The terms 'a1cohol' and 'a1coholic beverages' tend to be used interchangeably to designate the product consumed, and the same practice has been followed in this monograph. A distinction is made, however, between alcohol or a1coholIc beverages and the substance ethanoL. This monograph includes only data relevant to the consumption of alcoholic beverages by humans: occupational exposures to ethan...

this study used the partial least squares (pls) approach to examine the effect of corporate reputation on the customer loyalty of the food and beverages industry in nigeria. the data for this study were collected from the customers in kano state nigeria. out of 250 distributed questionnaires, 212 usable questionnaires were returned. before examining the effect of corporate reputation on the cus...

abstract background: athletes’ recovery is important in improving their performance. nutritional strategies can be effective in enhancing recovery rate. choosing the best food items in appropriate intervals can play effective roles in resynthesis of fuels and recovery of muscle injury. beverage micro and macronutrient content are helpful in fuel restoration. in this study, we assess the effects...

conclusions the composition of unrecorded samples did not raise major toxicological concern beyond ethanol in alcohol products. however, concentration levels of methanol in some unrecorded alcohol samples made these samples detrimental for human consumption. results of 877 reports of alcohol samples, more than 50% were obtained from mashhad and the rest were from the suburbs. of the reports, 57...

background: general and abdominal obesity are major global health problems. this cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the association between consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (ssbs) and body mass index and waist circumference status in 5852 iranian adults within the framework of the tehran lipid and glucose study (tlgs). methods: intakes of ssbs including carbonated drinks an...

Whey is a by product in the process of cheese production. Composition and characteristics of whey are depending on the production technology of the end product and on the quality of the used milk. Liquid whey consists approximately 93% of water and contains almost 50% of total solids present in the milk of which lactose is the main constituent. Lactose is the main constituent of whey while prot...

Aluminum present in a beverages can affect the taste. This application note describes the determination of aluminum in beverages using an Agilent 4100 MP-AES. Beverages contain a variety of matrix constituents, including salt, sugar, and alcohol. A study was performed to determine how these matrix constituents affect aluminum measurements, and what could be done to reduce such effects. It was d...

Caffeine is a well-known stimulant that is added as an ingredient to various carbonated soft drinks. Due to its stimulatory and other physiological effects, individuals desire to know the exact amount of caffeine consumed from these beverages. This study analyzed the caffeine contents of 56 national-brand and 75 private-label store-brand carbonated beverages using high-performance liquid chroma...

OBJECTIVES To examine (a) whether consumers of alcopops compared to consumers of other alcoholic beverages but not alcopops have riskier drinking patterns and more alcohol-related consequences (e.g. truancy, scuffles, problems with parents) and (b) whether the amount of alcopops consumed is associated independently with risky drinking patterns and alcohol-related consequences over and above tho...

Street-vended foods and beverages, an integral part of urban economies in the developing world, have been implicated in cholera transmission in Latin America. To improve the microbiologic quality of market-vended beverages in Guatemala, we tested a simple system consisting of dilute bleach (4.95% free available chlorine) for water purification, narrow-mouth plastic vessels with spigots for disi...