Dictionary of food science and technology : Compiled and edited by the International Food Information Service PDF
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DICTIONARY OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Compiled and edited by the International Food Information Service This Page Intentionally Left Blank DICTIONARY OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DICTIONARY OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY This Dictionary was compiled and edited by the following past or present members of the Editorial&ProductionteamatIFISPublishing: L.M.Merryweather(BSc,PhD) S.H.A.Hill(BSc,PhD) A.L.Robinson(BA) H.A.Spencer(BSc) K.A.Rudge(BSc,PhD) G.R.J.Taylor(BA,BM,BCh) A.J.D.Wheatcroft(BSc) J.J.Weeks(BSc,MSc) S.S.Sahibdeen(BSc) P.J.Flynn(BSc,PhD) M.Blowers(BSc,PhD) L.I.Murphy(BSc,PhD) J.T.Murray(BSc,MSc) B.A.Waites(BSc,PhD) M.E.Goodchild(BSc) C.Morgan(BSc) S.L.Hogarth(BSc,MSc) D.S.Buckley(BSc,PhD) F.C.Rogers(BSc) DICTIONARY OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Compiled and edited by the International Food Information Service (cid:2)C InternationalFoodInformationService(IFISPublishing)2005 BlackwellPublishing EditorialOffices: BlackwellPublishingLtd,9600GarsingtonRoad,OxfordOX42DQ,UK Tel:+44(0)1865776868 BlackwellPublishingProfessional,2121StateAvenue,Ames,Iowa50014-8300,USA Tel:+15152920140 BlackwellPublishingAsia,550SwanstonStreet,Carlton,Victoria3053,Australia Tel:+61(0)383591011 IFISPublishing,LaneEndHouse,ShinfieldRoad,Shinfield,ReadingRG29BB,UK Telephone+441189883895,emailifis@ifis.org,orvisitwww.foodsciencecentral.com TherightoftheAuthortobeidentifiedastheAuthorofthisWorkhasbeenassertedinaccordancewiththeCopyright,Designs andPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorby anymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise,exceptaspermittedbytheUKCopyright,Designs andPatentsAct1988,withoutthepriorpermissionofthepublisher. FSTA–FoodScienceandTechnologyAbstracts®andFoodScienceCentral®areregisteredtrademarkswithinEuropeand trademarkswithintheUSA. Firstpublished2005 ISBN10:1-4051-2505-5 ISBN13:978-14051-2505-5 AcataloguerecordforthistitleisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary TypesetbyIFISPublishing PrintedandboundinIndia ByGopsonsPapersLtd,Noida Thepublisher’spolicyistousepermanentpaperfrommillsthatoperateasustainableforestrypolicy,andwhichhasbeen manufacturedfrompulpprocessedusingacid-freeandelementarychlorine-freepractices.Furthermore,thepublisherensures thatthetextpaperandcoverboardusedhavemetacceptableenvironmentalaccreditationstandards. Disclaimer Theinformationcontainedherein,includinganyexpressionofopinionandanyprojectionorforecast,hasbeenobtainedfrom orisbaseduponsourcesbelievedbyustobereliable,butisnotguaranteedastoaccuracyorcompleteness.Theinformation issuppliedwithoutobligationandontheunderstandingthatanypersonwhoactsuponitorotherwisechangeshis/her positioninreliancethereondoessoentirelyathis/herownrisk.Useofgeneraldescriptions,trademarksandthelike,evenifnot specificallyidentifiedassuch,doesnotimplythattheyarenotprotectedbyrelevantregulations. ForfurtherinformationonBlackwellPublishing,visitourwebsite: www.blackwellpublishing.com CONTENTS Foreword vii PrefaceandGuidetoDictionaryUsage ix TheDictionary 1 AppendixA GreekAlphabet 405 AppendixB ScientificSocietiesandOrganisationsintheFoodSciences 407 AppendixC WebResourcesintheFoodSciences 411 v This Page Intentionally Left Blank FOREWORD WorkontheDictionaryofFoodScienceandTechnologystartedatIFISPublishingbackinthe summerof2000.TheoriginalideawastocreatetheDictionaryfromthecompanionThesaurus tothebibliographicdatabaseFSTA–FoodScienceandTechnologyAbstracts®whichisalso produced by IFIS. Since the Thesaurus is compiled on the basis of frequency of current use oftermsinFSTA,itwasfeltthatitwouldbeanexcellentstartingpointforidentifyingterms which should also be in a dictionary of food science and technology. All the terms in the Thesaurus were reviewed as candidate terms for the Dictionary and over the last four years theThesaurusandDictionaryhavebeenupdatedconcomitantly. AllthetermsinthisfirsteditionoftheDictionaryhavebeendefinedbyspecialistscientific staffatIFISwiththeaimofsatisfyingtheneedsofacademiaandthefoodindustryworldwide. ItisalsohopedthattheDictionarywillbeofvaluetopeopleworkinginanumberofrelated fieldswhomayneedtolearnthemeaningofspecifictermsinfoodscienceandtechnology. ItisprobablyinevitablethatsomedeservingtermswillbemissingfromtheDictionary.We intendtocontinuetoidentifycandidatetermsandwouldalsobepleasedtohearfromusersof theDictionarywhomaywishtosuggestentriesforfutureeditions. ProfessorJeremyD.Selman ManagingDirector,IFISPublishing Shinfield,Reading January2005 vii This Page Intentionally Left Blank
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