Cocoa Butter Improvers (CBIs) Versus Cocoa Butter Equivalents (CBEs)
Cocoa butter is a critical ingredient in chocolate manufacturing due to its unique melting properties, texture, and flavor. However, it is also expensive and susceptible […]
FOOD AND DRINK
The Health Benefits Of Lentils
Lentils are probably one of the healthiest foods you can eat. They are a legume and rival chickpeas for their nutritional value. Introduction As we […]
Ginger – Its Many Valuable Health Benefits And Uses
The rhizomes of ginger (Zingiber officinale. Roscoe, family: Zingiberacea) have been used as a traditional home remedy for millenia. It is only in recent years that […]
The Seeds And Oil Of Nigella sativa (Kalonji)
Nigella seeds may not be that well known in Western style cuisine but throughout Asia, especially India, Kalonji as it is known is a common […]
The Composition Of Eggs
Eggs are a basic food throughout human civilization and a provider of much needed nutrition. They also have exceptional functional benefits throughout food manufacture such […]
What Is Tyrosinase?
Tyrosinase is an enzyme that catalyses the rate-limiting step in melanin synthesis in animals. It helps converts the amino acid tyrosine to DOPA in particular […]
Garlic Just Great For Good Health
Garlic (Allium sativum L.) has long been regarded as a healthy vegetable. It is a member of the Lily family (Liliaceae). Whether we consume the […]
Acute Pancreatitis Might Be Better Managed Through Personalised Nutrition
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a highly unpleasant gastrointestinal illness. The number of people affected by it is rising and it is not entirely clear why. […]
Tributyrin: Just The Ingredient For Product Development
Tributyrin (TB) could be a product developer’s answer to incorporating an extremely difficult compound called butyrate into a food product. Tributyrin (TB) is a triglyceride […]
The Joy Of Camel Milk
Camel milk is a particularly delicious dairy drink. There are many nutritional and health benefits touted for camel milk proteins and a number of peptides. […]
Introduction To Processed Cheese
Processed cheeses or process cheese as its sometimes called (PCP) are composite dairy foods which are to all intents and purposes reconstructed cheese products. They […]
COVID Alters Shopping And Eating Behaviours
Shopping for food has altered our behaviour according to new market research. From the start of the COVID pandemic, a number of research institutes and […]
Tencha Tea
Tencha is a green tea with a slight seaweed aroma and flavour made from Camellia sinensis var. sinensis. It was firs produced during the rule of the […]
Erythritol
Erythritol is a natural sugar alcohol which has found widespread use as a low calorie sweetener for use in diabetic foods. It is mainly manufactured […]
Poultry Meat Quality: Pinking
Meat is still one of the main products of the food industry but it is slowly being overtaken by a rise in vegetarianism and veganism […]
Pet Foods Get Commercially Exciting As We Struggle Through The Pandemic
Pet foods used to be about pouches and dogs with wagging tails. In recent times the focus has suddenly shifted to less meat, more vegetarian […]
Chardonnay: Origins, Characteristics, and Production
Chardonnay is one of the most popular and widely planted white wine grape varieties in the world. Known for its versatility, it produces wines that […]
The Importance Of Starch Gelatinization
Starch is the major storage carbohydrate in plants. It’s also perhaps the most important agricultural commodity in food and is a basic source of energy […]
Making Delicious Potato Crisps – Stuff You Wanted To Know About Them
Potato crisps, also known as potato chips in some countries especially the USA, are as popular a snack as they always were. It’s all about […]
Coffee: What are the Health Benefits?
Introduction Coffee is probably the most popular daily beverage in the world and at the current rate of consumption might even supersede tea in a […]