Showing papers in "Food Research International in 2008"

TL;DR: In this article, an updated methodology to determine the antioxidant capacity in plant foods, oils and beverages is presented, including extraction of antioxidants, measurement of antioxidant capacity, and expression of results.

TL;DR: Non-dairy probiotic beverages are being commercialized and are discussed in this review, probably, beverages such as fruit and vegetable juices would be the next food category where the healthy probiotic bacteria will make their mark.

TL;DR: Barley β-glucans have been associated with lowering plasma cholesterol, reducing glycaemic index, and reducing risk of colon cancer as mentioned in this paper, and their potential application as food hydrocolloids has been also proposed based on their rheological characteristics.

TL;DR: This review discusses about rarely reviewed 24 plants reported to have antioxidant properties, which indicate that these plants could be source of dietary antioxidant supplies, which is another emerging area of research.

TL;DR: In this paper, oil-in-water nano-emulsions of β-carotene were produced by high pressure homogenization and the influence of emulsifying conditions including emulsifier type and concentration, homogenisation pressure, temperature and cycle on the properties and stability of the nanoemulsion was investigated using a Zetasizer and a Turbiscan Lab, respectively.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed all the major processes involved from raw material to finished products in relation to noodle processing properties and cooked noodle texture, and guidelines were provided to select the right ingredients to produce high quality noodle products.

TL;DR: It is concluded that barcodes have broad applicability for authenticity testing and the phylogeographic patterning of genetic diversity can also inform aspects of traceability.

TL;DR: In this article, the surface oil content and surface oil coverage of encapsulated powders were investigated in nano-particle encapsulation by spray drying by preparing sub-micron emulsions via high energy emulsifying techniques, namely Microfluidization and Ultrasonication.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors estimated in vitro antioxidant activities of 68 common Chinese herbals both for medical and food uses, using Folin-Ciocalteu, ferric-reducing/antioxidant power (FRAP) and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical-scavenging assays.

TL;DR: A novel microencapsulation method is presented, which protects probiotic bifidobacteria during exposure to adverse environmental conditions, and prevents pepsin-induced degradation of the gelatin microspheres in simulated gastric juice.

TL;DR: The SPI film incorporated with the combined GSE, nisin, and EDTA demonstrated the greatest inhibitory activity against Listeria monocytogenes, which has potential applications to maintain shelf life, and improve safety of ready-to-eat food products.

TL;DR: The effect of the nature of the cultivar and the degree of ripening of the olive fruit on the biophenolic and volatile profiles of six different Spanish varieties (Arbequina, Cornicabra, Morisca, Picolimon, Picudo and Picual) and their corresponding virgin olive oils was determined in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, pullulan, alginate, and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) films were solvent cast from aqueous polymer solution, and the FTIR results indicated that the combination of glycerol further reduced tensile strength, increased elongation at break, weakened water barrier properties, but enhanced solubilization in water.

TL;DR: In this article, normal corn starch was chemically modified by oxidation, acetylation, hydroxypropylation and cross-linking, and the digestibility and glycemic indices (GI) of these modified starches were examined by in vitro hydrolysis using pancreatic α-amylase.

TL;DR: In this paper, the antioxidant efficacy of Pomegranate peels (PP) extracts has been estimated in stabilization of sunflower oil and the results reveal PP to be a potent antioxidant for the stabilization of Sunflower oil.

TL;DR: In this article, Tannin extracts from persimmon pulp were extracted with methanol acidified with 1% HCl, and then purified on AB-8 macroporous resin.

TL;DR: The cell membranes of Salmonella typhimurium treated by EO and EO in combination with N were significantly damaged, while cells treated with only N looked similar to untreated cells, and the electron micrographs of treated cells of S. aureus showed important morphological damages and disrupted membranes.

TL;DR: The physicochemical properties including in vitro starch digestibility and expected glycemic index (eGI) of bean flour and isolated bean starch from different cultivars grown in Canada were investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between consumers' perceptions of freshness and sensory character were determined for different bread types using principal component analysis (PCA) and Hierarchical cluster analysis.

TL;DR: In this article, a review about the effects of each of the processing stages of pasteurized apple juice on the increase, prevalence or reduction of patulin (PAT) levels in the final product is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, the antioxidant properties of kinema extract, fermented using Bacillus subtilis, and cooked non-fermented (CNF) soybean were evaluated by four in vitro methods, namely stable DPPH -scavenging activity, Fe3+-reducing power, Fe2+-chelating activity, and activity in linoleic acid emulsion system.

TL;DR: Nine probiotic lactobacilli strains were evaluated for their ability to survive in a commercial fruit drink stored at 4 °C for up to 80 days, and it was shown that the cultures generally had higher growth rates as pH increased from 3.8 to 4.2.

TL;DR: The LAMP method reported here demonstrated a potential and valuable means for detection of Salmonella especially for its rapidity, simplicity and low cost.

TL;DR: Electronic tongue as an analytical tool was attempted to identify tea grade level coupled with pattern recognition method and showed that the ANN model is better than the KNN model.

TL;DR: In this article, a combination of spectral range selection by interval partial least squares (iPLS) and variable selection by the successive projections algorithm (SPA) is proposed to obtain simple multiple linear regression (MLR) models based on a small subset of wavenumbers.

TL;DR: To discriminate the honeybee species producing honey using SDS–PAGE, artificial marker proteins were produced from Escherichia coli and showed different molecular weights of 56 and 59 kDa, respectively.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the effect on antioxidant and radical scavenging activities of black tea on addition of milk and sugar and found that the antioxidant activity of B was highest followed by BS and BMS.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the use of digital images (DI) to estimate CIE L∗a∗b∗, hue angle and chroma of beef, as compared to a colorimeter (CM).

TL;DR: Evaluated for the first time the different microorganism populations in brine during the processing of Arbequina table olives, finding that the development of lactic acid bacteria was delayed in deep brine.

TL;DR: The study indicated that optimal quality of CCW bread loaf could be attained by appropriate selection of cassava genotype and fertilizer application.