{"title":"Investigation Physico-Chemical Characterization of Jaggery from Different Sugarcane Varieties","authors":"Amrat Pal Singh, Alok Sharma","doi":"10.53388/fh20221101022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53388/fh20221101022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15823,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food and Health","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81173401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PVP/PVA blended hydrogels as a biofilm for use in food packaging applications","authors":"F. Gökmen","doi":"10.3153/fh22017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3153/fh22017","url":null,"abstract":"Bio-films have been produced that attract attention with their functional behavior among conventional food packaging materials of bio-based polymer blends. The physical and morphological properties of copolymeric biofilms have been extensively investigated. Biodegradable polymer and copolymer films were produced by in situ polymerization technique and prepared as solution casting. The strong water absorbency of polyvinyl alcohol and the antimicrobial property of polyvinylpyrrolidone are combined in a single material. Structural and morphological properties of the films were characterized by Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscope analysis. These results show that the films obtained can be used as an environmentally friendly bio-based polymer blend packaging material to extend the shelf life of food products.","PeriodicalId":15823,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food and Health","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89407417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Berik, Ekrem Cem Çankırılıgil, H. Ormancı, Akın Yıldız
{"title":"Evaluation of sea lettuce (Ulva rigida) collected from Çanakkale Strait as salad and soup by determining the seasonal nutritional content","authors":"N. Berik, Ekrem Cem Çankırılıgil, H. Ormancı, Akın Yıldız","doi":"10.3153/fh22013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3153/fh22013","url":null,"abstract":"The main aims of this study are determining seasonal chemical composition of green seaweed and evaluating usage of a food source with different processing techniques. For this purpose, Ulva rigida were collected from Çanakkale Strait, Türkiye and amino acid, fatty acid and proximate composition were determined seasonally in both fresh and dried samples. According to results; Ulva rigida contains high protein and amino acids content whereas it has low fat content differs in the range of 0.46-0.85 % in fresh samples and 1.81-4.53 % in dried ones. In the following, the obtained algae samples in the all seasons were processed into salad and algae soup. Most favorite consuming options determined as algae salad among groups. Besides, two consuming options were scored highest in spring and autumn. In a conclusion, Ulva rigida is evaluated a desirable aquatic food source by the consumers, especially in spring.","PeriodicalId":15823,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food and Health","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78211672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Germinated foods and their effects on health","authors":"Zeynep Kalaycı, Aysel Şahin Kaya","doi":"10.3153/fh22031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3153/fh22031","url":null,"abstract":"Plant sprouts attract attention as ready-to-eat healthy foods in many countries. Different processes such as adding nutrients to the environment, especially humidity and temperature, are also necessary to ensure optimum germination. Germination is an inexpensive and effective method for improving the nutritional quality of plants. In the past, germination of legumes, especially some grains such as wheat and barley, was a common practice, but today, alfalfa, broccoli, soybean and some other cereal grains are germinated and consumed as sprouts. The amount of antinutritional factors decreases with germination; The amount of bioactive compounds such as phenolic compounds, phytosterols, folate, gamma aminobutyric acid, antioxidant activity and digestibility can also increase. In addition, the synthesis of new compounds such as Ɣ-oryzanol and amino acids increases during the germination process. In addition to the many physiological effects of germinated nutrients; It has been reported that these foods may have a decrease in the risk of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and neurological diseases. Therefore, germinated foods are considered as functional foods. Various biological activities of germinated nutrients have still not been conclusively proven. Therefore, there is a need for more studies on the various bioactive component contents of germinated foods and their effects on human health.","PeriodicalId":15823,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food and Health","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87076815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of total phenolic contents and antioxidant activities of propolis in different solvents","authors":"Tuğba Nigar Bozkuş, O. Değer","doi":"10.3153/fh22011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3153/fh22011","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to deter-mine which solvent is the best for the solubility of the propolis by using concentra-tions of total polyphenols and flavonoids, ferric reduc-ing antioxidant power (FRAP) assay, and total an-tioxidant status (TAS) in extracts of propolis from different provinces of Tü-rkiye prepared with water, ethanol, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), glycerol and ace-tone. Propolis samples were lyophilized in the same sol-vents except for that glycer-ol and acetone. Total con-centrations of polyphenols and flavonoids, FRAP, and TAS of both normal and ly-ophilized extracts were found be consistent when compared with each other. After extraction of propolis and evaluation of the total polyphenol and flavonoid content and antioxidant ca-pacity, we concluded that it is mostly dissolved in DMSO, and after that in ethanol, acetone, glycerol respectively, and the least in water according to our ex-traction and analysis meth-ods.","PeriodicalId":15823,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food