Processed Meats: Improving Safety, Nutrition and Quality (Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition Book 211)

Consumers demand meat products that are nutritionally-balanced, free from added ingredients and of good sensory quality. It is also essential that processed meats are safe to eat. Producing these types of meat products is not an easy task. This book would provide professionals with the information they require to satisfy consumer demands for higher quality meat products. After an overview of the current market, chapters cover ingredient options for clean label production, the latest formulation processing technologies and product evaluation, especially sensory methods. In a market in which consumers demand nutritionally-balanced meat products, producing processed meats that fulfil their requirements and are safe to eat is not a simple task. Processed meats: Improving safety, nutrition and quality provides professionals with a wide-ranging guide to the market for processed meats, product development, ingredient options and processing technologies.

Part one explores consumer demands and trends, legislative issues, key aspects of food safety and the use of sensory science in product development, among other issues. Part two examines the role of ingredients, including blood by-products, hydrocolloids, and natural antimicrobials, as well as the formulation of products with reduced levels of salt and fat. Nutraceutical ingredients are also covered. Part three discusses meat products’ processing, taking in the role of packaging and refrigeration alongside emerging areas such as high pressure processing and novel thermal technologies. Chapters on quality assessment and the quality of particular types of products are also included.

With its distinguished editors and team of expert contributors, Processed meats: Improving safety, nutrition and quality is a valuable reference tool for professionals working in the processed meat industry and academics studying processed meats.

• Provides professionals with a wide-ranging guide to the market for processed meats, product development, ingredient options, processing technologies and quality assessment
• Outlines the key issues in producing processed meat products that are nutritionally balanced, contain fewer ingredients, have excellent sensory characteristics and are safe to eat
• Discusses the use of nutraceutical ingredients in processed meat products and their effects on product quality, safety and acceptability

In a market in which consumers demand nutritionally-balanced meat products, producing processed meats that fulfil their requirements and are safe to eat is not a simple task. Processed meats: Improving safety, nutrition and quality provides professionals with a wide-ranging guide to the market for processed meats, product development, ingredient options and processing technologies. Part one explores consumer demands and trends, legislative issues, key aspects of food safety and the use of sensory science in product development, among other issues. Part two examines the role of ingredients, including blood by-products, hydrocolloids, and natural antimicrobials, as well as the formulation of products with reduced levels of salt and fat. Nutraceutical ingredients are also covered. Part three discusses meat products'processing, taking in the role of packaging and refrigeration alongside emerging areas such as high pressure processing and novel thermal technologies. Chapters on quality assessment and the quality of particular types of products are also included. With its distinguished editors and team of expert contributors, Processed meats: Improving safety, nutrition and quality is a valuable reference tool for professionals working in the processed meat industry and academics studying processed meats.Provides professionals with a wide-ranging guide to the market for processed meats, product development, ingredient options, processing technologies and quality assessmentOutlines the key issues in producing processed meat products that are nutritionally balanced, contain fewer ingredients, have excellent sensory characteristics and are safe to eatDiscusses the use of nutraceutical ingredients in processed meat products and their effects on product quality, safety and acceptability Part 1 outlines market-driven changes in processed meat products. Further sections of the book focus on advances in meat product formulation and processing technologies to improve product quality.