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Introduction to Food
Engineering
Fourth Edition

Food Science and Technology
International Series
Series Editor
Steve L. Taylor
University of Nebraska—Lincoln, USA

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Ken Buckle
The University of New South Wales, Australia
Mary Ellen Camire
University of Maine, USA
Roger Clemens
University of Southern California, USA
Hildegarde Heymann
University of California—Davis, USA
Robert Hutkins
University of Nebraska—Lincoln, USA
Ron S. Jackson
Quebec, Canada
Huub Lelieveld
Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Daryl B. Lund
University of Wisconsin, USA
Connie Weaver
Purdue University, USA
Ron Wrolstad
Oregon State University, USA

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Introduction to Food
Engineering
Fourth Edition
R. Paul Singh
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and
Department of Food Science and Technology
University of California
Davis, California

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Heldman Associates
Mason, Ohio

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