New Food Product Development: Global Strategies and Practices for Successful Innovation

With a new subtitle to reflect its global perspective and a new author, this book continues the mission of earlier editions to describe the stages of food development in detail, beginning with sources of ideas and moving through development, final screening and introduction into the marketplace.Every chapter contains one or more case studies. New chapters address the tools available for the food industry and manufacturers to select, sharpen, fine-tune and support new food product launches.More attention is given to the influence of global concerns about the deteriorating environment, and here particularly, the role and responsibility of the food industry and those working on new food products. Key Features:This edition adds the perspective from single product or product range development to the overall portfolio management. This edition explains strategies for successful management of unpredictable, uncertain and complex conditions in new food product development (NFPD). Chapters conta