Handbook of Functional Beverages and Human Health provides potential applications and new developments in functional beverages, nutraceuticals, and health foods. In addition to serving as a reference manual, it summarizes the current state of knowledge in key research areas and contains novel ideas for future research and development. Additionally, it provides an easy-to-read text suitable for teaching senior undergraduate and postgraduate students in the relevant areas.
The book is divided into seven major sections: Section I covers market trends, global regulations, flavor challenges, chemistry, and health with specific reference to cancer chemoprevention and the prevention of postprandial metabolic stress due to consumption of functional beverages. Section II, by far the largest part of the book, has 39 chapters on the most popular fruit juices (apple juice, lemon juice, pomegranate juice, watermelon juice, etc.). Section III reports on herbal and vegetable juices (carrot juice, Chinese medicinal herbs and root-based beverages, tomato juice, and vegetable-containing juices).
Section IV details caffeinated beverages, including different varieties of tea (green, black, oolong, and herbal teas), coffee (coffee and beverages from green coffee beans), and cocoa and chocolate. Section V is on dairy and soy beverages, while Section VI is on alcoholic beverages (wine) and water (maple water). Finally, Section VII describes fermented (kefir, koumiss, and ayran) and fortified functional beverages (applications of plant sterols and stanols in functional beverages, beverages fortified with omega-3 fatty acids, dietary fiber, minerals and vitamins, probiotics and prebiotics in functional beverages, functional beverages in weight management, fortified sport drinks, and peptide-enriched functional beverages).
Dr. Fereidoon Shahidi, PhD, FACS, FAGFD-ACS, FAOCS, FCIC, FCIFST, FIAoFST, FIFT, FRSC, is a university research professor, the highest rank the university gives for research, in the Department of Biochemistry at the Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) in Canada. Dr. Shahidi has made numerous contributions to both the basic and applied areas of food and nutraceutical science and technology and antioxidant phenolics and omega-3 oils in health and disease. He is the editor/author of some 64 books and holds 10 patents. He is the only Canadian on the ISI list of top 10 most highly cited scientists in agricultural sciences.
Dr. Cesarettin Alasalvar, PhD, FIFT, is the director of the Food Institute at TUBİTAK Marmara Research Centre (MRC) in Turkey and is also an associate professor of food science and engineering. He has been active in the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) programs for many years and has played a leadership role in the Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Division. Dr. Alasalvar serves on the expert advisory board of the Turkish government and Higher Education on R&D projects and as a panelist for projects funded by the European Union (EU). He coordinates two major EU-funded projects, EU-FP7 (NutraHEALTH) and EU-IPA (INNOFOOD) and has received a number of international prestigious awards.
