Food and Nutrition Update: : An Analysis of Macronutrients in the Diet
S. Sumar
(Senior Lecturer in Food Analysis and Composition, at South Bank
University, London, UK.)
T.P. Coultate
(Principal Lecturer in Food Biochemistry, at South Bank
University, London, UK.)
J. Davies
(Head of the Nutrition Research Centre, at South Bank
University, London, UK.)
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Abstract
Provides an overview of the analytical methods used to quantify the macronutrients (protein, water, lipids and carbohydrates) present in food. Considers principles of the methods of analysis employed.
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Citation
Sumar, S., Coultate, T.P. and Davies, J. (1994), "Food and Nutrition Update: : An Analysis of Macronutrients in the Diet", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 94 No. 6, pp. 31-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/00346659410069719
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1994, MCB UP Limited