The Complete Technology Book on Snack Foods

Contents: I. Snack food ingredients : 1. Popcorn and other cereal products. 2. Fats, oils, emulsifiers and antioxidants. 3. Sweeteners. 4. Dairy products. 5. Salt. 6. Water. 7. Nuts and fruits. 8. Vegetable ingredients. 9. Flavours and colours. II. Product and processes: 10. Potato chips. 11. Meat-based snacks. 12. Snacks-based on popcorn. 13. Puffed snacks. 14. Corn chips and simulated potato chips. 15. Baked snacks. 16. Nut-based snacks. III. Equipments: 17. Extruding equipments. 18. Equipments for frying, baking and drying. 19. Specialized equipment for popcorn processing. 20. Specialized equipment for potato chip processing. 21. Packaging materials. 22. Packaging equipments. 23. Miscellaneous equipments. IV. Technical functions: 24. Product development. 25. Quality control. 26. Nutritional supplementation. V. Directory section: 27. Addresses of manufacturers/suppliers of raw materials/ingredients. 28. Addresses of machinery equipments manufacturers/suppliers.

"There are plenty of marketing niches and slots to be filled in the Snack Food area. This book attempts to provide the processes for manufacture of various Snack food items which has tremendous domestic and export market.

It is believed that the book may be of immense value and interest to the new entrepreneurs, research institutes, professionals, industry people and libraries."