BACKGROUND Product placement influences consumer choices in retail stores. While sugar sweetened beverage (SSB) manufacturers expend considerable effort and resources to determine how product placement may increase SSB purchases, the information is proprietary and not available to the public health and research community. This study aims to quantify the effect of non-SSB product placement in co...

Over the years, numerous studies have been conducted into the possible links between biofilms in beverage industry and health safety. Consumers trust that the soft drinks they buy are safe and their quality is guaranteed. This chapter provides an overview of available scientific knowledge and cites numerous studies on various aspects of biofilms in drinking water technology and soft drinks indu...

UNLABELLED Water is the main constituent of the human body. It is involved in practically all its functions. It is particularly important for thermoregulation and in the physical and cognitive performance. Water balance reflects water intake and loss. Intake of water is done mainly through consumption of drinking water and beverages (70 to 80%) plus water containing foods (20 to 30%). Water los...

In a broad sense, the name coffee is used not only for fruits of the coffee tree (cherry coffee), but also for processed fruit such as green (raw) coffee, roasted coffee, instant coffee, and coffee as a beverage. The grading and quality evaluation of coffee beans is based on uniformity, purity, the absence of damaged beans, and decisively on the organoleptic properties of the beverage prepared ...

Background & Aim:The main aim of this study was stabilizing D. Sophia beverage and reduce its sedimentation rate. Experimental: Xanthan and Carboxy methyl cellulose gums have been used in three levels (0.05, .01 and .02 gr/lit) and mixture of Guar-xanthan and carboxymethyl cellulose (each .1 g/l) and extracted dried gum from D. Sophia in (1, 2 an...

BACKGROUND Soluble fibre has been proposed to suppress appetite-related perceptions and it could thus contribute favourably to the regulation of energy intake and the increasing obesity problem. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of an oat ingredient rich in beta-glucan on perceived satiety at different dietary fibre (DF) concentrations, energy levels and viscosity levels. DESIGN A total o...

Several studies have reported the ethnobotany characteristics and pharmacological properties of ayahuasca, beverage prepared from decoction of two Amazon forest native species, the vine Banisteriopsis caapi and the bush Psychotria viridis. This beverage, in which its use date from pre-Columbian period, has been employed in religious cults by many south-American populations situated in the Brazi...