Coconut Water
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-10715-3 (ISBN)
Coconut water, a naturally-canned tropical beverage, has been gaining popularity in recent years and has drawn the attention world over as a natural and nutritional wellness beverage. The research published thus far on coconut water has mainly focused on its specific uses, biochemical composition and health benefits as well as processing and preservation techniques and has been published mostly in journal articles. Only a few books covering a wide spectrum of coconut water for health and wellness are currently available. This work offers a comprehensive and fully updated overview of coconut water from processing techniques to value addition to safety to nutritional benefits and beyond.
Coconut Water: Processing, Distribution & Nutritional Benefits provides in-depth details on all of the major processing techniques required to produce and maintain a quality product free of contamination and adulteration. The book covers the standards of coconut water production and distribution in various countries enabling the processors and exporters to manufacture and export for better revenue realization. The book also provides details of patents related to coconut water granted to researchers. Another important aspect of this work is comprehensive coverage on the various nutritional and health benefits of coconut water consumption as well as on the value addition (traditional and innovative products). In markets across the world, consumers of all ages have been turning to coconut water for its taste and nutritional benefits. This book will provide researchers, processors and exporters the comprehensive information needed to produce and market quality, nutritional coconut water for consumers.
lt;p>Dr. P. RETHINAM earned his Graduation and Post-graduation in Agriculture from the Agricultural College and Research Institute and Doctorate in Agronomy from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. He started his career as Research Assistant in 1963, became Assistant Professor at TNAU and then joined Agricultural Research Service in 1976. He became the Project Coordinator, (Palms) in 1982 and Assistant Director General, Plantation Crops, ICAR, New Delhi. Dr. Rethinam was selected as the Chairman, Coconut Development Board, Kochi, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India during 2001 and subsequently elected as Executive Director of Asian and Pacific Coconut Community, Jakarta, Indonesia and served form January, 2002 to June,2006. He has bagged various Awards, Honours and Recognitions both at the National and International levels. He is a Fellow of various professional societies and has published 215 articles; co-edited two volumes of 'Recent Advances in Plantation Crops'; edited 39 books, many Technical Bulletins and Proceedings; and developed APCC intellectual databases.
Dr.V.KRISHNAKUMAR earned his Graduation and Post-Graduation in Agriculture from the College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram under the Kerala Agricultural University and Doctoral Degree in Agronomy from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India. He started his career as Assistant Professor, KAU. He has worked both in the State and Central Government services as Assistant Agronomist in the Rubber Research Institute of India (Rubber Board), Kottayam (Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India); Senior Scientist (Transfer of Technology & Agronomy and Soil Science) in the Indian Cardamom Research Institute (Spices Board), Myladumpara, Idukki, Kerala (Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India). He joined the ICAR service as Senior Scientist (Agronomy) at ICAR- Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod and later served as Principal Scientist (Agronomy) & Head, ICAR-CPCRI Regional Station, Kayamkulam. He was Assistant Editor, Journal of Natural Rubber Research of RRII and Editor, Journal of Plantation Crops (ISPC) during 2006-2011 and served as a member of the Editorial Board of the Annual Reports of ICAR-CPCRI and AICRP on Plantation Crops. He has edited twelve books and published more than 100 research and technical articles apart from contributing chapters in various books, technical bulletins, popular articles etc. He currently functions as a member of the Editorial Board of 'Current Science', a Fortnightly Research Journal, being published by the Current Science Association, Bengaluru, India in collaboration with the Indian Academy of Sciences.
Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2.Global Scenario of Coconut and Coconut Water.- Chapter 3 Tender Coconut Varieties.- 4 Composition, Properties and Reactions of Coconut Water.- Chapter 5 Processing of Coconut Water.- Chapter 6 Packing, Storage and Transport of Coconut Water.- Chapter 7 Standards of Coconut Water.- Chapter 8 Value addition in Coconut Water.- Chapter 9 Health Benefits of Coconut Water.- Chapter 10 Contamination and Adulteration of Coconut Water.- Chapter 11 Patents Granted on Coconut Water.- Chapter 12 Coconut Water- The Way Forward.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.10.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XXXV, 507 p. 57 illus., 56 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 825 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Technische Chemie | |
| Technik ► Lebensmitteltechnologie | |
| Schlagworte | coconut water • Coconut water beverages • Composition of coconut water • Contamination and adulteration • Nam Hom coconut • Patents and coconut water • Sports drink |
| ISBN-10 | 3-031-10715-2 / 3031107152 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-10715-3 / 9783031107153 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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