Environmental Sustainability in Food Processing

Sustainable Food Processing

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 39-62

  Roy, Poritosh ^a   Orikasa, Takahiro ^b   Nakamura, Nobutaka ^c   Shiina, Takeo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy efficiency; Food waste; International trade; Packaging

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD SUPPLY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PACKAGING; PROCESSED FOODS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BALANCED DIET; CHANGING TRENDS; ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FOOD WASTE; FUTURE STRATEGY;

FOOD PROCESSING;

EID: 85019647580     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118634301.ch03     Document Type: Chapter

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