The first edition of the Prebiotics and Probiotics handbook from Leatherhead Food International was published in 2000, and since that time, research in this field has moved rapidly, and new ingredients and products have emerged to create new opportunities. The new second edition will include chapters written by experts based in industry, on the general and physiological properties, applications and analytical aspects of prebiotics and probiotics.
This Handbook will be of enormous benefit to food technologists working with prebiotics and probiotics, as well as other food professionals wishing to learn more about the properties of the main ingredients in this innovative and evolving sector.
Prebiotic and Probiotics constitute a major and growing sector in the functional foods industry, with their applications ranging across a large number of different product sectors.The use of prebiotics and probiotics in food presents many technical challenges to the product developer, ensuring the ingredients are the best for the formulation and the target market. The chapters consider the wealth of research that has been undertaken by suppliers and researchers in both prebiotics and probiotics.
First published in 2000, The Prebiotics and Probiotics Ingredients Handbook has been an essential reference tool to the food industry, food scientists and technologists, providing information on prebiotics and probiotics, their genaeral properties, technological applications and legislative aspect of adding prebiotics and probiotics to foods. The second edition of this book contains a new section on synbiotics, and fully revised and updated sections on the main prebiotics and probiotics utilised by the food industry. This book also covers the latest relevant worldwide legislative issues.
Prebiotics and Probiotics Ingredients Handbook is an essential guide to the growing functional foods sector for food scientists, food technologists and those involved in food processing.
Shelly Jardine
Food Science & Technology Lebensmittelforschung u. -technologie Lebensmitteltechnik