The sources of energy used in cooking in most Nigeria homes are fossil fuel and biomass. The fuel is becoming expensive beyond the reach of common person. There is need to source for suitable alternative. Therefore, the work focused on use of solar cooker for cooking some staple food in Nigeria. Preliminary study was carried out to quantify appropriate water requirements for cooking some staple...

For the first time, a simple on-line continuous leaching method, where artificial gastrointestinal fluids are sequentially pumped through a mini-column of food while As is continuously monitored by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), is used to assess the bio-accessibility of As in Arabic area rice. This on-line leaching method offers several advantages over batch methods; mo...

generally the biggest group of people diet every grain of rice cereal group is the second largest member in some regions. however, unlike other grains such as rice, white beans and cooked completely consumed, fastidious taste may vary from one region to another. the overall index of consumer tastes more rice grains in appearance, size and shape, manner of cooking, the aroma, the taste of it mea...

Arsenic contamination of rice by irrigation with contaminated groundwater and secondarily increased soil arsenic compounds the arsenic burden of populations dependent on subsistence rice-diets. The arsenic concentration of cooked rice is known to increase with the arsenic concentration of the cooking water but the effects of cooking methods have not been defined. We tested the three major rice ...

Our preliminary clinical trial showed that consumption of cooked rice of a Japanese common cultivar Yukihikari improved atopic dermatitis associated with a suspected rice allergy, although the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We hypothesised that the ameliorating effect of Yukihikari on atopic dermatitis is associated with the gut microbiota. BALB/c mice were fed a synthetic diet supplemen...

The objective of this study was to determine predictive models of rice functionality from protein and starch chemistry data. One long-grain rice variety (Cocodrie) was harvested from two fields in Arkansas. Rice was harvested from 8 locations in each field. Samples were then stored at 21oC/50% RH until equilibrated to a storage moisture content of 12%. Texture properties were measured using a T...