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Foods, Volume 10, Issue 2

2021 February - 282 articles

Cover Story: The use of digital technologies in the agro-food sector is growing worldwide, and applications in urban and regional food systems represent a relevant segment of such growth. This review explores which and how digital technologies support urban and regional agro-food purchasing and consumption. Consumers and farmers are the main targets of ICT tools, whose principal aims are to provide information on agro-food products and enhance networking along the food supply chain. Analyzing digital technologies allows a better understanding of their most popular features to support their spread within the agro-food system and among citizens. Digital technologies, and particularly apps, can be a valuable instrument to strengthen agro-food chain actor relations and to promote urban and regional food systems. View this paper
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Articles (282)

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,737 Views
17 Pages

Dishes Adapted to Dysphagia: Sensory Characteristics and Their Relationship to Hedonic Acceptance

  • Gorka Merino,
  • Maria Remedios Marín-Arroyo,
  • María José Beriain and
  • Francisco C. Ibañez

23 February 2021

Dishes whose texture has been modified for dysphagia undergo changes in other sensory characteristics as well. Therefore, it is necessary to identify these characteristics in adapted dishes and their relationship to hedonic acceptance. In the present...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,928 Views
14 Pages

23 February 2021

In the presented study a non-targeted approach using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-qToF-MS) combined with chemometric techniques was used to build a sta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,462 Views
10 Pages

Removal of Parasite Transmission Stages from Berries Using Washing Procedures Suitable for Consumers

  • Tamirat T. Temesgen,
  • Lucy J. Robertson,
  • Vetle M. Stigum and
  • Kristoffer R. Tysnes

23 February 2021

Due to the delicate nature of berries and the reduced shelf-life once washed, producers usually do not wash berries. Therefore, consumers are expected to wash the berries prior to consumption, and this might be a more effective way of infection preve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
19,512 Views
24 Pages

22 February 2021

Food companies spend a large amount of money and time to explore markets and consumer trends for ideation. Finding new opportunities in food product development is a challenging assignment. The majority of new products launched in the market are eith...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,089 Views
26 Pages

Phytochemical Characterization and Evaluation of Bioactive Properties of Tisanes Prepared from Promising Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

  • Beatriz H. Paschoalinotto,
  • Maria Inês Dias,
  • José Pinela,
  • Tânia C.S.P. Pires,
  • Maria José Alves,
  • Andrei Mocan,
  • Ricardo C. Calhelha,
  • Lillian Barros,
  • Rafael P. Ineu and
  • Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira

22 February 2021

The chemical composition and biological properties correlation in several medicinal and aromatic plants is still underexplored, especially in its most common form of consumption as tisane. The present study aims to characterize the organic acids and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,240 Views
20 Pages

Effect of Organic and Conventional Production Methods on Fruit Yield and Nutritional Quality Parameters in Three Traditional Cretan Grape Varieties: Results from a Farm Survey

  • Gultakin Hasanaliyeva,
  • Eleni Chatzidimitrou,
  • Juan Wang,
  • Marcin Baranski,
  • Nikolaos Volakakis,
  • Panagiotis Pakos,
  • Chris Seal,
  • Eduardo A. S. Rosa,
  • Emilia Markellou and
  • Leonidas Rempelos
  • + 5 authors

22 February 2021

The antioxidants found in grapes and wine have been linked to health benefits in humans, but may be affected by agronomic parameters, grape type/variety, and processing. Here, we report results of a farm survey which investigated the effects of produ...

  • Review
  • Open Access
89 Citations
18,770 Views
32 Pages

22 February 2021

Nowadays, food adulteration and authentication are topics of utmost importance for consumers, food producers, business operators and regulatory agencies. Therefore, there is an increasing search for rapid, robust and accurate analytical techniques to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,958 Views
15 Pages

Packaging Solutions to Extend the Shelf Life of Green Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) ‘Vegalim’

  • Stefania Toscano,
  • Valeria Rizzo,
  • Fabio Licciardello,
  • Daniela Romano and
  • Giuseppe Muratore

22 February 2021

The aim of the study was to assess, through a comparative shelf-life test, the suitability of two packaging materials, namely macro-perforated polypropylene (PP MA) and micro-perforated coextruded polypropylene (PP C), for the quality preservation of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,895 Views
12 Pages

Changing Wheat Bran Structural Properties by Extrusion-Cooking on a Pilot and Industrial Scale: A Comparative Study

