Saul Blumenthal
CONTENTS - FOREWORDI BASIC FOOD INGREDIENTS - II MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS - III CONFECTIONARY, COCOA, COFFEE AND TEA - IV DESSERT POWDERS AND PUDDINGS - V SAUCES, DRESSINGS AND PICKLES - VI FISH, FRIED FOODS, HEALTH FOOD, NUTS, BREAD, SOY PRODUCTS, BAKIKG POWDER - VII PIE FILLINGS AND PIES - VlII COOKIES, DOUGHNUTS AND CAKES - IX FLAVORS, SYRUPS AND BEVERAGES - X FRUITS AND VEGETABLES - XI CANNED GOODS - XII JELLIES AND PRESERVES - XIII PLANT SANITATION AND SANITARY FOOD CONTROL - XIV COMPOSITION OF FOODS AND PREVENTION OF CAKING - XV PRESERVATION OF FOODS BY DEHYDRATION AND FREEZING - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES -CHEMICAL GLOSSARY - ABBREVIATIONS - BIBLIOGRAPHY - INDEX - FOREWORD -This book is written for everybody interested in the preparationof food from the manufacturing plant executive, the foodchemist, and the food salesman, right down to the housewife.The author’s knowledge of the subject is based on scientifictraining and many years of practical, first-hand experience inthe manufacture of foods. In addition to compiling the resultsof his own experience, he has included methods developed andused by other specialists in the field.Whether the food manufacturer has an old, well-establishedbusiness or is just starting up a small plant, it is hoped thatthis book will be an essential part of his equipment. To theestablished manufacturer, it presents the latest developmentsand the newest scientific methods in the field of food production.To the beginner, it offers the fundamentals on materialsand methods, without which he cannot hope to be successfuLAlthough the production of good, nutritious food is still anart, as it has always been, in this age of rapid scientific developmentand ever-increasing knowledge, it is fast becoming anexact science. The food manufacturer must plan wisely andprepare his products scientifically and with understanding.This book presents the manufacture of food as a series of operationsgoverned by well-defined physical, chemical, and bacteriologicalprinciples which must be understood and carefullyfollowed for good results.Here are scientific, factory-tested formulas for makinghundreds of commercial food products in the canning, flavoring,beverage, confectionery, bakery, condiment, dairy, meat,fish, and allied industries. The sections on plant sanitation andfood handling present the latest scientific methods of hygieniccontrol in the food industry. The most modern developments inthe fields of dehydration and freezing of fruits and vegetablesare completely discussed in a comprehensive chapter on thesubject.
