Citrus Processing A Complete Guide

Citrus juices are the most common among the fruit juices around the world and constitute a major portion of the food industry. Even though juice-processing technology has been around for many years, interest in historical and modem in­ novations and applications is widespread. New juice enterprises...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kimball, Dan A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1999, 1999
Edition:2nd ed. 1999
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1—Introduction
  • 2—Description of Citrus Fruit
  • Citrus Anatomy and Biology
  • Citrus Classification
  • Citrus Geography and Quality Control
  • Appendix 2-A: Citrus Varieties of Commercial Importance, by Country or State
  • 3—Citrus-Processing Management
  • Building a New Juice Plant
  • Plant Management
  • Purchasing/Raw Material Procurement
  • Production
  • Quality Control/Research and Development
  • Maintenance/Engineering
  • Shipping/Inventory
  • Personnel
  • Office/Accounting
  • Computer Applications
  • The CEO and Company Officers
  • Communication
  • 4—Processing Methods, Equipment, and Engineering
  • Property/Building/Location
  • Fruit Receiving
  • Washing/Grading of Fruit
  • Juice Extraction and Finishing
  • Oil and Aroma Recovery
  • Pulp Wash/Pulp Recovery and Use
  • Finishers/Clarifiers/Homogenizers/Enzymes and Juice Pulp
  • Debittering and Acid Removal
  • Pasteurizers, Evaporators, and Chillers
  • Freeze Concentration
  • Blending
  • Determinative Techniques
  • 9—Analyses of Processing Contamination
  • Hesperidin
  • Black Flakes
  • Juice Oxidation
  • Potassium Citrate Crystallization
  • 10—Analyses of Adulteration
  • Types of Economic Adulteration
  • Adulteration Screening Procedures
  • 11—Citrus Byproducts
  • Food-Grade Products
  • Animal Feed and Fuel Byproducts
  • Wastes from Citrus Plants
  • 12—Research and Development: The Future of Citrus Processing
  • Research Resources
  • Current and Future Topics of Research
  • What Lies in the Future
  • Processing Lemon or Lime Juices
  • Blend/Standardization/Storage Tanks
  • Packaging, Containers, and Labels
  • 5—Quality Control
  • Supplier Product Evaluation
  • Batching
  • In-Process Quality Control
  • Final Qualification
  • New Product Evaluation
  • Customer Product Evaluation
  • Sanitation Monitoring
  • Role of the FDA
  • FDA Inspections
  • USDA Inspections
  • Contracted Sanitation Audits
  • Microbiological Sanitation
  • Pest Control
  • Physical and Chemical Contamination
  • Sampling
  • Statistical Analysis
  • 6—Analyses of Brix, Soluble Solids, Acids, Oils, and Pulp
  • Brix and Soluble Solids
  • Acids in Citrus Juices
  • The Brix/Acid Ratio
  • Citrus Oils, Aromas, and Essences
  • Citrus Juice Pulp
  • 7—Analyses of Other Citrus Juice Characteristics
  • Nutritional Content of Citrus Juices
  • Juice Cloud
  • Color of Citrus Juices
  • Bitterness in Citrus Juices
  • Citrus Rheology
  • 8—Analyses of Citrus Microbiology
  • Bacteria
  • Yeasts
  • Mold