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1. Preference for local food as a matter of helping behaviour: Insights from Norway

Author:
Skallerud, Kåre; Wien, Anders H.
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2019
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; foods; imports; Norway;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Consumption of local food is a fast-growing trend supported by local food advocates and governments. This trend has also captured the interest of researchers. The present study draws from the foundational principles of the theoretical perspective of helping behaviour with a view to enhancing the understanding of why people buy local food. This article tests a conceptual framework with proposed rel ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.02.020

2. L- asparaginase – A promising biocatalyst for industrial and clinical applications

Author:
Shakambari, Ganeshan; Ashokkumar, Balasubramaniem; Varalakshmi, Perumal
Source:
Biocatalysis and agricultural biotechnology 2019 v.17 pp. 213-224
ISSN:
1878-8181
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; asparaginase; biocatalysts; therapeutics;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... L-asparaginase is a versatile enzyme with application in food and therapeutics and under constant quest for a reliable microbial source for commercial production. The review is an aid to comprehend the key milestones of L-asparaginase ever since its discovery, its potential sources, economical production strategies using cheaply available alternate substrates, its purification and downstream proce ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.bcab.2018.11.018

3. Redefining power relations in agrifood systems

Author:
Rossi, Adanella; Bui, Sibylle; Marsden, Terry
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2019
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; governance; plant breeding; France; Italy;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Reconfiguration of power relations is crucial to transformations in agro-food systems. In this paper, we propose a conceptual basis for understanding this relation, building on the approaches to power of transition studies and other strands of studies. We explore the conditions for reconfigurations to occur by analysing three cases, concerning participatory plant breeding in Italy, public food pro ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.01.002

4. Spatial determinants of productivity growth on agri‐food Spanish firms: a comparison between cooperatives and investor‐owned firms

Author:
Martínez‐Victoria, MCarmen; Maté Sánchez‐Val, Mariluz; Arcas‐Lario, Narciso
Source:
Agricultural economics 2018 v.49 no.2 pp. 213-223
ISSN:
0169-5150
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; cooperatives; Spain;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study analyses the effect of the spatial factor, location, and interaction effects among peer companies, on the productivity growth of agri‐food companies in Spain. With this aim, we build a productivity growth index and apply a multiequational Seemingly Unrelated Regression on a sample of 344 Spanish cooperatives and investor‐owned firms for the period 2010–2012. Our findings show that agri‐ ...
DOI:
10.1111/agec.12410

5. A sensitive and high throughput method for the analysis of d-psicose by capillary electrophoresis

Author:
Surapureddi, Sri Rama Krishna; Kunta, Ravindhranath; Sameer Kumar, Gantasala S.; Sappidi, Sreedhar Reddy; Dadke, Shrikrishna
Source:
Food chemistry 2019 v.281 pp. 36-40
ISSN:
0308-8146
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; capillary electrophoresis; foods; fructose; glucose; psicose;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... d-Psicose/allulose is a rare sugar and it has high potential benefits for pharmaceutical and food industry. The existed analytical methods have its own limitations to quantify fructose and d-psicose mixtures. Hence there is a need for the development of an effective, efficient and sensitive analytical method for quantification of d-psicose in presence of other sugars. Quantification of sugars by c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.12.081

6. Production of plant metabolites with applications in the food industry using engineered microorganisms

Author:
Kallscheuer, Nicolai; Classen, Thomas; Drepper, Thomas; Marienhagen, Jan
Source:
Current opinion in biotechnology 2019 v.56 pp. 7-17
ISSN:
0958-1669
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; antioxidant activity; metabolic engineering; metabolites; microorganisms; preservatives; texturization;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Secondary plant metabolites are extensively used in today’s food industries, for example, as coloring-agents, flavouring-agents or texturizing agents. In particular, metabolites with antioxidative properties find applications as preservatives or anti-browning agents. Today, extraction from plant material represents the major source of these metabolites, but progress in the field of metabolic engin ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.copbio.2018.07.008

7. Consumers’ expectation and liking for cheese: Can familiarity effects resulting from regional differences be highlighted within a country?

Author:
Nacef, Menouar; Lelièvre-Desmas, Maud; Symoneaux, Ronan; Jombart, Laureen; Flahaut, Christophe; Chollet, Sylvie
Source:
Food quality and preference 2019 v.72 pp. 188-197
ISSN:
0950-3293
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; cheeses; food choices; packaging; product quality; questionnaires; France;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Consumers’ food choices are affected by various factors whose study is of interest for food industry. This paper aims to investigate the influence of familiarity on the expectation and liking of Maroilles cheese among consumers familiar and unfamiliar with the product in France. It specifically focuses on two elements of the familiarity: consumption frequency and knowledge and studies their intera ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.10.004

8. Advances in online methods for monitoring microbial growth

Author:
Zhang, Xuzhi; Jiang, Xiaoyu; Hao, Zhihui; Qu, Keming
Source:
Biosensors & bioelectronics 2019 v.126 pp. 433-447
ISSN:
0956-5663
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; automation; biosensors; health services; microbial growth; monitoring;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Understanding the characteristics of microbial growth is of great significance to many fields including in scientific research, the food industry, health care, and agriculture. Many methods have been established to characterize the process of microbial growth. Online and automated methods, in which sample transfer is avoided, are popular because they can facilitate the development of simple, safe, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.bios.2018.10.035

