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According to Mark Crowell, a highly experienced food product developer, there are certain points that need to be taken into account when designing the formulation of a new functional food.
There are two main questions that need to be asked when formulating the product. First, whether the concept is right or in other words, if the...
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Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) has always been associated with various health benefits making it a largely consumed fruit. Its high antioxidant activities have led to the application of pomegranate juice in functional food ingredients, mainly for heart and prostate health. These properties are due to the presence of biologically...
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Polyphenolic compounds are a heterogeneous group of molecules that are found in higher plants, which present multiple phenolic functionalities in their structure. Flavonoids and caffeoyl derivatives are the main polyphenols found in mate tea.
Flavonoids
Flavonoids are a broad class of low molecular weight, secondary plant phenolics...
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Yerba mate tea or mate is an herbal tea beverage widely consumed in South American countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, where it has indeed a profound cultural significance. It is prepared as an infusion of dried leaves of Ilex paraguariensis, and the infusion may be consumed at hot temperatures and also with...
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The enrichment of clear beverages poses the challenge of maintaining sensory properties such as transparency and avoiding turbidity. These properties may be improved by the use of nanoparticles, due to their particle size of 100 nm or even less.
In fact, a recent study presented by the University of Tennessee suggests that whey...
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Various prospective epidemiologic studies have shown an inverse relation between fish consumption and death from coronary heart disease (CHD). Recent studies have shown that both consumption of fish and higher blood concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids lower CHD mortality. Potential cardioprotective mechanisms of action of omega-3...
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Following the present trend to replace synthetic ingredients with natural ones, biopolymers are an interesting alternative to synthetic polymers used as micro and nano-encapsulation systems.
In particular, proteins are very promising as carriers of nutraceuticals due to several reasons. Proteins possess unique functional properties,...
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