Glucose syrups (commonly known as corn syrups in North America) arederived from starch sources such as maize, wheat and potatoes.Offering alternative functional properties to sugar as well aseconomic benefits, glucose syrups are extremely versatilesweeteners, and are widely used in food manufacturing and otherindustries. They are a key ingredient in confectionery products,beer, soft drinks, sports drinks, jams, sauces and ice creams, aswell as in pharmaceuticals and industrial fermentations. This book brings together all the relevant information on themanufacture and use of glucose syrups. Drawing on fortyyears’ experience in the international glucose industry, theauthor provides a valuable reference for all those involved in theprocessing and buying of these syrups, and for scientists involvedin the manufacture of a full range of food (and some non-food)products in which the syrups are ingredients. The emphasis is onpractical information - recipes are included where relevant in theapplications chapters, and appendices offer commonly-usedcalculations and useful data. Food technologists can use the bookto make choices about the most suitable glucose syrup to use in aparticular application, and also to adapt recipes in order toreplace sugar (sucrose) or other ingredients. A glossary of termsreflecting the international terminology of the industry completesthe book.

Confectionery is a topic close to many people's hearts and its manufacture involves some interesting science. The confectionery industry is divided into three classes: chocolate, flour and sugar confectionery. It is the background science of this latter category that is covered in The Science of Sugar Confectionery. The manufacture of confectionery is not a science based industry, as these products have traditionally been created by skilled confectioners working empirically. In fact, scientific understanding of the production process has only been acquired retroactively. Historically however, sugar confectionery has had technological synergies with the pharmaceutical industry, such as making sugar tablets and applying panned sugar coatings. This book gives an introduction to the subject, with some basic definitions and commonly used ingredients and then moves on to discuss the chemistry of various types of sugar confectionery. These include "sugar glasses" (boiled sweets), "grained sugar products" (fondants), toffees and fudges, "hydrocolloids" (gums, pastilles and jellies) and concludes with a chapter dedicated to sugar-free confectionery.

Starch hydrolysis products are arguably the most versatile of all food sugar ingredients because they can be designed to meet many different nutritional and technological requirements. This book covers all aspects of starch production, from its hydrolysis to the analysis of the finished product. In addition, the most important derivatives of starch hydrolysis products are described and their applications in the food and, increasingly pharmaceutical industries are detailed. This book is essential reading for industrial food scientists and technologists, particularly those in processing and will be of interest to those involved in the formulation of pharmaceutical products. It is also a valuable reference source for food scientists and nutritionists in academic research institutes.

This unique book is a well-respected, and highly successful, distillation of key information for the food industry. With authors from industry and academic world ensuring both commercial relevance and technological rigor, this book is bought by food scientists and technologists, processors, manufacturers, packagers and suppliers to the food industry. It has always been found as particularly useful for those relatively new to the industry who require quick access to well-written summaries of unfamiliar areas, and also to those longer serving individuals who require a convenient reference source to subjects that they perhaps have not needed to be up to date with in the recent past.

The popularity of the 1973 fifth edition of The Technology of Cake Making has continued in many of the English-speaking countries throughout the world. This sixth edition has been comprehensively revised and brought up to date with new chapters on Cream, butter and milkfat products, Lactose, Yeast aeration, Emulsions and emulsifiers, Water activity and Reduced sugar Eggs and egg products, Baking fats, and lower fat goods. The chapters on Sugars, Chemical aeration, Nuts in confectionery, Chocolate, Pastries, Nutritional value and Packaging have been completely rewritten. The increased need for the continuous development of new products does not of necessity mean that new technology has to be constantly introduced. Many of the good old favourites may continue to be produced for many years and they form suitable 'bench marks' for new product development. The sixth edition introduces the use of relative density to replace specific volume as a measure of the amount of aeration in a cake batter (the use of relative density is in line with international agreement). Specific volume is kept as a measurement of baked product volume since the industry is comfortable with the concept that, subject to an upper limit, an increase in specific volume coincides with improvement in cake quality.