Food and the Consumer

Abstract

Food and the consumer has been most thoughtfully written to be of service to the entrants in the fields of foods, food science, catering and to the general public the consumer. The chapters of this book have arresting titles namely (1) Earth finally made it - (an introduction to problems in developed and developing countries) (2) We eat to live - (on nutritional requirement) - basic principles of nutrition (3) We live to eat (food acceptability, quality) (4) Consumer protection, (food safety laws, standards) (5) Food codes and habits (6) Food preservation (7) Convenience foods. (8) Packaging and marketing (9) Waste disposal and utilization (10) Food for the future (Food products, cost, increasing global food supply and strategies)- Selected bibliography and index are given. The language is simple. Drawings are useful in explaining the text.