Edible coatings can improve the quality of fresh, frozen, and processed meat, poultry, and seafood products by retarding moisture loss, reducing lipid oxidation and discoloration, enhancing product appearance in retail packages by eliminating dripping, sealing in volatile flavors, functioning as carriers of food additives such as antimicrobial and antioxidant agents, and reducing oil uptake by ...

The present period is characterized by a growing world population and a higher demand for more and better quality food, as well as other products for an improved standard of living. In the future, there will be increasingly strong competition for arable land and non-renewable resources such as fossil carbon-sources, water, and some minerals, as well as between food, feed, fuel, fiber, flowers, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic, global climate change, and a fast-growing human population have been reported to be leading millions into food insecurity. According an FAO report, in 2020 over 811 million people were undernourished with 418 Asia, 282 Africa 60 Latin America the Caribbean. world is off-track ending hunger improving nutrition, targets set by United Nations (UN), achieved 2030. promotion o...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations supports production edible insects as a promising sustainable source nutrients to meet increasing demand for animal-derived products by growing world population. Even if are part diet more than two billion people worldwide, practice eating (entomophagy) raises challenging questions Western countries where this is not habit. research ap...

Insects are considered as an important source of essential nutrients because their nutritional value which in turn is related to proteins, lipids, and mineral elements. In order optimise the quality insects, there a need identify processing cooking methods that will result higher retention nutrients. Several researchers have investigated effect on edible insects. The time physico-chemical param...

Tropical peri-urban ecosystems are essential for the urban population’s well-being through goods and services they provide. Unfortunately, these subjected to anthropogenic pressures various reasons. This study aims assess diversity structure of that provide most edible insects in Kinshasa. A total 360 people were interviewed identify two insect species frequently consumed. The tree inventory wa...