Spoilage, quality top concerns

Researchers develop enymatic method to convert red cabbage anthocyanins to a blue version.

Sweet potato bread contained more resistant starch and less rapidly digestible starch.

Umbrella review compares evidence from 11 systematic reviews 

Experts say consistent, comprehensive, and culturally relevant care is needed to support breastfeeding

The increasing social demand to know the information and compositions of foods has driven innovation in the elaboration of functional products, which besides nutrients like vitamins and minerals, have bioactive substances that improve the well-being of the people, modulating the immune system and...

The line scale is widely used in different lengths to quantify the intensity of descriptors in sensory evaluation. Since studies related to its size are still limited the objective was to determine what variables of descriptive sensory evaluation can be influenced when different scale length is...

This study aimed to develop a gluten-free cracker by substituting wheat flour (WF) with riceberry flour (RB) combined with cheese's milk proteins to replace gluten. The effect of substitution of WF with RB at 50 and 100% (RB50 and RB100, respectively) on cracker properties were evaluated. The...

Amino acids (AAs) are minor compounds occurring in meads contributing to their final organoleptic properties. Determination of AAs profile and content can help to assess the mead authenticity, adulteration and thus its quality. This work deals with the optimization of rapid analysis of 21 AAs...

Esters constitute a broad family of volatile compounds impacting the organoleptic properties of many beverages, including wine and beer. They can be classified according to their chemical structure. Higher alcohol acetates differ from fatty acid ethyl esters, whereas a third group, substituted...