereals for animal feed.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Technology of Cereals: An Introduction for Students of Food Science and Agriculture
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface to the Fourth Edition
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Preface to the First Edition
  8. Abbreviations, Units, Equivalents
  9. Chapter 1. Cereal Crops: Economics, Statistics and Uses
  10. Chapter 2. Botanical Aspects of Cereals
  11. Chapter 3. Chemical Components
  12. Chapter 4. Cereals of the World: Origin, Classification, Types, Quality
  13. Chapter 5. Storage and Pre-processing
  14. Chapter 6. Dry Milling Technology
  15. Chapter 7. Flour Quality
  16. Chapter 8. Bread-baking Technology
  17. Chapter 9. Malting, Brewing and Distilling
  18. Chapter 10. Pasta and Whole Grain Foods
  19. Chapter 11. Breakfast Cereals and Other Products of Extrusion Cooking
  20. Chapter 12. Wet Milling: Starch and Gluten
  21. Chapter 13. Domestic and Small Scale Products
  22. Chapter 14. Nutrition
  23. Chapter 15. Feed and Industrial Uses for Cereals
  24. INDEX