4 - Nonconventional Preservation Techniques: Current Trends and Future Prospects

Abstract

Beverages being the most prominent consumable substances throughout the human culture, has led to an emergence of their enormous production and mass supply globally. With these advancements, there developed a need for a long-term containment of their original nutritive value. Thus, an introduction of preservatives and preservation techniques paved a way to better storage and conservation of these products. However, with changing times consumeristic views with respect to food and beverage consumption has taken a path toward more of realistic approaches; those which deal with the health awareness. Evolution from the addition of preservatives to an involvement of 0% preservatives in beverages came into existence with growing consciousness about the adverse effects of chemical preservatives among the masses.