Nielsen’s Food Analysis Laboratory Manual

This fourth edition laboratory manual was written to accompany Nielsen’s Food Analysis, Sixth Edition, by the same authors. New to this fourth edition of the laboratory manual are three new chapters that complement both the textbook chapters and the laboratory exercises. The book again contains four introductory chapters that help prepare students for doing food analysis laboratory exercises. The 26 laboratory exercises in the manual cover 24 of the 35 chapters in the textbook. Many of the laboratory exercises have multiple sections to cover several methods of analysis for a particular food component or characteristic. Most of the laboratory exercises include the following: background, reading assignment, objective, principle of method, chemicals, reagents, precautions and waste disposal, supplies, equipment, procedure, data and calculations, questions, and references. This laboratory manual is ideal for the laboratory portion of undergraduate courses in food analysis.

S. Suzanne Nielsen, a Professor in the Food Science Department at Purdue University, has taught Food Analysis lecture classes for 32 years, and Food Analysis laboratory courses for 19 years. She has received teaching awards from her department, college, university, and the Institute of Food Technologists. She has edited five editions of a textbook and three editions of a laboratory manual for Food Analysis.

Baraem P. Ismail Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA