Rice flour, corn flour and deoiled rice bran blends were used to prepare ready-to-eat extrudates

Transmission of foodborne pathogens by plants, especially shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, has become a public health concern for ready-to-eat products. Due to the patchy distribution on commodities, random sampling before processing and following packaging cannot reliably exclude presence pathogenic microbes. Robust, cost-effective, reliable methods monitoring E. coli fresh produce are ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the nutrient composition of complementary foods consumed by 6-12-month-old South African infants. DESIGN Nutrient intake was determined for infants who were recruited to participate in a randomised controlled trial using a single 24-hour dietary recall. SETTING/SUBJECTS Infants aged 6-12 months (n=475) residing in The Valley of a Thousand Hills, a rural area in KwaZul...

carotenoids are red, orange and yellow pigments, which are widely distributed in fruit and vegetables. the aim of this research is to investigate the effect of conventional, high pressure and microwave cooking on the concentrations of β-carotene in carrot and sweet corn. raw carrots were washed, peeled and diced to a uniform size and then frozen at -70°c. sweet corn was also provided in a simil...