Environmental Sustainability in the Food Industry: A Green Perspective

Criticisms facing the food processing industry include adverse ecological impacts like decline in biodiversity, environment degradation, water pollution, eutrophication, greenhouse gas emissions, and the loss of agricultural land. Environmental Sustainability in the Food Industry: A Green Perspective delves into the effect of food processing on different aspects such as the environment, human health, nutrition, energy efficiency, nanotechnology in food industry and to maintain ecological sustainability.

This book presents eco-friendly approaches to reduce impact of food processing on the environment and to promote sustainable development. The focus of this book is to implement green practices in food industry to reduce negative impacts of food processing on the ecosystem and to improve food quality for better human health & nutrition. It also shows the food industry’s focus on sustainable aspects in resource conservation and in reducing energy consumption.

Key Features:

• Describes the contribution of Food industry sector in human health and nutrition
• Covers the eco-friendly approaches to reduce negative impacts of food processing on environment
• Discusses the use of advanced techniques such as nanotechnology, non-thermal techniques etc. to improve food processing

Environmental Sustainability in the Food Industry will describe details related to the food industry and environmental issues. It is a great resource for students, researchers, and professionals alike, as well as anyone with an interest in a green path to food quality and nutrition.