Biotechnology of Food and Feed Additives (Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology) by Holger Zorn and Peter Czermak
English | 2014 | ISBN: | 301 pages | PDF | 5, 5 MB
This book review series presents current trends in modern biotechnology. The aim is to cover all aspects of this interdisciplinary technology where knowledge, methods and expertise are required from chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, chemical engineering and computer science. Volumes are organized topically and provide a comprehensive discussion of developments in the respective field over the past 3-5 years. The series also discusses new discoveries and applications. Special volumes are dedicated to selected topics which focus on new
biotechnological products and new processes for their synthesis and purification. In general, special volumes are edited by well-known guest editors. The series editor and publisher will however always be pleased to receive suggestions and supplementary information. Manuscripts are accepted in English.
Interesting facts
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Genetically modified foods (GM foods, or biotech foods are foods derived from genetically modified organisms. Genetically modified organisms have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering techniques. These techniques are much more precise than mutagenesis (mutation breeding) where an organism is exposed to radiation...
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The College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology is the largest BT college in the country with 90 full-time faculty, 1,400 undergraduate students, and 450 graduate students. The College merged the existing College of Life Sciences and College of Life and Environmental Sciences and unified the departmental structures. It restructured and merged...
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Food technology, is a branch of food science which deals with the actual production processes to make foods.
Research in the field now known as food technology has been conducted for decades. Nicolas Appert’s development in 1810 of the canning process was a decisive event. The process wasn’t called canning then and Appert did not really know...