Global Food Security and Wellness
- ISBN-10
- 1493964968
- ISBN-13
- 9781493964963
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 517
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-05-05
- Publisher
- Springer
- Authors
- Gustavo V. Barbosa-Canovas, Rickey Y. Yada, Gláucia María Pastore
Description
This book is based on selected papers from keynote and symposium sessions given at the 16th International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) World Congress, held in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil August, 2012. The theme of the Congress was the challenges faced by food science in both the developed and developing regions of the world. The symposia featured prominent world-renowned keynote and plenary speakers, young researchers, and the technical sessions covered the whole spectrum of basic and applied food science and technology, including consumer issues and education, diets and health, ethnic foods, and R&D.
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