Original scientific paper In attempts to increase the production quality and to decrease the production costs in ceramic tile industry almost every phase in the production process needs to be automated. One way of decreasing the production costs is to detect the tiles with defects before the baking process (biscuit tiles). The separated tiles are returned to the input material mixture and the e...

The serious morbidity and mortality from silicosis among china biscuit-ware placers and oddmen and china biscuit warehouse workers, when flint was the placing medium for the biscuit firing, have been fully recorded by Arlidge (1892), Sutherland and Bryson (1926), Middleton (1936), and Meiklejohn (1947 and 1949). So alarming was the hazard that ceramic chemists and practical potters urgently str...

fumonisins and aflatoxins are mycotoxins that are produced by fusarium and aspergillus genus respectively. due to the toxicity of aflatoxin and fumonisin and its effects on human and animals' health, the purpose of this study was analysis of total fumonisin and total aflatoxin contamination in biscuit and cookie samples in babol city, northern iran.thirty biscuit (n=15) and cookie (n=15) sample...

This study was aimed to evaluate the impact of the fortification of biscuits with carp fish protein concentrate (CFPC) and shark fish protein concentrate (SFPC). The results show that the protein and total ash content increases by increasing the fortification level of both types of fish protein concentrate compared to the control sample. The crude fiber and carbohydrate of biscuit samples decre...

The meta-analysis of plant sterol supplement studies suggests an 8% lowering of low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol for 2 to 2.5 g/day of plant sterols. Cereal foods have been rarely tested, and one study showed a lower LDL lowering of 5.4% with 1.6 g of plant sterol in breakfast cereal. We aimed to test a breakfast wheat biscuit with 2 g of plant sterols in a single serve of two wholegra...

The effects of fibre-enriched biscuit on biomarkers associated with hepatotoxicity in diabetic rats were investigated. Diabetes was induced by single intraperitoneal injection of alloxan monohydrate. Treatment lasted for 14 days after which the rats were sacrificed by cervical dislocation. Blood serum was analyzed to determine hepatic function enzymes. The liver was also analyzed to determine h...

nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (nvp) are often alleviated by eating dried biscuits or foods. natural products such as ginger have been suggested as herbal remedies for its treatment. the purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of ginger in biscuit form for the treatment. sixty-five women with nvp at or before 17 weeks of gestation, who attended the antenatal clinic of yahyane...