Food Materials Science and Engineering

Food Materials Science and Engineering covers a comprehensive range of topics in relation to food materials, their properties and characterisation techniques, thus offering a new approach to understanding food production and quality control. The opening chapter will define the scope and application of food materials science, explaining the relationship between raw material structure and processing and quality in the final product. Subsequent chapters will examine the structure of food materials and how they relate to quality, sensory perception, processing attributes and nutrient delivery. The authors also address applications of nanotechnology to food and packaging science. Methods of manufacturing food systems with improved shelf-life and quality attributes will be highlighted in the book.

Auteur

Bhesh Bhandari is Professor of Food Processing Technology
and Engineering in the School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, at
the University of Queensland, Australia.

Yrjö H. Roos is Professor of Food Technology in the
School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, at University College
Cork, Ireland.

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Food materials science combines food physics, food chemistry and food processing and engineering into a single domain. Materials science involves the interdisciplinary study of the properties and behaviours of materials, and is a relatively new approach in the food and agricultural commodities sector. Its importance is increasingly recognised, however, driven by advances in disciplines such as polymer and biomedical sciences. The availability of many advanced material characterisation techniques, and the improved affordability of the required equipment, widens research possibilities in this area.

Food Materials Science and Engineering looks at new techniques which can be used in the food industry to add value to food materials, ingredients and foods. Adding value to food materials is of vital commercial importance to the modern food industry as it seeks to meet consumer satisfaction, food safety and nutrient delivery in a rapidly advancing environment. The materials science approach has the potential to surpass traditional food science techniques in studying the structure and behaviour of food at the macro-, micro- and nano-levels, as well as developing our understanding of how nutrients are released and delivered. It is thought that this new approach will lead to improvements in the quality, shelf life and nutritional value of food products as well as offering the potential to develop new generation of products.

This book will be invaluable in helping students and food scientists to understand the practical applications of materials science to food and biological materials. It introduces the historical background of the materials science and its relevance to food materials science, from the molecular basis upwards. Food materials properties, processing and performance are covered in depth, with reference to microstructures and sensory properties. The book also includes chapters on cutting edge topics, including phase transitions and the application of nanotechnology to food and food packaging.

Résumé
Food Materials Science and Engineering covers a comprehensive range of topics in relation to food materials, their properties and characterisation techniques, thus offering a new approach to understanding food production and quality control. The opening chapter will define the scope and application of food materials science, explaining the relationship between raw material structure and processing and quality in the final product. Subsequent chapters will examine the structure of food materials and how they relate to quality, sensory perception, processing attributes and nutrient delivery. The authors also address applications of nanotechnology to food and packaging science. Methods of manufacturing food systems with improved shelf-life and quality attributes will be highlighted in the book.

Contenu

Preface ix

List of Contributors xi

1 Food Materials Science and Engineering: An Overview 1
Bhesh Bhandari and Yrjö H. Roos

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Molecular basis of food materials 4

1.3 Observation of materials at various size ranges and size-property

relationship 5

1.4 Amorphous and crystalline structures of materials 7

1.5 Gel structures of food materials 10

1.6 Interfacial properties of the food materials 14

1.7 Application of materials science in food design and development

of engineered food materials 21

1.8 Conclusion 23

References 23

2 Micro to Macro Level Structures of Food Materials 26
Deepak Bhopatkar, Bruce R. Hamaker and Osvaldo H. Campanella

2.1 Microstructure definitions 26

2.2 Measurement of microstructures/nanostructures 28

2.3 The relationship between structure and quality 31

2.4 Microstructure and emulsions 35

2.5 Structure and sensory perception 37

2.6 Process to control the structure of food materials 39

2.7 Concluding remarks 45

References 45

3 Characterisation Techniques in Food Materials Science 52
Elliot Paul Gilbert, Amparo Lopez-Rubio and Michael J. Gidley

3.1 Introduction 52

3.2 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) 53

3.3 Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FT-IR) 59

3.4 X-ray powder diffraction 64

3.5 Small angle neutron & X-ray scattering (SANS and SAXS) 68

3.6 Confocal microscopy 78

3.7 Scanning electron microscopy 81

3.8 Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) 84

3.9 Summary 87

References 87

4 Interfacial Phenomena in Structured Foods 94
Matt Golding

4.1 Introduction 94

4.2 Visualisation of surface structures 95

4.3 Fundamentals of interfacial assembly 102

4.4 The dynamic interface 108

4.5 Conclusions and future directions 130

References 131

5 Phase and State Transitions and Related Phenomena in Foods 136
Yrjö H. Roos

5.1 Introduction 136

5.2 Phase and state transitions 137

5.3 Food properties and formulation 144

5.4 Conclusions 148

References 149

6 Food Biopolymer Gels, Microgel and Nanogel Structures, Formation and Rheology 151
Jason R. Stokes

6.1 Introduction 151

6.2 Rheology of food gels: yielding and gelling soft matter 152

6.3 Formation and structure of biopolymer network gels 153

6.4 Formation and structure of micro- and nano-gel particles 159

6.5 Structurerheology relationships of food gels and food gel structures 165

6.6 Outlook 171

Acknowledgements 172

References 172

7 Materials Science Approaches Towards Food Design 177
Job Ubbink

7.1 Introduction 177

7.2 Consumer-driven food design 177

7.3 Food design based on the supplemented state diagram 179

7.4 Design of foods and encapsulation systems in the glassy state 191

7.5 Retro-design for the delivery of bioactive ingredients in foods 195

7.6 Concluding remarks 201

References 202

8 Food Structures and Delivery of Nutrients 204
Ranjan Sharma

8.1 Introduction 204

8.2 Nutrient digestion and absorption in the gastrointestinal tract 205

8.3 Nutrients and their delivery challenges 208

8.4 Essential fatty acids 209

8.5 Antioxidants including vitamins and minerals 209

8.6 Probiotic bacteria 211

8.7 Plant sterols 211

8.8 Food structures and technologies for protection and delivery

of nutrients 212

8.9 Protein-based structures for nutrient delivery 212

8.10 Microencapsulation 214

8.11 Fluidised bed coating 214

8.12 Spray drying 215

8.13 Spray chilling 215

8.14 Extrusion 216

8.15 Nanoparticles and emulsions 216 8.16 Food structure ...