aims: the synthetic colors are preferred by the food industry because of the variety of shades, intensity, uniformity, excellent solubility and stability. they are used in a variety of food products such as dairy products, beverages, baked products, confections and pet foods. food colors may have toxic effects on the human body. this study aimed to examine the amount of synthetic colors in some...

Two young children inhaled sweets which dissolved in the tracheobronchial secretions and caused severe respiratory obstruction. The viscid fluid produced as the sweet dissolved was not expectorated and bronchoscopy was necessary. The oedema of the mucosa caused by the presence of a hyperosmolar sugar solution took up to 48 hours to resolve; antibiotics and steroid cover were considered necessar...

Shikany et al used data from 17,418 participants in the REGARDS study, a national, population-based, longitudinal study of white and black adults aged ≥ 45 years, enrolled between 2003-2007. They examined 536 acute coronary heart disease events at follow-up (median 5.8 years) in relation to five dietary patterns (Convenience, Plant-based, Sweets, Southern, and Alcohol and Salad). After adjustme...

Covid-19, one of the biggest crises that humanity has faced since WW2, affected normal life drastically and irreversibly. The rapid spread virus, radically changed every aspect life, starting from daily routine, way thinking behaving, shopping habits obviously eating diets. This study aims to assess analyze short-term impact quarantine on food choices citizens Tirana, Albania, identifying compa...

This article examines the intersections between sweetness, femininity and confectionery trade in eighteenth-century Barcelona, at a time of growing consumption sugar slavery. Drawing on range underexplored archival material, this study traces stories women different social groups, namely, elite housewives, nuns tradeswomen who engaged with production sweets ingenious ways. argues that period wh...