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Foods, Volume 6, Issue 1

January 2017 - 9 articles

Cover Story: At the same time that demand to produce more food with less resources is high, an estimated 1.3 billion tons of foods (about one third of total production) is lost or wasted globally every year. Storage losses are considered most critical, especially for smallholder farmers in developing countries. Engineering innovations are crucial to the progress of postharvest loss prevention. The storage losses using the traditional methods could be as high as 60%, whereas, the storage losses are below 1% in developed countries using scientific storage methods. Use of better agricultural practices and adequate storage technologies can significantly reduce the losses, help in strengthening food security, and increasing returns of smallholder farmers. View this paper
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Articles (9)

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
8,152 Views
13 Pages

20 January 2017

Organic pigmented Thai rice and wild rice are commonly available in specialized Italian markets and food shops, and they are gaining popularity among consumers demanding healthy foods. Indeed, the typical colour of kernels, which is the unique charac...

  • Review
  • Open Access
810 Citations
80,442 Views
22 Pages

15 January 2017

While fulfilling the food demand of an increasing population remains a major global concern, more than one-third of food is lost or wasted in postharvest operations. Reducing the postharvest losses, especially in developing countries, could be a sust...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
9,720 Views
15 Pages

Extraction, Identification and Photo-Physical Characterization of Persimmon (Diospyros kaki L.) Carotenoids

  • Khalil Zaghdoudi,
  • Orleans Ngomo,
  • Régis Vanderesse,
  • Philippe Arnoux,
  • Bauyrzhan Myrzakhmetov,
  • Céline Frochot and
  • Yann Guiavarc’h

12 January 2017

Carotenoid pigments were extracted and purified from persimmon fruits using accelerated solvent extraction (ASE). Eleven pigments were isolated and five of them were clearly identified as all-trans-violaxanthine, all-trans-lutein, all-trans-zeaxanthi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,239 Views
12 Pages

12 January 2017

Traditionally, for the determination of the kinetic parameters of thermal inactivation of a heat labile substance, an appropriate index is selected and its change is measured over time at a series of constant temperatures. The rate of this change is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,615 Views
14 Pages

Evaluation of the Availability and Antioxidant Capacity of Maillard Compounds Present in Bread Crust: Studies in Caco-2 Cells

  • Silvia Pastoriza De la Cueva,
  • Isabel Seiquer,
  • Marta Mesías,
  • José Ángel Rufián-Henares and
  • Cristina Delgado-Andrade

11 January 2017

Bread crust is one of the major contributors to the intake of Maillard reaction products (MRP). MRP improve the organoleptic properties of foods and can provide biological actions such as antioxidant properties. The transport and availability of Amad...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,004 Views
18 Pages

Rheometric Non-Isothermal Gelatinization Kinetics of Chickpea Flour-Based Gluten-Free Muffin Batters with Added Biopolymers

  • María Dolores Alvarez,
  • Francisco Javier Cuesta,
  • Beatriz Herranz and
  • Wenceslao Canet

2 January 2017

An attempt was made to analyze the elastic modulus (G0) of chickpea flour (CF)-based muffin batters made with CF alone and with added biopolymers (whey protein (WP), xanthan gum (XG), inulin (INL), and their blends) in order to evaluate their suitabili...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,306 Views
7 Pages

Oxalate Content of Taro Leaves Grown in Central Vietnam

  • Hang Du Thanh,
  • Hai Phan Vu,
  • Hai Vu Van,
  • Ngoan Le Duc,
  • Tuan Le Minh and
  • Geoffrey Savage

1 January 2017

Leaves were harvested from four different cultivars of Colocasia esculenta and three cultivars of Alocasia odora that were growing on nine different farms in central Vietnam. The total, soluble and insoluble oxalate contents of the leaves were extrac...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
29 Citations
8,677 Views
7 Pages

Improving Bread Quality with the Application of a Newly Purified Thermostable α-Amylase from Rhizopus oryzae FSIS4

  • Amel Ait Kaki El-Hadef El-Okki,
  • Mohammed Gagaoua,
  • Hayat Bourekoua,
  • Kahina Hafid,
  • Leila Bennamoun,
  • Shahrazed Djekrif-Dakhmouche,
  • Mohamed El-Hadef El-Okki and
  • Zahia Meraihi

1 January 2017

A new thermostable α-amylase from Rhizopus oryzae FSIS4 was purified for first time and recovered in a single step using a three-phase partitioning (TPP) system. The fungal α-amylase, at a concentration of 1.936 U per kg of flour, was used in bread-m...

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