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Herbs, spices and their active components as natural antimicrobials in foods Effect of natural antioxidants in herbs and spices on shelf life of foods Ajowan Aniseed Asafoetida Allspice Capers and caperberries Caraway Celery Chervil Fennel and fennel seed Galangal Kaffir lime leaf Lavender Lemongrass Lovage Nigella Oregano Poppy Sesame Star anise Tarragon Tamarind Other significant herbs and spices.

Handbook of Herbs and Spices

In the 21st century, climate changes, water scarcity, increasing world population, rising food prices, and other socioeconomic impacts are expected to generate a great threat to agriculture and food security worldwide, especially for the poorest people who live in arid and subarid regions. These impacts present a challenge to scientists and nutritionists to investigate the possibilities of producing, processing, and utilizing other potential food sources to end hunger and poverty. Cereal grains are the most important source of the world's food and have a significant role in the human diet throughout the world. As one of the most important drought-resistant crops, millet is widely grown in the semiarid tropics of Africa and Asia and constitutes a major source of carbohydrates and proteins for people living in these areas. In addition, because of their important contribution to national food security and potential health benefits, millet grain is now receiving increasing interest from food scientists, technologists, and nutritionists. The aim of this work was to review the recent advances in research carried out to date for purposes of evaluation of nutritional quality and potential health benefits of millet grains. Processing technologies used for improving the edible and nutritional characteristics of millet as well as challenges, limitations, and future perspectives to promote millet utilization as food for a large and growing population are also discussed.

Millet Grains: Nutritional Quality, Processing, and Potential Health Benefits

Preface to the First Edition. Preface to the Second Edition. Contributors. List of Abbreviations. 1 Production and Trade of Vegetable Oils ( Frank D. Gunstone ). 1.1 Extraction, refining and processing. 1.2 Vegetable oils: Production, consumption and trade. 1.3 Some topical issues. 2 Palm Oil ( Siew Wai Lin ). 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Composition and properties of palm oil and fractions. 2.3 Physical characteristics of palm oil products. 2.4 Minor components of palm oil products. 2.5 Food applications of palm oil products. 2.5.1 Cooking/frying oil. 2.6 Nutritional aspects of palm oil. 2.7 Sustainable palm oil. 2.8 Conclusions. 3 Soybean Oil ( Tong Wang ). 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Composition of soybean and soybean oil. 3.3 Recovery and refining of soybean oil. 3.4 Oil composition modification by processing and biotechnology. 3.5 Physical properties of soybean oil. 3.6 Oxidation evaluation of soybean oil. 3.7 Nutritional properties of soybean oil. 3.8 Food uses of soybean oil. 4 Canola/Rapeseed Oil ( Roman Przybylski ). 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Composition. 4.3 Physical and chemical properties. 4.4 Major food uses. 4.5 Conclusion and outlook. 5 Sunflower Oil ( Maria A. Grompone ). 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Sunflower oil from different types of seed. 5.3 Physical and chemical properties. 5.4 Melting properties and thermal behaviour. 5.5 Extraction and processing of sunflower oil. 5.6 Modified properties of sunflower oil. 5.7 Oxidative stability of commercial sunflower oils. 5.8 Food uses of different sunflower oil types. 5.9 Frying use of commercial sunflower oil types. 6 The Lauric (Coconut and Palm Kernel) Oils ( Ibrahim Nuzul Amri ). 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Coconut oil. 6.3 Palm kernel oil. 6.4 Processing. 6.5 Food uses. 6.6 Health aspects. 7 Cottonseed Oil ( Michael K. Dowd ). 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 History. 7.3 Seed composition. 7.4 Oil composition. 7.5 Chemical and physical properties of cottonseed oil. 7.6 Processing. 7.7 Cottonseed oil uses. 7.8 Co-product uses. 8 Groundnut (Peanut) Oil ( Lisa L. Dean, Jack P. Davis, and Timothy H. Sanders ). 8.1 Peanut production, history, and oil extraction. 8.2 Oil uses. 8.3 Composition of groundnut oil. 8.4 Chemical and physical characteristics of groundnut oil. 8.5 Health issues. 9 Olive Oil ( Dimitrios Boskou ). 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 Extraction of olive oil from olives. 9.3 Olive oil composition. 9.4 Effect of processing olives on the composition of virgin olive oils. 9.5 Refining and modification. 9.6 Hardening and interesterification. 9.7 Quality, genuineness and regulations. 9.8 Consumption and culinary applications. 10 Corn Oil ( Robert A. Moreau ). 10.1 Composition of corn oil. 10.2 Properties of corn oil. 10.3 Major food uses of corn oil. 10.4 Conclusions. 11 Minor and Speciality Oils ( S. Prakash Kochhar ). 11.1 Introduction. 11.2 Sesame seed oil. 11.3 Rice bran oil. 11.4 Flaxseed (linseed and linola) oil. 11.5 Safflower oil. 11.6 Argan kernel oil. 11.7 Avocado oil. 11.8 Camelina seed oil. 11.9 Grape seed oil. 11.10 Pumpkin seed oil. 11.11 Sea buckthorn oil. 11.12 Cocoa butter and CBE. 11.13 Oils containing a-linolenic acid (GLA) and stearidonic acid (SDA). 11.14 Tree nut oils. Useful Websites. Index.

