Food and nutrition security exist when there is availability and accessibility of food in terms of quality and quantity. Each environment has foods adapted to the region and culturally acceptable to the inhabitants. Niche foods have in the recent past been neglected yet...

The Rapid development of 3D printing and additive manufacturing (AM) technology has spurred the 4th industrial revolution. As a result of the convergence of single line design (SLD) and the economically favored screw type extrusion (STE) process, non-Newtonian fluid foo...

In India, recently introduced pacu fish farming is picking up fast without envisaging scientific track to promote or regulate it. The unofficially introduced pacu in India is projected to be Piaractus brachypomus relying on the identifying characteristics. However, the ...

Les plantes spontanées sahariennes sont très caractéristiques par leur mode d’adaptation particulier à l’environnement désertique très contraignant à leur survie. Certaines espèces possèdent des propriétés pharmacologiques qui leur confèrent un intérêt médicinal. En Alg...

The effect of high pressure thermal (HPT) treatments on the inactivation of spores of non-proteolytic type E Clostridium botulinum TMW 2.990 was investigated at high pressures (300 to 600 MPa) and elevated temperatures (80 to 100 °C) in four low-acid foods (steamed sole...

Stevia rebaudiana est un arbrisseau appartenant a la famille des Asteracees. Recemment, elle a ete introduite au Maroc a partir de son pays originaire le Paraguay, ses molecules possedent un pouvoir sucrant qui est environ 300 fois plus sucre que le saccharose. Cette ca...

Abstract The present study provides a comparative assessment of non-invasive sensors as means of estimating the microbial contamination and “time-on-shelf” (i.e. storage time) of leafy green vegetables, using a novel unified spectra analysis workflow. Two types of fresh...

Quality evaluation of agricultural products is most commonly conducted using destructive methods. Ripeness and maturity of fruits are determined by measuring internal and external characteristic of fruits. Destructive method enables to measure texture, color, sugar cont...

Background Consumption of meat prepared by barbecuing is associated with risk of cancer due to formation of carcinogenic compounds including benzo[a]pyrene (BaP). Assessment of a population’s risk of disease and people’s individual probability of disease given specific ...

Majority of the households in Mali depend on rain-fed agriculture for their food production. Overreliance on rain-fed agriculture limit limits the production output due to unreliable rainfall in the country. To mitigate this, the government has invested in rehabilitatio...