Description:
Food Carbohydrates: Chemistry, Physical Properties and Applications provides a comprehensive text/reference book in the area of food carbohydrates. Filling the need for a single-source reference for professionals and a textbook for graduate students, it presents both theoretical and practical information about food carbohydrates in a detailed and systematic manner. It focuses on the most recent advances in the subject and is the only current reference to include basic chemistry, analytical methodologies, structural analysis, conformation and functional properties, and rheological and thermal properties of food carbohydrates.