Military food engineering and ration technology

Written by a team from the U.S. Army's Combat Feeding Directorate at the Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center, this technical volume represents a comprehensive guide to how the military designs, processes, customizes, packages and distributes highly palatable, long shelf-life foo...

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Other Authors: Barrett, Ann H., Cardello, Armand V.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lancaster, PA DEStech 2012
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Table of Contents:
  • An overview of U.S. military field feeding and combat rations / Joseph A. Zanchi
  • Thermal processing of rations / Tom C.S. Yang
  • Emerging technologies : non-thermal processing for quality improvement / Melvin Carter ... [et al.]
  • Caloric densification of rations / Ann Barrett and Jack Briggs
  • Special-purpose rations : tube foods / Daniel Nattress
  • Special-purpose rations : irradiated foods / Vicki A. Loveridge
  • Military food safety technologies / Andre Senecal and Patrick Marek
  • Military food packaging technologies / Danielle Froio, Jo Ann Ratto and Jeanne Lucciarini
  • Intermediate moisture technologies for rations / Michelle J. Richardson
  • Menu design and nutritional quality / Judith Aylward and M. Susan Harrington
  • Performance-optimizing ration components / Kenneth Racicot, Danielle J. Anderson and Betty A. Davis
  • Packaging, delivery, and distribution / Stephen M. Moody
  • Military field kitchen technology / Donald Pickard
  • Consumer and sensory testing of rations / Armand V. Cardello, Howard G. Schutz and Alan O. Wright
  • Field testing of rations / Wendy K. Johnson and Adam J. Dichiara
  • Cognitive and physical performance testing of rations / Caroline R. Mahoney and Harris R. Lieberman
  • Future directions in military feeding / Craig Rettie