Advances in Food Science and Technology, Volume 1 List of Contributors 1 Food Chemistry and Technology Visakh P.M,Sabu Thomas, Laura B. Iturriaga and Pablo Daniel Ribotta 2 Food Security: A Global Problem 19 Donatella Restuccia, Umile Gianfranco Spizzirri, Francesco Puoci, Giuseppe Cirillo, Ortensia Ilaria Parisi, Giuliana Vinci and Nevio Picci 3 Nanotechnology in Food Applications 103 Rui M. S. Cruz, Javiera F. Rubilar, Igor Khmelinskii and MargaridaC.Vieira 4 Frozen Food and Technology 123 Elisabete M. C. Alexandre, Teresa R. S. Brandão and CristinaL. M. Silva 5 Chemical and Functional Properties of Food Components 151 R. G. Campos-Montiel, D. J. Pimentel-González and A. C. Figueira 6 Food: Production, Properties and Quality 185 Yantyati Widyastuti, Tatik Khusniati and Endang Sutriswati Rahayu 7 Regulatory Aspects of Food Ingredients in the United States: Focus on the Safety of Enzyme Preparations Used in Food 201 Shayla West-Barnette and Jannavi R. Srinivasan 8 Trace Element Speciation in Food 227 Paula Berton, Estefania M. Martinis and Rodolfo G. Wuilloud 9 Bionanocomposites for Natural Food Packing 265 Bibin Mathew Cherian, Gabriel Molina de Olyveira, Ligia Maria Manzine Costa, Alcides Lopes Leão, Marcia Morais, Sivoney Ferreira de Souza and Suresh Narine Advances in Food Science and Nutrition, Volume 2 Preface xiii List of Contributors xvii 1 Recent Advances in Food Science and Nutrition: State of Art, New Challenges and Opportunities 1Visakh. P.M., Laura B. Iturriaga and Pablo Daniel Ribotta 2 Potato: Production, Composition and Starch Processing 23Narpinder Singh, Amritpal Kaur, Khetan Shevkani and Rajarathnam Ezekiel 3 Milk and Different Types of Milk Products 49Yantyati Widyastuti and Andi Febrisiantosa 4 Processing and Preservation of Meat, Poultry and Seafood 69Elisabete M.C. Alexandre, Cristina L.M. Silva and Teresa R.S. Brandão 5 Food Ingredients 105Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse 6 Fruits and Fruit Processing 133Ariel R. Fontana and Romina P. Monasterio 7 Antioxidant Activity of Phytochemicals and Their Method of Analysis 153Ashish Rawson, Ankit Patras, B. Dave Oomah, Rocio Campos-Vega and Mohammad B. Hossain 8 Indispensable Tools in Food Science and Nutrition 257Sneha P. Bhatia 9 Transformations of Food Flavor Due to Industrially Processing of Elaboration 279Romina P. Monasterio 10 New Trends in Sensory Characterization of Food Products 321Gastón Ares and Ana Giménez 11 Effect of Food Processing on Bioactive Compounds 361Sarana Sommano 12 Recent Advances in Storage Technologies for Fresh Fruits 391Sukhvinder P. Singh and Leon A. Terry 13 Ultrasound Applications in Food Technology: Equipment, Combined Processes and Effects on Safety and Quality Parameters 413Rui M.S. Cruz, Igor Khmelinskii and Margarida C. Vieira Index 445