The Editors
Dr Brijesh K. Tiwari is a Senior Research Officer in the Department of Food Biosciences at the Teagasc Food
Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland.

Dr Tomas Norton is a Senior Lecturer in Biosystems Engineering in the Engineering Department of Harper
Adams University, Shropshire, UK.

Professor Nicholas M. Holden is Associate Professor of Biosystems Engineering and Head of Agricultural
Systems Technology at University College Dublin, Ireland.

List of Contributors vii

List of Figures xi

List of Tables xv

1 Introduction 1
Brijesh K. Tiwari, Tomas Norton and Nicholas M. Holden

Section 1: Principles and Assessment 9

2 Current Concepts and Applied Research in Sustainable Food Processing 11
Wayne Martindale, Tim Finnigan and Louise Needham

3 Environmental Sustainability in Food Processing 39
Poritosh Roy, Takahiro Orikasa, Nobutaka Nakamura and Takeo Shiina

4 Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainable Food Processing 63
Nicholas M. Holden and Ming–Jia Yan

5 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) 93
Colm D. Everard, Colette C. Fagan and Kevin P. McDonnell

6 Risk Analysis for a Sustainable Food Chain 103
Uma Tiwari and Enda Cummins

Section 2: Food Processing Applications 125

7 Dairy Processing 127
Anwesha Sarkar, Lakshmi Dave, Anant Dave and Shantanu Das

8 Meat Processing 169
Daniel M. Anang

9 Seafood Processing 195
Christian James, Graham Purnell and Stephen J. James

10 Sustainable Processing of Fresh–Cut Fruit and Vegetables 219
Francisco Artes–Hernandez, Perla A. Gomez, Encarna Aguayo, Alejandro Tomas–Callejas and Francisco Artes

11 Sustainable Food Grain Processing 269
Anil Kumar Anal, Imran Ahmad, Jiraporn Sripinyowanich and Athapol Noomhorm

12 Sustainable Brewing 295
Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan and N. N. Misra

13 Sustainable Processed Food 313
Anne Sibbel

Section 3: Food Manufacturing Operations 337

14 Concept of Sustainable Packaging System and Its Development 339
Jasim Ahmed and Tanweer Alam

15 Sustainable Cleaning and Sanitation in the Food Industry 363
Tomas Norton and Brijesh K. Tiwari

16 Energy Consumption and Reduction Strategies in Food Processing 377
Lijun Wang

17 Water Consumption, Reuse and Reduction Strategies in Food Processing 401
Hulya Olmez

18 Food Industry Waste Management 435
Belarmino Adenso–Diaz and Carlos Mena

19 Sustainable Cold Chain 463
Stephen J. James and Christian James

Section 4: Food Distribution and Consumption 497

20 National and International Food Distribution: Do Food Miles Really Matter? 499
David Coley, Michael Winter and Mark Howard

21 Sustainable Global Food Supply Networks 521
Ultan McCarthy, Ismail Uysal, Magalie Laniel, Gerard Corkery, Francis Butler, Kevin P. McDonnell and Shane Ward

22 Sustainable Food Consumption 539
Kritika Mahadevan

Index 557