and Health","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90279569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigation of effect of antibacterial, antioxidant, and phytochemical factors of Ocimum basilicum extract on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus","authors":"Fatemeh Fazli, M. Owrang, A. Ahmadi","doi":"10.53388/fh20220801015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53388/fh20220801015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15823,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food and Health","volume":"124 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73458231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Innovative approaches in functional chocolate production","authors":"K. Çelik, Pelin Günç Ergönül, Simge Çelik","doi":"10.3153/fh22023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3153/fh22023","url":null,"abstract":"Chocolate; It is a foodstuff obtained by using cocoa products, sugars and/or sweeteners, milk or dairy products and additives and/or flavorings permitted in the Turkish Food Codex Regulation. Cocoa (Theobroma cocoa), the raw material of chocolate, positively affects heart health, due to the minerals, polyphenols, and high antioxidant activity. Functional foods are foods that do not contain synthetic components and have health and well-being promoting properties as well as nutritious effects. For a food to be functional, it must contain factors such as bioactive components, probiotic microorganisms and prebiotic substances. Today, consumers to be healthier to their nutrition and turn to products with reduced fat and calorie content. Since chocolate is a high-calorie food with its high fat and sucrose ratio, its consumption is at a low rate. To positively affect human health, functional chocolate is produced by using probiotic microorganisms, adding ingredients such as inulin, polydextrose, sweeteners, different fat substitutes to it, reducing the amount of sugar and fat, and increasing the antioxidant capacity. In this review, the developments in chocolate production from year to year, what is functional chocolate, studies on functional chocolate and the health aspect of chocolate composition are examined.","PeriodicalId":15823,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food and Health","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88103684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Artificial meat production and future vision","authors":"Darya Farhoomand, Aybüke Okay, E. Aras, I. Büyük","doi":"10.3153/fh22024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3153/fh22024","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial meat shows great promise as a method for use in future food production. It is predicted that traditional meat will be insufficient with the increasing human population. In addition, artificial meat has many advantages in terms of human health, such as being sustainable for the environment, controlled fat content, and absence of antibiotics and hormones compared to traditional meat. Artificial meat, also known as cultured meat, is produced through in vitro myogenesis, which includes muscle tissue-based protein products, stem cell culture, and differentiation, and mature muscle cell processing for flavor and texture. Artificial meat production consists of a sequential process; firstly muscle sampling for stem cell collection and followed by muscle tissue dissociation and muscle stem cell isolation, primary cell culture, high cell culture, and ending with muscle differentiation and maturation. A deep understanding of the process by considering its pros and cons will help not only artificial meat production but also the food industry in business sectors seeking new biomaterials. By explaining the methods utilized for artificial meat production, this study is created to prepare for the new era of cellular agriculture as well as for application in academia and industry.","PeriodicalId":15823,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food and Health","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85481141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Food allergy knowledge, attitudes, and practices of food handlers working in the five-star hotel kitchens in Turkey","authors":"U. Lokman, A. Akoğlu","doi":"10.3153/fh22003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3153/fh22003","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to determine the food allergy knowledge, attitudes and practices of food handlers working in five-star hotel kitchens in Turkey and to explore the association between the obtained scores and handlers’ demographic and working characteristics. A cross-sectional survey involving 450 food handlers in the state of Istanbul, Ankara and Antalya, in Turkey, was conducted using a paper-based questionnaire. The total knowledge score of the participants was 11.89 ±2.22 (max 17), attitude score 60.63 ±10.34 (max 75) and practice score 55.60 ±8.01 (max 65). In the comparison based on demographic characteristics; the knowledge (12.10 ±2.15) and practice (56.33 ±5.91) scores of the food handlers who received food allergy training in the hotel they work were found to be significantly higher than those who did not receive food allergy training (p<0.05). Food allergy knowledge of food handlers was evaluated as \"average\", attitude as \"positive\", and practice as \"low risk practice\". The results obtained are expected to contribute to the development of food allergy policies, procedures, and the planning of the necessary trainings for reducing the risks of food allergies and preventing fatal allergic reactions.","PeriodicalId":15823,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food and Health","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80421800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Probable beneficial effects of black seeds (Nigella sativa) in the management of langya henipavirus infection","authors":"Naina Mohamed","doi":"10.53388/fh20221101017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53388/fh20221101017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15823,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food and Health","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80195270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}