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Logically organized according to food constituents and commodities and extensively illustrated with more than 450 tables and 340 figures this completely revised and updated edition provides students and researchers in food science or agricultural chemistry with an outstanding textbook. The extensive use of tables for easy reference, the wealth of information given, and the comprehensive subject index will help this volume serve as a reference text for advanced students in food technology and as a valuable on-the-job reference for chemists, engineers, biochemists, nutritionists, and analytical chemists in food industry and in research as well as in food control and other service labs.