The application of high pressures to serve scientific ends is an ever-growing area of research. With sections on chemistry, food science, biochemistry and physics, this book contains a variety of original work.

Food chemistry under high hydrostatic pressure; Pressure-treated raw milk; HP-treated egg components; High-pressure processed apple and strawberry desserts; High pressure processing of cheese; High pressure-treated protein; Studies of bacterial spores by combined high pressure-heat treatments; Acquired resistance of microorganisms to inactivation by high hydrostatic pressure; Inactivation kinetics of microorganisms by high pressure.