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...

In the large compound kitchens of the gold mines of the Witwatersrand, where food is prepared for over a quarter of a million Bantu workers, there is a present trend to replace open cooking by pressure cooking. Of the food consumed, the vegetable stew is the chief, and sometimes the sole, source of vitamin C; however, since scurvy occurs infrequently, the amount of the vitamin provided up to no...

in recent years, heavy metal contamination of rice in different parts of the world has raised concerns about its safety and provoked crisis in it's global production and trade. in iran, also some studies have reported on the heavy metal contamination of native products. however, the concentration of heavy metals in rice grain could be influenced through preparation and cooking. this study aimed...

0308-8146/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.01.089 Abbreviations: E, extruded; EP, extruded and puffe puffed; NMR, nuclear magnetic resonance; MRI, ma parboiled; PDE, partial differential equations; PP, parb tomography; l-CT, micro computer tomography; W demand; WP, wet-processed and puffed. * Corresponding author. Tel.: +386 1 4766552; fax: E-mail address: ale...

introduction: frying is one of the most popular cooking methods. however, harmful substances are created during the frying process, with the stability of oil negatively affected. this study evaluates the stability of fatty acid content of several cooking and frying oils available on the iranian market during the process of frying. materials and methods: samples from 5 different frying oils and ...

Cooking oils are among the most important dietary components. Some of the influential factors in the combustion pattern of cooking oils include the mode of cooking, knowledge of the diseases caused by cooking oils, and price of cooking oils. This cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study was conducted in the winter of 2018. The research units were selected via simple random sampling. The sa...

antibacterial drugs used in animal might result in deposition of residues in meat, milk and eggs. the presence of antimicrobial residues in animal-originated food is critical problem in many countries over the years. because, drug residues might result in various health hazards, both actual incidence of reactions and potential hazards perceived by the public, the most countries assess residue o...

abstract in order to study the effects of quantitative and qualitative traits on cooking characteristics and protein percentage of 15 red bean genotypes, a randomized complete block design was conducted with three replications in normal irrigation and drought stress. these traits were measured in farm and nutrition laboratory employing international standard of ciat. analyses of variance showed...