Snack Foods Processing

The definitive handbook on developing, preparing, and processing shelf-stable savory snack foods, this book covers ingredients, raw materials specifications, equipment, materials handling, sensory evaluation and quality control methods, and the preparation and processing of specific snack products. The book discusses potato and corn chips, alkali-cooked corn tortilla chips, pretzels, popcorn, extruder puffed and baked/fried products, half-products, meat snacks, and rice-based snacks, as well as snack foods from China, India, and Japan. It explores shaping and drying operations, seasonings, flavorings application, product protection, and packaging, filling, and cartoning equipment.