The use of pH indicator as an approach to monitor the quality or freshness of foods has the attention of the food packaging industry. The use of natural resources, especially plant pigments of fruits and vegetables has now become the user's choice to replace synthetic dyes as indicators to ensure...

The pandemic of Covid-19 has resulted in more significant global problems in terms of food security due to movement control orders (MCO) executed around the world. Malaysia has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and has slowed down the activities of economic sectors, including the agriculture...

The objective of this research was to evaluate the natural radionuclide activity concentration (²²⁶Ra, ²³²Th dan ⁴⁰K) in staple food, vegetables, fruits and dishes at the central area of Malaysia. The average activity concentration (Bq/kg) was measured using high purity germanium detector (HPGe)....

Bacterial cellulose (BC) is an important biopolymer to the food industry because of its unique properties such as high in water holding capacity (WHC) and mechanical strength. SB has the potential to be innovated with the addition of preservatives to solve the problem of food contamination by...

Callosobruchus maculatus (Bruchidae: Coleoptera) is a serious insect pest of stored grain that attacks many types of legumes in field and stored environment. A female of C. maculatus has reported shows host preference behaviour in laying eggs, depending on the variety of legumes. Therefore, this...

Pickled mango seed (PMS), a waste from mango pickle industry could increase cost production and environmental pollution. A previous study found that mango seed butter could be a cocoa butter alternative (CBA) in chocolate. Hence, a study was conducted to compare mango pickled seed butter (MPB)...

Study on the application of edible film to pack and preserve the storage quality of instant coffee powder has been carried out. The instant coffee powder was packaged with sachet made of seaweed edible film and subsequently packaged with two types of secondary packaging to protect it from being...

In this study, starch/cinnamon oil film was prepared by solution casting method with different concentrations of cinnamon oil (MKM) to study the effect of cinnamon oil on the antimicrobial properties of starch film. The transparency of the films was reduced with the increment of MKM. The...

Food and drink that were good (Halalan Toyyiban) is a compulsory in Islam. In this modern era, a concern was raised over the halal status of blood plasma that is widely used especially in the food industry. The objective of this study was to investigate the usefulness, advantages and disadvantages...

Food product packaging plays a pivotal role in attracting the customers. There are many quality products produced by Small and Medium Industry (SMI) entrepreneurs which had failed to penetrate the market. The situation is due to the unattractive packaging appearance and does not meet packaging...