Recent Trends in Soft Beverages

Product Description This book discusses recent trends in soft beverages. Chapters discuss chemical composition, health benefits and by-products. Recent trends in value addition are also examined in detail.Explores recent trends in soft beverages from ingredients and classification to processing and quality controlDiscusses chemical deposition, health benefits and by-products featuring the pharmacological and medicinal properties of teaExamines recent trends in value addition including processing technologies and packaging aspects Review Taking in turn coffee, tea, and carbonated soft drinks, Indian food scientists Rao and Ramalakshmi overview the chemistry, technology, quality control of raw materials and finished products, value-added product development, and marketing strategies. Their topics include health benefits of coffee, value-added by-products such as mushroom cultivation and biogas production, types of tea and processing, chemical composition and pharmacological and medical properties of tea, the classification of soft drinks, processing technology, and packaging aspects. The information will be useful to students or practitioners in the food and beverage business. ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR About the Author Dr L. Jagan Mohan Rao is currently working as Senior Scientist at Plantation Products, Spices and Flavour Technology Department of Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore.