Foods 2021Pub Date : 2021-10-13DOI: 10.3390/foods2021-10921
Sunhee Seo, Kyung-Jik Im, Han-Seung Shin, Gitishree Das, J. Patra
{"title":"Application of Sericin-Based Materials in Food Packaging: An Overview","authors":"Sunhee Seo, Kyung-Jik Im, Han-Seung Shin, Gitishree Das, J. Patra","doi":"10.3390/foods2021-10921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/foods2021-10921","url":null,"abstract":": Proteins are some of the most commonly used biomaterials in food technology, especially in food packaging, coatings, and additives. They are outstanding candidates for producing innovative food components due to their immense nutritional properties, molecular characteristics, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and safe status. Numerous application examples of protein-based films and coatings in food packaging also approve their significant role in food packaging materials. Sericin is a natural silk globular protein, which is usually discarded as a biological waste material after removing the fibroin for making silk products from the silk cocoon. In the current investigation, an attempt was made to extract this usually wasted silk protein from the silk cocoon, purify it, and study its potential applications in the food sector as a food packaging material. The sericin was extracted from the silk cocoon by the degumming method. The protein concentration of the extracted crude sericin sample was estimated by the standard Lowry’s method using the bovine serum albumin as the reference standard. Linearity was obtained (R 2 > 0.99), and the protein concentration of the crude sericin was found out to be 3.60 % ( w/v ). The purification of the crude protein was carried out by dialysis using a cellulose tubing with a molecular weight cutoff of 12 kDa, followed by freeze-drying. The protein concentration of the purified sericin was found out to be 3.47 % ( w/v ). Following extraction, sericin can be used as the food packaging material. Proteins, especially sericin, which is a byproduct, can provide a low-cost and naturally occurring raw material to be used as green formulation ingredients in the food industry as a food packaging material. Further research is under process to evaluate the antimicrobial and antioxidant potential of the extracted sericin and study its applications, including food packaging materials.","PeriodicalId":194447,"journal":{"name":"Foods 2021","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124690357","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}
Foods 2021Pub Date : 2021-10-13DOI: 10.3390/foods2021-10945
M. Marziliano, A. Conte, M. D. Del Nobile
{"title":"The Reuse of Food By-Products to Formulate Enriched Foods","authors":"M. Marziliano, A. Conte, M. D. Del Nobile","doi":"10.3390/foods2021-10945","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/foods2021-10945","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194447,"journal":{"name":"Foods 2021","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125003074","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}
Foods 2021Pub Date : 2021-10-13DOI: 10.3390/foods2021-10958
S. Fuentes, Vasiliki Summerson, E. Tongson, Claudia Gonzalez Viejo
{"title":"Novel Digital Technologies to Assess Smoke Taint in Wine Using Non-Invasive Chemical Fingerprinting, a Low-Cost Electronic Nose, and Artificial Intelligence","authors":"S. Fuentes, Vasiliki Summerson, E. Tongson, Claudia Gonzalez Viejo","doi":"10.3390/foods2021-10958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/foods2021-10958","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194447,"journal":{"name":"Foods 2021","volume":"1 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131464496","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}
Foods 2021Pub Date : 2021-10-13DOI: 10.3390/foods2021-10960
Epeng Lee, S. Radu, N. Jambari, N. Abdul-Mutalib
{"title":"Prevalence and Antibiogram Profiling of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) Producing Escherichia coli in Raw Vegetables, in Malaysia","authors":"Epeng Lee, S. Radu, N. Jambari, N. Abdul-Mutalib","doi":"10.3390/foods2021-10960","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/foods2021-10960","url":null,"abstract":"The widespread of antimicrobial resistance has drawn the public’s attention worldwide. The presence of ESBL E. coli in fresh produce and other food represents a growing problem involving food safety and has become a global food safety issue. This study was aimed to determine the prevalence of ESBL producing E. coli in raw vegetables (lettuce and bean sprouts) from hypermarkets and wet markets and to establish the antibiogram of the isolates. In this study, a total of 179 samples (95 samples of lettuce and 84 samples of bean sprouts) were collected from hypermarkets and wet markets. The most-probable-number analysis and multiplex polymerase chain reaction (MPN-PCR) was used to detect and quantify the ESBL producing E. coli in raw vegetable samples. The prevalence rate of ESBL producing E. coli in lettuce and bean sprouts were 62.11% (59/95) and 64.29% (54/84), respectively, with a microbial load range of <3 to >1100 MPN/g. A total of 15 isolates of ESBL producing E. coli recovered from the samples were tested with antibiotic susceptibility test (AST) with different antibiotic classes. All isolates were found susceptible to cefepime, piperacillin/tazobactam, and meropenem. A total of nine ESBL producing E. coli strains showed multidrug resistance. In conclusion, the high prevalence rate of ESBL producing E. coli in raw vegetables showed that raw vegetables could act as a potential vehicle to transmit ESBL producing E. coli to the human population.","PeriodicalId":194447,"journal":{"name":"Foods 2021","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125826341","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}
Foods 2021Pub Date : 2021-10-13DOI: 10.3390/foods2021-10963
F. J. Martí-Quijal, F. Barba, Francesc Ramon-Mascarell
{"title":"Recovery of Polyphenols and Compounds with Antioxidant Activity from Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) through the Use of Different Organic Solvents Assisted by Pulsed Electric Fields","authors":"F. J. Martí-Quijal, F. Barba, Francesc Ramon-Mascarell","doi":"10.3390/foods2021-10963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/foods2021-10963","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194447,"journal":{"name":"Foods 2021","volume":"412 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132063725","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}
Foods 2021Pub Date : 2021-10-13DOI: 10.3390/foods2021-10957
V. Sicari, Rosa Romeo, R. Tundis, M. Loizzo
{"title":"Evaluation of Drying Conditions on the Quality Properties of Dried Kiwi Slices","authors":"V. Sicari, Rosa Romeo, R. Tundis, M. Loizzo","doi":"10.3390/foods2021-10957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/foods2021-10957","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194447,"journal":{"name":"Foods 2021","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134207889","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}
Foods 2021Pub Date : 2021-10-13DOI: 10.3390/foods2021-10937
Valerie Segatz, Marc C. Steger, Patrik Blumenthal, Vera Gottstein, Marina Rigling, S. Schwarz, Yanyan Zhang, D. Lachenmeier
{"title":"Evaluation of Analytical Methods to Determine Regulatory Compliance of Coffee Leaf Tea","authors":"Valerie Segatz, Marc C. Steger, Patrik Blumenthal, Vera Gottstein, Marina Rigling, S. Schwarz, Yanyan Zhang, D. Lachenmeier","doi":"10.3390/foods2021-10937","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/foods2021-10937","url":null,"abstract":": The leaves of the coffee plant Coffea are traditionally used in several countries worldwide to prepare tea-like beverages using aqueous infusion in hot water. There are currently no tested methods available to check the regulatory compliance of coffee leaf tea according to the European Union (EU) novel food authorization. This study shows that standard ISO methods for tea analysis could be transferred without modifications to coffee leaf tea analysis. The only difference found was a much lower content of some catechins in coffee leaf tea compared to Camellia sinensis tea, but the methods were clearly applicable to be used to control the EU’s maximum limits for coffee leaf tea . Author Contributions: Conceptualization, D.W.L.; methodology, V.S.; formal analysis, V.S.; inves-tigation, V.S., M.S., P.B.; resources, D.W.L.; data curation, V.S.; writing—original draft preparation, V.S.; writing—review and editing, D.W.L., M.S., P.B., V.G., M.R., S.S., Y.Z.; visualization, V.S.; su-pervision, D.W.L., Y.Z.","PeriodicalId":194447,"journal":{"name":"Foods 2021","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124032092","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}
Foods 2021Pub Date : 2021-10-13DOI: 10.3390/foods2021-10925
R. Tundis, N. Passalacqua, M. Tenuta, M. Bonesi, G. Sicoli, L. Trabalzini, Federica Finetti, B. Deguin, M. Loizzo
{"title":"In Vitro Hypolipidemic and Hypoglycaemic Properties of Mushroom Extracts","authors":"R. Tundis, N. Passalacqua, M. Tenuta, M. Bonesi, G. Sicoli, L. Trabalzini, Federica Finetti, B. Deguin, M. Loizzo","doi":"10.3390/foods2021-10925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/foods2021-10925","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194447,"journal":{"name":"Foods 2021","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124426484","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}
Foods 2021Pub Date : 2021-10-13DOI: 10.3390/foods2021-10924
M. Loizzo, A. Mincione, R. Tundis, V. Sicari
{"title":"Enrichment of Bread with Lycium barbarum (Goji) Puree","authors":"M. Loizzo, A. Mincione, R. Tundis, V. Sicari","doi":"10.3390/foods2021-10924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/foods2021-10924","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194447,"journal":{"name":"Foods 2021","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116037636","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}
Foods 2021Pub Date : 2021-10-13DOI: 10.3390/foods2021-10930
Farah Jasmina Mohamad Fauzi, N. Abdul-Mutalib
{"title":"Knowledge, and Practice of Home-Based Food Handlers in Hulu Selangor, Malaysia Regarding Food Safety","authors":"Farah Jasmina Mohamad Fauzi, N. Abdul-Mutalib","doi":"10.3390/foods2021-10930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/foods2021-10930","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":194447,"journal":{"name":"Foods 2021","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122413847","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}