A 60-year-old man had just enjoyed a summer meal that included hamburgers, fruit, and lettuce salad. He finished it off with some ice cream, and to make it healthier he threw on it a handful of seeds from the cupboard that he understood to be flax seeds. What he had eaten instead was a handful of Datura inoxia, or Moonflower seeds (Figure 1). Within 30 minutes he felt “drugged,” and shortly the...

Labeling a food as “organic” entails a claim about its production but is silent on its calorie content. Nevertheless, people infer that organic cookies are lower in calories and can be eaten more often than conventional cookies (Study 1). These inferences are observed even when the nutrition label conveys identical calorie content and are more pronounced among perceivers high on pro-environment...

Amaranth is a pseudo-grain with high grain yield that can withstand extreme climatic and soil conditions. also has good nutritional qualities levels of protein, minerals fat compared to commonly used grains such as corn. contains 16/100 g 173 mg / 100 calcium, 35 iron, 3 zinc higher potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, vitamins A E folic acid than cereals. Consuming this helps in improv...

In the light of high capital expenditure for manufacturing facilites in food and process industry, an increasing number of variants and frequentliy changing sales developments, simulation models are becoming more and more important for the support of capacity and production planning. In the following, the use of a simulation toolset for the support of tactical capacity planning and operative pr...

The leaves of Arum conophalloides (Araceae) were used in some west areas of Iran as a dessert. The aerial parts of the herb were collected from Sahneh Mountains, Kermanshah Province, west of Iran and was hydrodistilled by Clevenger-type apparatus. Composition of the essential oil was determined by GC and GC/MS. Totally, 18 components (92% of total essential oil) were identified. The oil contain...

The air fluorescence detectors (FDs) of the Telescope Array (TA) experiment have been constructed in a dessert of Utah, USA. We can measure the longitudinal developments of EASs directly with the FDs by detecting air fluorescence lights and determine the primary energies of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. In order for accurate observation and measurements of EASs, elaborate detector calibrations...

Dysphagia is commonly associated with malnutrition and an increased choking risk. To overcome these complications, food designed for people dysphagia should have appropriate texture a high nutritional value. In this study, six formulations of strawberry dessert enriched in protein (calcium caseinate) fiber (wheat dextrin or inulin) were developed using different hydrocolloids (xanthan gum, carb...