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Vegetable Oils in Food Technology: Composition, Properties, and Uses

A comprehensive review of the literature about use of solvents for extraction of oilseeds is presented. Mention has been found of over 70 solvents. Currently, hexane is the major solvent in use, but recent price increases and safety, environmental and health concerns, have generated interest in alternatives. Solvents vary considerably in chemical and physical properties which affect their performance in oil extraction. The choice of solvent depends upon the primary end product desired (oil or meal). Recent research on alternative solvents has focused on ethanol, isopropanol, methylene chloride, aqueous acetone, and hexane/acetone/water mixtures.

Comparison of alternative solvents for oils extraction

Sesame is one of the earliest condiments and crops grown for edible oil. Sesame is consumed directly as sweetmeat, a “peanut butter-like” product, a candy ingredient, bread condiments, and snack foods. The world production of sesame is about 2,000,000 metric tons. China and India are the largest producers but internally consume their production. Sudan is the largest exporter of seed. Sesame contains 50% oil, which is highly resistant to oxidation, and 25% protein, which has a unique balance of amino acids. Dehulling of sesame for human consumption is important since the hull contains 2–3% oxalic acid, which chelates calcium and has a bitter flavor. Dehulled, defatted meal contains 60% protein, is bland, and contains limited qualities of flatulence-causing sugars and high quantities of phytic acid. Aqueous processing yields isolated protein containing 72% protein and recovers 56% of the seed protein. Sesame protein is very stable to heat and contains large quantities of methionine. Sesame meal has a PER of about 1.35. Sesame is low in lysine and requires supplementation or can be blended with soy protein to give PERs nearly equivalent to casein. Sesame protein is composed of nearly 80% α-globulin and 20% β-globulin. Limited attempts have been made to characterize these 2 fractions. Sesame protein has low solubility that limits food applications in its native form. Sesame protein performs better than other oilseeds in baking applications. Production of sesame is limited to countries where labor is plentiful and inexpensive until indehiscent varieties and/or improved mechanical harvesting techniques are developed. However, intense breeding and engineering research programs are in progress.

Sesame protein: A review and prospectus

Approximately 19 million metric tons of peanuts (Arachis lypogae L.) are harvested annually, and contribute over 3.5 million tons to the world’s protein pool for food and feed uses. Peanut is the world’s fourth most important source of edible vegetable oil and the third most important source of vegetable protein feed meal. About 70% of the U.S. Crop is consumed domestically or exported as peanut kernels, peanut butter, and confections. Crushing is limited primarily to culls and kernels containing aflatoxin; and to stabilize the market. However, in countries such as India, Senegal, Brazil and Argentina, 75 to nearly 100% of the crop is crushed or exported for use as oil and livestock meal. The peanut is perhaps the world’s most widely researched food protein oilseed. Advantages over other oilseeds include relatively bland flavor, minor color problems, and minimal preparation requirements. Products in use throughout the world include boiled peanuts, roasted full-fat or partially defatted peanuts, peanut butters, grits and flours (full-fat or defatted), defatted peanuts, protein concentrates, and protein isolates. Compounded food applications include fortified breads and bakery products, snacks, meat products, extended milks, cheese and curd type products, and various mass-feeding foods in developing countries. Challenges encountered in peanut utilization include improvement of flavor levels and stability, identification of nutritional adequacy and fortification requirements, elimination of antinutritional factors, development of new products and improved processes, and elimination of aflatoxin problems.

Food uses of peanut protein.

Three sorghums containing different amounts of amylose (12.2, 21.5, and 26.7%) were decorticated, ground and extruded at three extrusion moisture levels (17, 32, and 45%). Highly expanded and brittle sorghum extrudates with high degrees of starch cooking were produced at 17% extrusion moisture content. All sorghum extrudates exhibited a V-amylose x-ray diffraction pattern. Functional characteristics, such as expansion, enzyme-susceptible starch ratio, and water solubility, indicated that low amylose extrudates were more cooked than other varieties. Thin porridges prepared from extruded sorghums had an intermediate consistency, smooth texture, roasted flavor and white color. Thin porridges (atoles) from extrudates containing 21.5% amylose, were preferred by a sensory panel over those from extrudates containing 12.2 and 26.7% amylose.

Extrusion-Cooking of Sorghum Containing Different Amounts of Amylose

The production of food ingredients from undefatted soybeans by aqueous processing and isolation of protein from soy flour by ultrafiltration membranes has been demonstrated adequately during the past decade These relatively new techniques offer significant advantages over conventional soy processing methods Aqueous processing requires no petroleum-based solvent and consequently provides increased safety and flexibility of operation (because start-up and shutdown are safe and easy) It also provides opportunities for removal or deactivation of undesirable constituents of raw materials with appropriate water-soluble chemicals It is, however, less efficient in oil extraction, and demulsification is required to recover clear oil when emulsions form Ultrafiltration processes recover protein directly from soy flour extracts and thereby avoid generation of the whey which results from the conventional isoelectric precipitation These processes have the advantages of increased isolate yield (as whey proteins are recovered in the isolate), and produce products having enhanced functionality and nitrogen solubility The two processing techniques have subsequently been combined to obtain a single procedure with the advantages of each Extracts from undefatted soybeans have been membrane processed with and without separating the oil to produce a variety of new soy protein ingredients

E. W. Lusas

Papers

Comparison of alternative solvents for oils extraction

Sesame protein: A review and prospectus

Food uses of peanut protein.

Extrusion-Cooking of Sorghum Containing Different Amounts of Amylose

Soy protein ingredients prepared by new processes—Aqueous processing and industrial membrane isolation