Presents a comprehensive overview of high-pressure processing, an industrially relevant solution to the growing consumer demand for wholesome, fresh-tasting foods, where application of pressure assures food safety

Reviews and summarizes current state-of-the-art knowledge, from process engineering, packaging, industrial scale equipment, consumer acceptance, regulations, to application of high pressure in food pasteurization, sterilization, extraction, homogenization, and freezing and thawing

Serves as excellent reference to food industry professionals involved in the processing of products such as meat, seafood, beverage, dairy, eggs, fruits and vegetable products

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Preface.- Section 1. Introduction.- 1. Fundamentals and Applications of High Pressure Processing Technology.- 2. A Short History of Research and Development Efforts Leading to the Commercialization of High Pressure Processing of Food.- Section 2. Process Equipment and Packaging.- 3. Industrial Scale High Pressure Processing Equipment.- 4. Continuous-High Pressure Processing to Extend Product Shelf Life.- 5. High Pressure Effects on Packaging Material.- Section 3. High Pressure Process Engineering Characterization.- 6. In Situ Thermal, Volumetric and Electrical Properties of Food Matrices Under Elevated Pressure and the Techniques Employed to Measure Them.- 7. Food Processing by High Pressure Homogenization.- 8. Pressure Shift Freezing and Thawing.- 9. Pulsed High Pressure.- 10. Applications and Opportunities for Pressure-Assisted Extraction.- 11. High Pressure in Combination with High Temperature and Other Preservation Factors.- 12. Modeling High Pressure Processes-Equipment Design, Process Performance Evaluation and Validation.- 13. High Pressure Processing Uniformity.- 14. Microbiological Aspects of High Pressure Food Processing: Inactivation of Vegetative Microorganisms and Spores.- 15. High Pressure Effects on Viruses.- 16. High Pressure Inactivation of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Agents (Prions) in Processed Meats.- 17. Mathematical Models Based on Transition State Theory for the Microbial Safety of Foods by High Pressure.- 18. Pressure Effects on Food Proteins.- 19. Effects of High Pressure on Enzymes.- 20. Pressure Gelatinization of Starch.- 21. Reaction Chemistry at High Pressure and High Temperature.- 22. Effect of High Pressure Processing on Bioactive Compounds.- 23. Structural Changes in Foods Caused by High Pressure Processing.- Section 6. High Pressure Applications in Various Food Industry Sectors.- 24. High Pressure Effects on Fruits and Vegetables.- 25. Processing Dairy Products Utilizing High Pressure.- 26. Processing of Meat Products Utilizing High Pressure.- 27. Pressure Effects on Seafoods.- 28. Egg-Based Product Development for High Pressure Processes at Low and High Temperature.- Section 7. Regulatory and Consumer Acceptance.- 29. Pressure-Assisted Thermal Sterilization Validation.- [...]opean Regulations.- 31. Consumer Acceptance of High-Pressure Processed Products.- Index.