Main description:

Emphasizes recent advances in biotechnological techniques that could ameliorate the high level global food insecurity through fermentation technologies applicable to traditional African indigenous and underutilized novel foods, algal biotechnology and value-added bio-products.
Provides detailed information on how to harness indigenous bio-resources including microalgae for food and nutrition security, climate change adaptation, industrial enzyme production, environmental remediation, and health care delivery
Introduces new frontiers in the area of large scale enzyme production using fermentation biotechnologies and their applications in the food and beverage industries
Discusses current biotechnologies applicable in the food, beverage and bioproduct industries

Contents:

Chapter 1: Improving Traditionally Fermented African Foods through Biotechnology: Need to Translate Art to Science, Chapter 2: Indigenous Fermented and Underutilized/Novel Foods with Potentials for Combating Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa, Chapter 3: Biotechnologies/Fermentation Technologies for Large-Scale Industrial Enzyme Production for the Food and Beverage Industry, Chapter 4: Recent Advances in Dairy Industries: Monitoring, Standard, Quality, and Process, Chapter 5: Soy-Based Food Products Consumed in Africa: A Panacea to Mitigate Food Insecurity and Health Challenges, Chapter 6: Nutritional and Health Benefits of Nutraceutical Beverages Derived from Cocoa and Other Caffeine Products: A Comprehensive Review, Chapter 7: Strategies for Yeast Strain Improvement through Metabolic Engineering, Chapter 8: The Role of an Intelligent Feedback Control System in the Standardization of Bio-fermented Food Products, Chapter 9: Algae Biotechnology for Novel Foods, Chapter 10: Microalgae Biotechnology Research and Development Opportunities in Nigeria, Chapter 11: Emerging Eco- and Bio-technologies in the Use of Algal Biomass for Biofuels and High-Value Products, Chapter 12: African Mushrooms as Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: A Review of Their Farm to Fork Perspectives