  • Chiara Roye,
  • Muriel Henrion,
  • Hélène Chanvrier,
  • Chrystel Loret,
  • Roberto King,
  • Lisa Lamothe and
  • Christophe M. Courtin

21 February 2021

Extrusion-cooking can be used to change the techno–functional and nutrition-related properties of wheat bran. In this study, pilot-scale (BC21) and industrial-scale (BC45) twin-screw extrusion-cooking using different types of extrusion (single-pass,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
51 Citations
8,397 Views
19 Pages

21 February 2021

Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are the third most abundant solid component after lactose and lipids of breast milk. All mammal milk contains soluble oligosaccharides, including neutral milk oligosaccharides (NMOs) without sialic acid (Sia) moieti...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
9,694 Views
17 Pages

Can Eating Make Us More Creative? A Multisensory Perspective

  • Qian Janice Wang,
  • Francisco Barbosa Escobar,
  • Signe Lund Mathiesen and
  • Patricia Alves Da Mota

20 February 2021

While it is well known how food can make us physically healthy, it remains unclear how the multisensory experience of eating might influence complex cognitive abilities such as creativity. A growing body of literature has demonstrated that all human...

  • Viewpoint
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,097 Views
19 Pages

20 February 2021

A trend is visible in the food literature showing an increasing number of publications on studies that incorporate some form of participant engagement, such as citizen science and community-based participatory research. This “participation trend” wil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
9,984 Views
14 Pages

20 February 2021

Cucumbers are highly perishable and suffer from moisture loss, shriveling, yellowing, peel damage, and decay. Plastic packaging helps to preserve cucumber quality, but harms the environment. We examined the use of compostable modified atmosphere pack...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
4,210 Views
17 Pages

The Use of Winery by-Products to Enhance the Functional Aspects of the Fresh Ovine “Primosale” Cheese

  • Raimondo Gaglio,
  • Pietro Barbaccia,
  • Marcella Barbera,
  • Ignazio Restivo,
  • Alessandro Attanzio,
  • Giuseppe Maniaci,
  • Antonino Di Grigoli,
  • Nicola Francesca,
  • Luisa Tesoriere and
  • Luca Settanni
  • + 2 authors

20 February 2021

Fresh ovine “primosale” cheese was processed with the addition of grape pomace powder (GPP). Cheese making was performed using pasteurized ewes’ milk and four selected Lactococcus lactis strains (Mise36, Mise94, Mise169 and Mise190) inoculated indivi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
7,690 Views
17 Pages

Design of a “Clean-Label” Gluten-Free Bread to Meet Consumers Demand

  • Marco Montemurro,
  • Erica Pontonio and
  • Carlo Giuseppe Rizzello

20 February 2021

The market of gluten-free (GF) products has been steadily increasing in last few years. Due to the technological importance of gluten, the GF food production is still a challenge for the industry. Indeed, large quantities of fat, sugars, structuring...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,393 Views
14 Pages

Evaluation of Xylooligosaccharides Production for a Specific Degree of Polymerization by Liquid Hot Water Treatment of Tropical Hardwood

  • Soo-Kyeong Jang,
  • Jong-Hwa Kim,
  • June-Ho Choi,
  • Seong-Min Cho,
  • Jong-Chan Kim,
  • Hoyong Kim and
  • In-Gyu Choi

20 February 2021

Eucalyptus pellita is known as attractive biomass, and it has been utilized for eucalyptus oil, furniture, and pulp and paper production that causes a significant amount of byproducts. Liquid hot water treatment depending on combined severity factor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
7,078 Views
20 Pages

Possibilities for Maintaining Appetite in Recovering COVID-19 Patients

  • Alexander Teymour Zadeh Baboli Høier,
  • Nora Chaaban and
  • Barbara Vad Andersen

20 February 2021

COVID-19 and sequelae thereof are known to cause chemosensory dysfunction, posing a risk for intake and adequate nutrition for recovery. The overall objective of this study was to investigate the subjective strategies for maintaining appetite applied...

