Future Foods

by Veer Chanda, Piya Prasad, Om Shinde

ISBN: 9789371709965
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Imprint : Agri Horti Press
Year : 2026
Price : Rs. 8990.00
Biblio : viii+186p. figs., tbls., indx., 25cm

About The Book

The book provides an overview of future foods, including the definition of future foods, and why they are important for the future of the food industry. The book explores sustainable food production, including the use of vertical farms, aquaponics, hydroponics, and other innovative technologies for producing food in an environmentally friendly way. The book also analyzes the potential impacts of future foods on society and the environment. The book will be highly beneficial to the graduate and post-graduate students in Fruit Science, fruit growers, scientists and extension workers.

Table of Contents

Preface v 1. Competitive Edible Mushroom Production from Non-conventional Waste Biomass 1 2. Nutritional Value, Food Ingredients, Chemical and Species Composition of Edible Insects in China 27 3. Selected Edible Insects and Their Products in Traditional Medicine, Food and Pharmaceutical Industries in Africa: Utilisation and Prospects 55 4. Allergy to Edible Insects: A Computational Identification of the IgE-Binding Cross-Reacting Allergen Repertoire of Edible Insects 71 5. Constraints of HACCP Application on Edible Insect for Food and Feed 89 6. Polyandry as a Signal of Phase Shift in Female Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria 115 7. Nutritive Evaluation of Earthworms as Human Food 127 8. Intelligent and Smart Packaging 143 9. Novel Soft Meals Developed by 3D Printing 161 Index 183