A 2-day forum was convened to discuss the current status and future implications of reducing trans fatty acids without increasing saturated fats in the food supply while maintaining functionality and consumer acceptance of packaged, processed, and prepared foods. Attendees represented the agriculture and oilseed industry and oil processing, food manufacturing, food service, government, food tec...

background: safety and efficacy of the synthetic antioxidants used in the food industry are frequently questioned because such antioxidants are unstable and highly volatile, therefore, interest in finding naturally occurring antioxidants that have the potential to protect human beings from damage induced by oxidative stress has intensified. objective: bioactivities of thymus daenensis and aneth...

BACKGROUND The plants belonging to the Ocimum genus of the Lamiaceae family are considered to be a rich source of essential oils which have expressed biological activity and use in different area of human activity. There is a great variety of chemotypes within the same basil species. Essential oils from three different cultivars of basil, O. basilicum var. purpureum, O. basilicum var. thyrsiflo...

background: essential oils from elettaria cordamomum (cardamom oil) and lavandula angustifolia (lavender oil) are used a lot in food and drug industry. cardamom oil traditionally used as spice in food now is increasingly used as diuretic, sedative and for gastrointestinal disease. lavender oil, traditionally used as an antiseptic agent, is now widely used as a relaxant, carminative, and sedativ...

The addition of some fat co- and by-products to feeds is usual nowadays; however, the regulations of their use are not always clear and vary between countries. For instance, the use of recycled cooking oils is not allowed in the European Union, but they are used in other countries. However, oils recovered from industrial frying processes could show satisfactory quality for this purpose. Here we...

Biodiesel production sustainability relates to decision making on blending involving economic and environmental criteria. Several feedstocks candidate in European countries biodiesel industry, namely different vegetable origin oils. The present research aims at assessing the impact of technological constraints allocated to the decision objectives taking into account ...

That mineral oils and their derivatives would induce squamous-cell carcinoma when painted on to the skin of mice was reported by Twort and Twort (1931), and in a series of other papers by these authors which have since been statistically analysed by Irwin and Goodman (1946). More recent work has demonstrated that both straight-run distillates (Woodhouse and Irwin, 1950) and high boiling point f...

the production of healthy and high-quality meat and meat products in line with consumers’ demand for natural foods has become a major challenge for the meat production industry. herbal extracts and essential oils have shown potentially significant antimicrobial effects against spoilage and pathogenic microorganisms present in meat products; however, they tend to have a limited use due to the in...

Major changes occurred in the fats and oils data for foods in the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR), Releases 17, 18, and 20. New items were added and values for existing items updated. These datawere incorporated into the Food andNutrient Database for Dietary Studies (FNDDS), Releases 2.0 and 3.0 through cooperation between the Food Surveys Research Group (FSRG), wher...