  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
8,453 Views
22 Pages

Holistic Approach to a Successful Market Implementation of Active and Intelligent Food Packaging

  • Sanne Tiekstra,
  • Ana Dopico-Parada,
  • Hanna Koivula,
  • Johanna Lahti and
  • Mieke Buntinx

20 February 2021

Market implementation of active and intelligent packaging (AIP) technologies specifically for fiber-based food packaging can be hindered by various factors. This paper highlights those from a social, economic, environmental, and legislative point of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,145 Views
14 Pages

20 February 2021

This work studied the effects of centrifugal block freeze crystallization (CBFC) on physicochemical parameters, total phenolic compound content (TPCC), antioxidant activity (AA), and process parameters applied to fresh murta and arrayan juices. In th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,009 Views
11 Pages

20 February 2021

In this study, 10% of chicken protein isolate (CPI) and quercetin (1 mg/mL) were used to develop an edible coating to improve the oxidative stability of deep-fat-fried chicken drumsticks during refrigerated storage (4 °C) for 10 days. Chicken samples...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
4,628 Views
11 Pages

20 February 2021

Papain hydrolysis of camel whey protein (CWP) produced CWP hydrolysate (CWPH). Fractionation of CWPH by the size exclusion chromatography (SEC) generated fractions (i.e., SEC-F1 and SEC-F2). The angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitory activity (ACE-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,686 Views
22 Pages

Influence of Different Vinification Techniques on Volatile Compounds and the Aromatic Profile of Palomino Fino Wines

  • Ana M. Roldán,
  • Fini Sánchez-García,
  • Luis Pérez-Rodríguez and
  • Víctor M. Palacios

19 February 2021

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of vinification techniques on volatile compounds and sensory profiles in young Palomino fino white wines. Four winemaking techniques (pellicular maceration, supra-extraction and use of commercial ye...

  • Review
  • Open Access
32 Citations
5,864 Views
19 Pages

Effects of Phlorotannins on Organisms: Focus on the Safety, Toxicity, and Availability of Phlorotannins

  • Bertoka Fajar Surya Perwira Negara,
  • Jae Hak Sohn,
  • Jin-Soo Kim and
  • Jae-Suk Choi

19 February 2021

Phlorotannins are polyphenolic compounds produced via polymerization of phloroglucinol, and these compounds have varying molecular weights (up to 650 kDa). Brown seaweeds are rich in phlorotannins compounds possessing various biological activities, i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,587 Views
13 Pages

19 February 2021

Foodborne diseases (FBD) are a great problem worldwide, leading millions of people to seek medical help and to significant economic losses for industry. Among the agents implicated in FDB is Bacillus cereus, a Gram-positive, toxigenic and endospore-f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,011 Views
18 Pages

Antioxidant Activity and Bio-Accessibility of Polyphenols in Black Carrot (Daucus carota L. ssp. sativus var. atrorubens Alef.) and Two Derived Products during Simulated Gastrointestinal Digestion and Colonic Fermentation

  • Gema Pereira-Caro,
  • José Luis Ordóñez-Díaz,
  • Elsy de Santiago,
  • Alicia Moreno-Ortega,
  • Salud Cáceres-Jiménez,
  • Mónica Sánchez-Parra,
  • Francisco Javier Roldán-Guerra,
  • Víctor Ortiz-Somovilla and
  • José Manuel Moreno-Rojas

19 February 2021

Black carrot has been attracting increasing thanks to its high bioactive compound content. This study presents the polyphenol bio-accessibility of black carrot and two derived products (black carrot snack (BC snack) and black carrot seasoning (BC sea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,279 Views
13 Pages

Usefulness of Hulled Wheats Grown in Polish Environment for Wholegrain Pasta-Making

  • Aneta Bobryk-Mamczarz,
  • Anna Kiełtyka-Dadasiewicz and
  • Leszek Rachoń

19 February 2021

The best pasta raw material is durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum (Desf.) Husn.). Recently, old wheat species have also attracted interest. The aim of the study was to evaluate their usefulness for industrial pasta production. The technologi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,032 Views
15 Pages

Effect of Soil Management and Training System on Negroamaro Wine Aroma

  • Antonio Coletta,
  • Aline Theodoro Toci,
  • Sandra Pati,
  • Giuseppe Ferrara,
  • Francesco Grieco,
  • Maria Tufariello and
  • Pasquale Crupi

19 February 2021

This study aimed to assess the impact of two soil managements and training systems on yield and wine aroma compounds of Negroamaro variety grown in a warm climate region (southern Italy). Cover crop (CC) and soil tillage (ST) as soil management, whil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
4,438 Views
13 Pages

19 February 2021

The reuse of food industry by-products constitutes one of the essential pillars of the change from a linear to a circular economic model. Drying is one of the most affordable techniques with which to stabilize by-products, making their subsequent pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,499 Views
15 Pages

