FSSAI
Manual of Methods of Analysis of Foods — Cereal and Cereal Products (2022)
Official analytical methods for cereals and flours.
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Plantation Products Technology MCQ practice tests
Tea from plucking to fermentation, coffee processing and roasting, cocoa and other plantation crops.
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10 free PDFsProcessing & preservation
FSSAI · FoSTaC
FoSTaC Manual — Special (Level 2), Bakery
Bakery process hygiene and hazards as FSSAI sets them out.
NCERT
Class 12 Human Ecology & Family Sciences — Food Processing and Technology
A plain-language overview of preservation and processing.
NIOS
Home Science (321), Lesson 9 — Food Preservation
Household and basic industrial preservation principles.
Food chemistry
FSSAI
Manual of Methods of Analysis of Foods — Oils and Fats
Official methods for acid, iodine and saponification values and related tests.
NCERT
Class 11 Biology — Biomolecules
Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and enzymes.
NCERT
Class 12 Chemistry — Biomolecules
Structures of sugars, amino acids, vitamins and nucleic acids.
Food microbiology
OpenStax · Rice University
Microbiology (OpenStax)
A complete, peer-reviewed university microbiology textbook.
NCERT
Class 12 Biology — Microbes in Human Welfare
Microbes in curd, cheese, bread and fermentation.
NCERT
Class 8 Science — Microorganisms: Friend and Foe
Food spoilage, preservation and pathogens at a very basic level.
Official and open resources
4 resourcesOpen reference
The Coffee Guide, 4th Edition (International Trade Centre)
ITC guide covering coffee production, processing, grading, quality control.
Official standard
FSSAI Manual of Methods of Analysis: Beverages (Tea, Coffee and Chicory)
Official FSSAI methods for tea, coffee and chicory quality parameters.
Open reference
Coconut: Post-harvest Operations (FAO INPhO Post-harvest Compendium)
FAO/APCC compendium on coconut post-harvest handling, copra, coconut oil.
Open course
NPTEL: Post Harvest Operations and Processing of Fruits, Vegetables, Spices and Plantation Crop Products
Free NPTEL course on post-harvest handling.
Core food science
1 resourceCore textbook
Tea: Cultivation to Consumption by K. C. Willson and M. N. Clifford
Standard reference on tea chemistry, manufacture.
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