background: breakfast cereal is a nutritious type of food that is widely consumed by various age groups in kuwait. this study investigates the presence of long-lived gamma emitters in breakfast cereal, and estimates annual effective doses to various age groups. materials and methods: breakfast cereal samples were collected from the kuwaiti local market. the samples originated from different cou...

Many artificial synthetic colorants, which have widely been used in foodstuff, dyestuff, cosmetic and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, comprise various hazardous effects. To counter act the ill effect of synthetic colorants, there is worldwide interest in process of development for the production of pigments from natural sources. The utilization of natural pigments in foodstuff, dyestuff...

Aflatoxins are carcinogenic substances produced by fungi and due to the growth of fungi in a wide range of commodities including cereals, nuts, figs and spices, it is necessary to test such products for the presence of aflatoxins prior to their incorporation into other foodstuff or feeds. There is a need for a quick, simple test which can be used to check a diverse range of foodstuff. Two diffe...

Background Lipid Transfer Protein (LTP) allergy constitutes the first cause of food allergy to vegetables in Southern Europe. LTPs are highly stable proteins, resistant to both gastric digestion and high temperatures. Allergic reactions to multiples vegetables, not phylogenetically related, are produced based on the cross-reactivity among these proteins, a phenomenon that has been named LTP syn...

nonpasturized cream is usually contaminated with different types of pathogens, and its use in foodstuffs such as creamy cake and ice-cream is the main cause of contamination of such foodstuffs. the purpose of the analysis was to show the contamination rate of nonpasturized cream and foodstuffs in which such creams are used. studies carried out on 70 samples from 231 distribution centers, from d...

BACKGROUND, AIM, AND SCOPE Food consumption is an important route of human exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals. So far, this has been demonstrated by exposure modeling or analytical identification of single substances in foodstuff (e.g., phthalates) and human body fluids (e.g., urine and blood). Since the research in this field is focused on few chemicals (and thus missing mixture effect...

Chocolate is a widely appreciated foodstuff with historical appreciation as food from the gods. In addition to its highly palatable taste, it rich source of (poly)phenolics, which have several proposed salutogenic effects, including neuroprotective anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and cardioprotective capabilities. Despite known benefits this ancient foodstuff, there paucity information on effec...