Essentials of Food Science (Food Science Text Series)
From the reviews of the third edition:"This new edition … contains updates on ‘food commodities, optimizing quality, laws, and food safety,’ includes discussions on RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags and transfats, and incorporates the revised USDA food pyramid. This basic volume has most of the needed information and features helpful glossaries … . Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals; technical program students." (J. M. Jones, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (11), 2008)