Quality control of plant food supplements

Quality control of plant food supplements.

It is essential to guarantee the safety of unprocessed plants and food supplements if consumers' health is to be protected. Although botanicals and their preparations are regulated at EU level, at least in part, there is still considerable discretion at national level, and Member States may choose to classify a product either as a food supplement or as a drug. Accurate data concerning the finis...

Microbiological Quality of Food Supplements.

Many specialists note that the food offered today - as a result of very complex technological processing - is devoid of many components that are important for the organism and the shortages have to be supplemented. The simplest for it is to consume diet supplements that provide the missing element in a concentrated form. In accordance with the applicable law, medicinal products include all subs...

Editorial board: Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control

Could We Really Use Aloe vera Food Supplements to Treat Diabetes? Quality Control Issues

Diabetes UK has recently listed a number of herbs and spices that have been clinically shown to improve blood glucose control in type-2 diabetes patients and the diabetes high-risk group. With Aloe vera being top in this list, its health benefit along with health and beauty/food retailers supplying it was illustrated in detail. Previous article from this laboratory scrutinised the merit of usin...

Plant Cell Walls and Food Quality

Introduction Plant cell walls constitute the key structural components of plants and many foods derived thereof. For decades, it has also been appreciated that they play a central role in determining the quality characteristics of many plant-based foods, particularly texture (Van Buren 1979). There is an implicit assumption that by understanding the physics, chemistry, biochemistry, and molecul...