Environmentally Friendly Food Processing (Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition)

consumer Pressure And Increased Regulation Has Made Environmental Awareness Increasingly Important In The Food Industry. Exploring How To Achieve Environmentally-friendly Food Production, This Book Reviews The Assessment Of Various Food Products And The Ways In Which The Industry Can Improve Their Operations And Become More Environmentally Responsible. The Editors And Their Panel Of Experts Evaluate The Environmental Impact Of Food Processing Operations Areas In Such As Fruit, Vegetable, Meat, And Fish Processing. They Cover Good Practice In Food Processes Including Packaging, Recycling, And Waste Treatment And Highlight Methods Of Improving Energy Consumption. Preliminaries......Page 1 Contents......Page 5 1 Introduction......Page 15 2 Life cycle assessment (LCA): an introduction......Page 19 3 Life cycle assessment of vegetable products......Page 30 4 Life cycle assessment of fruit production......Page 43 5 Life cycle assessment of animal products......Page 68 6 Environmental impact assessment of seafood products......Page 84 7 Environmental issues in the production of beverage......Page 109 8 Improving energy efficiency......Page 130 9 The environmental management of packaging: an overview......Page 144 10 Recycling of packaging materials......Page 168 11 Biobased food packaging......Page 194 12 Recycling food processing wastes......Page 219 13 Waste treatment......Page 232 14 Assessing the safety and quality of recycled packaging materials......Page 255 15 Environmental training for the food industry......Page 280 16 Comparing integrated crop management and organic production......Page 297 17 Life cycle assessment (LCA) of wine production......Page 320 Index......Page 341 "This book addresses how to achieve environmentally-friendly food production, reviewing the assessment of various food products and the ways in which the industry can improve its operations and become more environmentally responsible. Environmentally-friendly Food Processing will be an essential reference for all those concerned with environmental awareness and responsibility in the food industry."--BOOK JACKET