Download or read book Military Food Engineering and Ration Technology written by Ann H. Barrett and published by DEStech Publications, Inc. This book was released on 2012 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a team from the U.S. Army's Combat Feeding Directorate at the Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center, this technical volume represents a comprehensive guide to how the military designs, processes, customizes, packages and distributes highly palatable, long shelf-life food products for field personnel. The book offers new data on numerous technologies used to solve problems such as nutrient densification, lightweighting, novel thermal processing, and long-term quality preservation in delivering appetizing foods and more. Testing techniques are explained for evaluating sensory qualities of foods and their effects on physical and cognitive performance.