New light technology helps improve food safety
Light-based technologies are emerging as tools to enhance food shelf life and guard against food contaminants but more research needs to be done, warn food scientists at a July 13 panel discussion at…
July 16, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: against-food, emerging-as-tools, enhance-food, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, on call diets, panel-discussion, research-needs, shelf-life, warn-food
Widely used food additive promotes colitis, obesity and metabolic syndrome, research shows
Emulsifiers, which are added to most processed foods to aid texture and extend shelf life, can alter the gut microbiota composition and localization to induce intestinal inflammation that promotes…
February 27, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: aid-texture, alter-the-gut, crohn's / ibd, diet, induce-intestinal, microbiota-composition, most-processed, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, shelf-life, the-gut
Extending Tomato Shelf Life Could Lead To Tomatoes That Taste Better And Are More Nutritious
Tomatoes spend so much time on shelves and in refrigerators that an estimated 20 percent are lost to spoilage, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
February 18, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agricultural, agriculture, much-time, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, purdue-university, research-service, shelf, shelf-life, time-on-shelves
Nanoparticle Gives Antimicrobial Ability To Fight Listeria Longer
A Purdue University research team developed a nanoparticle that can hold and release an antimicrobial agent as needed for extending the shelf life of foods susceptible to Listeria monocytogenes…
December 8, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agent-as-needed, diet, extending-the-shelf, foods-susceptible, listeria, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, purdue, purdue-university, research-team, shelf, shelf-life
