Ellis Horwood Series in Food Science & Technology
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This handbook reports methods of animal byproduct processing and highlights recent innovations in the field with respect to energy conservation, product upgrading and waste reduction, utilization and disposal. It provides information on quantities of byproducts available, their chemical and histological properties, on alternative processing techniques, associated equipment and energy requirements. Byproducts from the meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy processing industries are covered. In their discussion of processing techniques, the authors include equipment, energy, water, labor, and chemicals needed. Numerous tables, illustrations and comprehensive reference lists help the reader access the information needed by people working in the field.