Nutritional and Antioxidant Potential of Fiddleheads from European Ferns

  • Marcela Dvorakova,
  • Karolína Pumprova,
  • Žaneta Antonínová,
  • Jan Rezek,
  • Daniel Haisel,
  • Libor Ekrt,
  • Tomas Vanek and
  • Lenka Langhansova

19 February 2021

Ferns are part of the diet and traditional medicine in East Asia, North America, and Oceania, however, their importance has been forgotten in Europe. Here, the nutritional and antioxidant potential of young fern fronds (fiddleheads) of eight families...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,689 Views
11 Pages

Finite Element Modelling for Predicting the Puncture Responses in Papayas

  • Nurazwin Zulkifli,
  • Norhashila Hashim,
  • Hazreen Haizi Harith,
  • Mohamad Firdza Mohamad Shukery,
  • Daniel Iroemeha Onwude and
  • Masniza Sairi

18 February 2021

This study aims to develop a finite element (FE) model to determine the mechanical responses of Exotica papayas during puncture loads. The FE model of the puncture-test was developed using the ANSYS 19.1 software. The proposed framework combined the...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,084 Views
9 Pages

18 February 2021

Foods today are so diverse and enjoyable, making healthy choices difficult. In this perspective, an in vitro-in silico approach for obtaining a conservative estimate of the postprandial blood glucose concentration, which is a realistic estimate never...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
28,999 Views
23 Pages

The Impact of Terroir on the Flavour of Single Malt Whisk(e)y New Make Spirit

  • Maria Kyraleou,
  • Dustin Herb,
  • Grace O’Reilly,
  • Neil Conway,
  • Tom Bryan and
  • Kieran N. Kilcawley

18 February 2021

The impact of barley variety and its geographical growth location (environment) on the flavour of new make spirit was investigated to determine if “terroir” can be applied in the production of single malt whisk(e)y. New make spirits were produced at...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,037 Views
12 Pages

18 February 2021

Unlike other fields, the methods routinely applied for fats and oils are still tied to traditional, time- and solvent-consuming procedures, such as saponification, column chromatography and thin-layer chromatography. In this paper, microwave-assisted...

  • Article
  • Open Access
98 Citations
34,078 Views
18 Pages

18 February 2021

Sensory evaluation plays an important role in New Product Development (NPD) in food industry. In the present study, the current trends of using sensory evaluation in NPD in the food industry in countries that belong to EIT Regional Innovation Scheme...

  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
8,909 Views
10 Pages

18 February 2021

Noncrystalline, freeze-concentrated structures are formed during food freezing. Such freeze-concentrated food materials often exhibit crystallization and recrystallization phenomena which can be related to the state of solutes and water. State diagra...

  • Review
  • Open Access
43 Citations
7,718 Views
24 Pages

Non-Destructive Spectroscopic and Imaging Techniques for the Detection of Processed Meat Fraud

  • Kiah Edwards,
  • Marena Manley,
  • Louwrens C. Hoffman and
  • Paul J. Williams

18 February 2021

In recent years, meat authenticity awareness has increased and, in the fight to combat meat fraud, various analytical methods have been proposed and subsequently evaluated. Although these methods have shown the potential to detect low levels of adult...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
4,497 Views
16 Pages

Effect of Cross-Linked Alginate/Oil Nanoemulsion Coating on Cracking and Quality Parameters of Sweet Cherries

  • Camilo Gutiérrez-Jara,
  • Cristina Bilbao-Sainz,
  • Tara McHugh,
  • Bor-Sen Chiou,
  • Tina Williams and
  • Ricardo Villalobos-Carvajal

18 February 2021

The cracking of sweet cherries causes significant crop losses. Sweet cherries (cv. Bing) were coated by electro-spraying with an edible nanoemulsion (NE) of alginate and soybean oil with or without a CaCl2 cross-linker to reduce cracking. Coated swee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,761 Views
17 Pages

18 February 2021

Animal welfare status is assessed today through visual evaluations requiring an on-farm visit. A convenient alternative would be to detect cow welfare status directly in milk samples, already routinely collected for milk recording. The objective of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,576 Views
17 Pages

18 February 2021

The food safety strategies of companies are a key point in the reduction of food safety risks. In order to encourage the evolution of food safety strategies of companies from food fraud to safety investment, this study builds an evolutionary game mod...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
8,233 Views
26 Pages

