Fruit pomace remaining after juice extraction is still a source of bioactive compounds. Especially rich in these compounds is the pomace from blackcurrant fruit and from fruits of little-known horticultural plants, like: rowan, rosehip and elderberry. The addition of fruit pomace to bakery and confectionery products, especially to those made of white flour, may significantly enrich their compos...

BACKGROUND The effects of mixtures of reducing and oxidising agents on the rheological characteristics and quality of wheat flour dough and the sensory characteristics of buns were studied. RESULTS In chemical analyses, no differences between control dough and doughs with individual mixtures of additives were found. Rheological measurements showed that increasing addition of L-ascorbic acid +...

Aims In bakery products, quality attributes of the crust such as crispy texture and colour and of the crumb as softness and springiness are important attributes for consumer’s perception. These attributes mainly set up during the baking stage and are influenced by the baking conditions (oven temperature, steam injection...). Many physical and chemical changes occur to lead to a porous structure...

AIM To describe the latent period for symptomatic sensitization in bread bakery workers. METHODS Data on the latent period for symptomatic sensitization, resulting in either asthma or rhinitis, were obtained from an in-house health surveillance programme in a single large organization. RESULTS Over a period of 10 years, 90 employees were identified with symptoms attributable to sensitizatio...

Baker's asthma, like other forms of occupational asthma is probably the most serious manifestation of occupational allergy among bakery workers. It is caused by immunologic sensitization and subsequent allergic reactions in the airways to occupational specific airborne allergens. Skin Prick Tests (SPTs) play an important role in the diagnosis of baker's asthma and epidemiological field studies ...

Bread is the most affordable products in world. In addition, bread and bakery have high indicators of nutritional biological value. The important direction this sphere, according to experts, enrichment with proteins, essential amino acids, various macro- micronutrients. At same time, it that final product has quality, attractive consumer properties can be effectively sold retail chains. Rheolog...

In October 2012, a hepatitis A (HA) outbreak with 83 laboratory-confirmed cases occurred in Lower Saxony. We defined primary outbreak cases as people with laboratory-confirmed HA and symptom onset between 8 October and 12 November 2012, residing in or visiting the affected districts. Secondary outbreak cases were persons with symptom onset after 12 November 2012 and close contact with primary c...

The increasing knowledge of sourdough fermentation generates new opportunities for its use in the bakery field. New fermentation technologies emerged through in depth sourdough research. Dextrans are extracellular bacterial polysaccharides produced mainly by lactic acid bacteria (LAB). These bacteria convert sucrose thanks to an inducible enzyme called dextransucrase into dextran and fructose. ...

background: low attention to dairy product consumptions and high intake of junk foods and bakery products might be related to high prevalence of chronic diseases because of their fat content and fatty acid composition.  objective: in this study we investigated the kind and amount of fatty acid content in iranian junk foods, dairy, and bakery products materials and methods: some common brands of...