Personal & Home Care, Food & Agriculture – Page 2

Meat Spoilage Sensing Devices

Bosnick K., Tay L.L., Bruce J., Smith B., Zhang H., Shwartz C., National Research Council Canada, CA

The safety, sustainability, and profitability of the food industry will remain a key societal challenge in the decades ahead. For example, the value of food waste in Canada is currently over $31 billion annually (or [...]

Nanostructured biopolymers obtained from blends by extrusion

Rodriguez J.H., Tadini C.C., Gastaldi E., University of Sao Paulo, BR

The extrusion of biopolymers is a promising technology for the plastic industry since enables to lead to wide range of innovative and environmentally friendly products displaying many advantages for the food packaging sector such the [...]

Development of curcuminoids oil nanoemulsions produced by high-energy methods: Microfluidization vs ultrasonication.

Espinosa-Andrews H., Paez-Hernandez G., CIATEJ, AC, MX

Turmeric curcuminoids are phytopolylphenol pigments of Curcuma longa root used in foods due to their yellow-orange bright shades and to their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, and anticancer activities. They are highly sensitive to pH, [...]

Electrosprayed particles derived from nano-emulsions as carriers of fish oil

Paximada P., Howarth M., Dubey B., Sheffield Hallam University, UK

High intake of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) has been proven to decrease health risks in terms of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases. Thus, the development of novel foods enriched with PUFA's is [...]

Food Materials & Innovations

Engineered Core-Shell Cu particles demonstrate strong potential for plant disease control

Young M., Ozcan A., Myers M.E., Graham J.H., Santra S., University of Central Florida, US

Copper (Cu) bactericides/fungicides are used extensively for crop protection in agriculture. There is an increasing concern for Cu accumulation in fertile soil and potential for Cu leaching into the surrounding ecosystem. Moreover, development of Cu [...]

Organic Solvent Nanofiltration Membranes to Separate and Purify Fatty Acids

Bowden N.B., University of Iowa, US

Separations in the chemical industry account for 40-70% of the total operating costs because most separations require high amounts of energy or the use of solvents that must be removed and recycled. Membranes are extensively [...]

Rapid authentication of edible oils by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry

Ng T-T, So P-K, Zheng B., Yao Z., The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK

Authentication of edible oils has been an important issue in food safety, particularly important with the widespread use of recycled cooking oils (gutter oils) in recent years. However, conventional analytical approaches for analysis of edible [...]

Food Materials & Innovations

Contributions of the main flour constituents to dough rheology, and resulting implications for dough quality and its assessment

Meerts M., Cardinaels R., Oosterlinck F., Courtin C.M., Moldenaers P., KU Leuven, BE

Although bread making has been practised for millennia, the fundamental understanding of the relations between dough microstructure and dough behavior/rheology is surprisingly limited. The complex dough matrix consists of a hydrated gluten network that is [...]