17 February 2021

The carotenoid profile of non-saponified and saponified extracts of different tissues (pulp and peel) of fruits of three new papaya varieties, Sweet Mary, Alicia, and Eksotika, was characterized for the first time, and almost all carotenoid compounds...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,965 Views
16 Pages

Discrimination of the Geographical Origin of Soybeans Using NMR-Based Metabolomics

  • Yaoyao Zhou,
  • Seok-Young Kim,
  • Jae-Soung Lee,
  • Byeung-Kon Shin,
  • Jeong-Ah Seo,
  • Young-Suk Kim,
  • Do-Yup Lee and
  • Hyung-Kyoon Choi

17 February 2021

With the increase in soybean trade between countries, the intentional mislabeling of the origin of soybeans has become a serious problem worldwide. In this study, metabolic profiling of soybeans from the Republic of Korea and China was performed by n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
4,950 Views
15 Pages

Studies on Upgradation of Waste Fish Oil to Lipid-Rich Yeast Biomass in Yarrowia lipolytica Batch Cultures

  • Agata Urszula Fabiszewska,
  • Bartłomiej Zieniuk,
  • Mariola Kozłowska,
  • Patrycja Maria Mazurczak-Zieniuk,
  • Małgorzata Wołoszynowska,
  • Paulina Misiukiewicz-Stępień and
  • Dorota Nowak

17 February 2021

The aim of the study was to evaluate the possibility to utilize a fish waste oil issued from the industrial smoking process in nitrogen-limited Yarrowia lipolytica yeast batch cultures. The waste carbon source was utilized by the yeast and stimulated...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,697 Views
27 Pages

17 February 2021

Chronic undernourishment affects billions of people. The development of whole-grain food with high nutritional quality may provide a valuable solution to nutritional security. Black-grained wheat (BGW), as a rich source of protein and micronutrients,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,454 Views
14 Pages

Development of a Methodology for Estimating the Ergosterol in Meat Product-Borne Toxigenic Moulds to Evaluate Antifungal Agents

  • Micaela Álvarez,
  • Alicia Rodríguez,
  • Elena Bermúdez,
  • Elia Roncero and
  • María J. Andrade

17 February 2021

Antifungal agents are commonly used in the meat industry to prevent the growth of unwanted moulds, such as toxigenic ones, on dry-cured meat products. For enhancing the application of antifungals, their mode of action must be evaluated. Their effect...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,612 Views
15 Pages

In Vivo Genotoxicity Evaluation of a Stilbene Extract Prior to Its Use as a Natural Additive: A Combination of the Micronucleus Test and the Comet Assay

  • Concepción Medrano-Padial,
  • María Puerto,
  • Ana Isabel Prieto,
  • Nahúm Ayala,
  • Pauline Beaumont,
  • Caroline Rouger,
  • Stéphanie Krisa and
  • Silvia Pichardo

17 February 2021

Genotoxic data of substances that could be used as food additives are required by the European Food Safety Authority. In this sense, the use of an extract from grapevine shoots containing a stilbene richness of 99% (ST-99), due to its antioxidant and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,504 Views
14 Pages

Survey of Commercial Food Products for Detection of Walnut (Juglans regia) by Two ELISA Methods and Real Time PCR

  • Raquel Madrid,
  • Aina García-García,
  • Pablo Cabrera,
  • Isabel González,
  • Rosario Martín and
  • Teresa García

17 February 2021

Labeling of food allergens in accordance with legal regulations is important to protect the health of allergic consumers. The requirements for detecting allergens in foods involve adequate specificity and sensitivity to identify very small amounts of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
82 Citations
7,425 Views
12 Pages

17 February 2021

Pyrazines are important compounds in soy sauce aroma type Baijiu (SSAB). In this work, a total of 16 pyrazines were analyzed using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC–MS/MS) in SSAB. The quantitative re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,095 Views
16 Pages

16 February 2021

Normal-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is widely used in combination with evaporative light scattering detection (ELSD) for separating and detecting lipids in various food samples. ELSD responses of different lipids were evaluated...

  • Review
  • Open Access
131 Citations
32,093 Views
15 Pages

Sensory Analysis and Consumer Research in New Meat Products Development

  • Claudia Ruiz-Capillas,
  • Ana M. Herrero,
  • Tatiana Pintado and
  • Gonzalo Delgado-Pando

16 February 2021

This review summarises the main sensory methods (traditional techniques and the most recent ones) together with consumer research as a key part in the development of new products, particularly meat products. Different types of sensory analyses (analy...

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