1st Edition

Advances in Vinegar Production

Edited By Argyro Bekatorou Copyright 2020
522 Pages 73 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

522 Pages 73 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

In industrial vinegar production, there are three main types of methods involved; the slow, handcrafted, traditional method ("Orleans" or "French" method), and the rapid submerged and generator methods. The current trend is to fuse traditional techniques with state-of-the-art technologies, and a variety of approaches have been developed to increase fermentation efficiency and reduce cost and... Read more
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Biography

Dr. Argyro Bekatorou obtained her Diploma in Chemistry in 1995 from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and her Ph.D. in 2001 from the Department of Chemistry, University of Patras (UP), Greece. In 2001, she worked as postdoctoral researcher (environmental biotechnology) at the School of Biological & Environmental Sciences of the University of Ulster (N. Ireland, UK), and during 2002-2006 she worked at the Department of Chemistry, UP, as full-time researcher and part-time Lecturer. In 2006 she was appointed full-time Lecturer and since 2011 she is Assistant Professor of Food Chemistry & Technology at UP. She has participated in 17 research funded projects, is active reviewer in more than 25 peer-reviewed scientific journals, and is co-author/contributor in 73 papers in international journals, 15 book chapters, 122 International Conference presentations and 2 patents. She is member of the Food Biotechnology Group of the Department of Chemistry at UP.