1st Edition

Seafood Processing Adding Value Through Quick Freezing, Retortable Packaging and Cook-Chilling

Edited By Vazhiyil Venugopal Copyright 2006
    504 Pages 52 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    With global fish production falling behind demand, the aquaculture of selected species has become an effective method to augment fish availability. Unlike natural species, however, cultured fish have limited consumer appeal. Value addition techniques can not only help satisfy the rising consumer demand for processed fishery products but also enhance the acceptability of aquacultured fishery products and help many countries develop their international seafood trade.

    Seafood Processing: Adding Value Through Quick Freezing, Retortable Packaging, Cook-Chilling and Other Methods  focuses on novel and emerging technologies leveraged for the value addition of fish and fishery products from marine, freshwater, and aquacultured sources. The book begins with discussions on the current global status of seafood and the special problems faced by the commodity, namely high perishability and environmental hazards, which need to be addressed prior to process development. It also details the bulk handling and chilling of fishery products, devotes chapters to each of the different technologies used to enhance the value addition, describes the nutritional value of fishery products, and provides an appendix that offers specialized information with respect to the industry. 

    Concentrating on the most modern and efficient techniques available for value addition, Seafood Processing: Adding Value Through Quick Freezing, Retortable Packaging, Cook-Chilling and Other Methods is a comprehensive and informative book that presents both the merits and limitations of these techniques, giving future direction in process developments for seafood processing. 

    Availability, Consumption Pattern, Trade, and Need for
    Value Addition
     
    Postharvest Quality Changes and Safety Hazards
    Bulk Handling and Chilling
    Quick Freezing and Individually Quick Frozen Products
    Cook-Chill Processing
    Modified-Atmosphere Packaging
    Retort Pouch Packaging
    Mince and Mince-Based Products
    Coated Products
    Radiation Processing
    High Pressure Processing
    Value Addition of Freshwater and Aquacultured Fishery
    Products
    Gel Formation of Fish Structural Proteins by pH Changes
    and Its Applications
    Applications of Enzymes in Fish Processing and Quality
    Control
    Nutritional Value and Processing Effects
    Appendix Index

    Biography

    Vazhiyil Venugopal

    “The author reveals novel and emerging technologies that offer the prospect of economically viable opportunities for “value-added” fish and fishery products from marine, freshwater, and aquacultured sources…an extremely practical and informative guide for professionals operating in the commercial seafood arena that presents the merits and limitations and promise value added techniques applied to all aspects of seafood harvesting and processing.”
    —Keith W. Gates, Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, Vol. 15, No. 4, 2006
    “This publication focuses on novel and emerging technologies leveraged for value addition of fish and fishery products from marine, fresh-water and aqua-culture sources. … In this book, attempt has also been made to focus on the upcoming technologies for value addition of marine and aquaculture fishery products. An appendix of specialized information and contact details with respect to the industry is also provided.”
    — In Infofish International, No. 3, May/June 2006
    “Dr. Venugopal has done a fine job of assembling this information in a well-documented and very readable form. This book presents current information on such processing topics as modified-atmosphere packaging, retort pouch packaging, mince-based products, radiation processing and high pressure processing, against a solid background of basic chemistry, microbiology, and nutrition. Gel formation, the use of enzymes and value addition are explained thoroughly. This book is both a source of modern state-of-the-art technology for those working with this commodity and a good text for food processors in general.”
    —Trends in Food Science & Technology, Volume 18, Issue 6, June 2007