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Foods, Volume 6, Issue 4

2017 April - 8 articles

Cover Story: The increasing prevalence of coeliac disease (CD) and gluten-related disorders has led to increasing consumer demand for gluten-free products with quality characteristics similar to wheat bread. In gluten-free products, starch is incorporated into the food formulation to improve baking characteristics such as the specific volume, colour and crumb structure and texture. This review covers a number of topics relating to starch; including; an overview of common and lesser researched starches; chemical composition; morphology; digestibility; functionality and methods of modification. The emphasis of this review is on starch and its properties with respect to the quality of gluten-free products. View this paper
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Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
8,722 Views
14 Pages

Validation of a Novel Technique and Evaluation of the Surface Free Energy of Food

  • Tugce Senturk Parreidt,
  • Markus Schmid and
  • Carolin Hauser

20 April 2017

Characterizing the physical properties of a surface is largely dependent on determining the contact angle exhibited by a liquid. Contact angles on the surfaces of rough and irregularly-shaped food samples are difficult to measure using a contact angl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
8,130 Views
10 Pages

Calabrian Goji vs. Chinese Goji: A Comparative Study on Biological Properties

  • Mariarosa Ruffo,
  • Ortensia Ilaria Parisi,
  • Fabio Amone,
  • Rocco Malivindi,
  • Domenico Gorgoglione,
  • Filomena De Biasio,
  • Luca Scrivano,
  • Vincenzo Pezzi and
  • Francesco Puoci

10 April 2017

Lycium barbarum (Goji) fruits are mainly cultivated in northwestern China and are well known for their beneficial and healthy effects. In this work, the biological and functional properties of Calabrian Goji extract, obtained from Goji berries cultiv...

  • Review
  • Open Access
175 Citations
47,373 Views
21 Pages

Starch Characteristics Linked to Gluten-Free Products

  • Stefan W. Horstmann,
  • Kieran M. Lynch and
  • Elke K. Arendt

6 April 2017

The increasing prevalence of coeliac disease (CD) and gluten-related disorders has led to increasing consumer demand for gluten-free products with quality characteristics similar to wheat bread. The replacement of gluten in cereal-based products rema...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
7,723 Views
7 Pages

4 April 2017

The antioxidant properties and polyphenol content of some selected aromatic plants grown in Greece were studied. Plants were refluxed with 60% methanol after acid hydrolysis. The phenolic substances were quantified by High Performance Liquid Chromato...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
8,789 Views
10 Pages

1 April 2017

Oilseeds are rich sources of micronutrients and contribute to combating malnutrition caused by micronutrient deficiency. The objective of this study was to investigate the mineral and anti-nutritional contents of different varieties of niger seed, li...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
10,455 Views
9 Pages

31 March 2017

In the Netherlands, butter is produced from milk originating from three different production systems: conventional, organic, and grass-fed cows. The aim of the current study was to characterize these types of butters, and pinpoint distinct compositio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
9,471 Views
11 Pages

29 March 2017

Pigments are responsible for the color of olive oils, and are an important ingredient that is directly related to the quality of this food. However, the concentration of pigments can vary significantly depending on the climate conditions, harvesting...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
7,982 Views
10 Pages

A Comparative Study of Phenols in Apulian Italian Wines

  • Andrea Ragusa,
  • Carla Centonze,
  • Maria E. Grasso,
  • Maria F. Latronico,
  • Pier F. Mastrangelo,
  • Federica Sparascio,
  • Francesco P. Fanizzi and
  • Michele Maffia

24 March 2017

Nutraceutics is a growing research field in which researchers study and attempt to improve the biological properties of metabolites in food. Wine is one of the most consumed products in the world and contains a plethora of molecules biologically rele...

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Foods - ISSN 2304-8158