Food Processing Technology

Dr Peter Fellows is a senior consultant in food processing, working mostly in Africa and Asia. Over the last 30 years, he has worked extensively as a food technologist in over twenty countries, supporting institutions that promote small-scale agro-industrial development programmes. He is a Visiting Fellow at Oxford Brookes University in the UK, and has held the UNESCO Chair in Post-Harvest Technology at Makerere University, Uganda. In addition to Food processing technology, he has written 22 books and numerous articles on different aspects of food processing.

PART I - BASIC PRINCIPLES 1. Properties of foods

PART II: AMBIENT-TEMPERATURE PROCESSING 2. Raw material preparation 3. Extraction and separation of food components 4. Size reduction 5. Mixing, forming and coating 6. Food biotechnology 7. Minimal processing

PART III: PROCESSING BY APPLICATION OF HEAT Processing using steam or water 8. Blanching 9. Industrial cooking 10. Pasteurisation 11. Heat sterilisation 12. Evaporation and distillation Processing using hot air or heated surfaces 13. Dehydration 14. Smoking 15. Baking and roasting 16. Extrusion cooking Processing using hot oils 17. Frying Electromagnetic processing using direct and radiated energy 18. Dielectric, ohmic and infrared heating

PART IV: PROCESSING BY REMOVAL OF HEAT 19. Heat removal by refrigeration 21. Chilling 22. Freezing 23. Freeze Drying and Freeze Concentration

PART V POST-PROCESSING OPERATIONS 24. Packaging 25. Filling and sealing of containers 26. Materials handling, storage and distribution