9. Trust formation in agri-food institutional support networks

Author:
McKitterick, Lynsey; Quinn, Barry; Tregear, Angela
Source:
Journal of rural studies 2019 v.65 pp. 53-64
ISSN:
0743-0167
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; business enterprises; interviews; models; traditional technology;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... The important role of institutional support actors in building the networking capacities of rural economic actors and communities has been noted. Over the last two decades, rural and agri-food network models of institutional support have undergone substantive change. Trust is a vital feature of such programmes, however the nature of trust, and how it is manifest, in rural support programmes is und ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.11.008

10. Erythritol as sweetener—wherefrom and whereto?

Author:
Regnat, K.; Mach, R.L.; Mach-Aigner, A.R.
Source:
Applied microbiology and biotechnology 2018 v.102 no.2 pp. 587-595
ISSN:
0175-7598
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; baked goods; erythritol;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Erythritol is a naturally abundant sweetener gaining more and more importance especially within the food industry. It is widely used as sweetener in calorie-reduced food, candies, or bakery products. In research focusing on sugar alternatives, erythritol is a key issue due to its, compared to other polyols, challenging production. It cannot be chemically synthesized in a commercially worthwhile wa ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00253-017-8654-1

11. Calcium and sodium ions synergistically enhance the thermostability of a maltooligosaccharide-forming amylase from Bacillus stearothermophilus STB04

Author:
Pan, Sihui; Gu, Zhengbiao; Ding, Ning; Zhang, Ziqian; Chen, Dianning; Li, Caiming; Hong, Yan; Cheng, Li; Li, Zhaofeng
Source:
Food chemistry 2019 v.283 pp. 170-176
ISSN:
0308-8146
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; Geobacillus stearothermophilus; amylases; calcium; half life; industrial applications; ions; sodium; starch; thermal stability;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Maltooligosaccharide-forming amylases (MFAses) are promising tools for a variety of food industry applications because of their ability to hydrolyze starch into maltooligosaccharides. However, high thermostability is a key requirement for enzymes used in these applications. In this work, we investigated the effect of Ca2+ and Na+ on the thermostability of an MFAse from Bacillus stearothermophilus ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.01.023

12. Understanding the energy intensity change in China's food industry: A comprehensive decomposition method

Author:
Xie, Xuan; Lin, Boqiang
Source:
Energy policy 2019 v.129 pp. 53-68
ISSN:
0301-4215
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; capital; energy; energy conservation; issues and policy; planning; research and development; China;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Although China's food industry is not energy-intensive, its rapid development has brought enormous challenges to the realization of the energy-saving goal due to its huge scale. So the industry must reduce its energy intensity as much as possible. This paper uses a comprehensive decomposition analysis to study the energy intensity changes in China's food industry between 2000 and 2013, and draws t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enpol.2019.02.003

13. Food packaging cues as vehicles of healthy information: Visions of millennials (early adults and adolescents)

Author:
Küster, Inés; Vila, Natalia; Sarabia, Francisco
Source:
Food research international 2019 v.119 pp. 170-176
ISSN:
0963-9969
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; adolescents; adults; food intake; food packaging; health behavior; lifestyle; marketing; scanning electron microscopy;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Because packaging has become an important marketing tool, firms must know what type of packaging can affect consumers' packaging cues. Also, still today there is little attention paid to the relevance of educating millennials about the importance of a healthier lifestyle and eating. The aim is to analyse the effects of young consumers with varying degrees of healthy lifestyles and food involvement ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodres.2019.01.051

14. Unravelling the attitude-behaviour gap paradox for sustainable food consumption: Insight from the UK apple market

Author:
Yamoah, Fred A.; Acquaye, Adolf
Source:
Journal of cleaner production 2019 v.217 pp. 172-184
ISSN:
0959-6526
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; apples; consumers (people); food consumption; food purchasing; market share; models; prices; supermarkets; United Kingdom;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... The remarkable progress made by the sustainable food industry as compared to the persistent small market share it holds, presents attitude-behaviour gap paradox which existing research is yet to address. The paper attempts to resolve this conundrum by addressing two key research objectives: Firstly, we draw on Campbell's paradigm to develop a sustainable product purchase behaviour model by concept ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.01.094

15. Continuous flow thin film microfluidic mediated nano-encapsulation of fish oil

Author:
He, Shan; Joseph, Nikita; Luo, Xuan; Raston, Colin
Source:
Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft + [i.e. und] Technologie 2019 v.103 pp. 88-93
ISSN:
0023-6438
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; absorption; cost effectiveness; encapsulation; fish oils; homogenization; nanosheets; oil-water interface; solvents;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... A facile process has been developed for the encapsulation of fish oil using a thin film vortex fluidic device (VFD) operating under continuous flow, allowing control over the size of the encapsulated particles which are spheroidal in shape with diameters ranging from 50 to 250 nm. This microfluidic platform simplifies the processing procedure of water-in-oil-in-water (w/o/w) encapsulation, as now ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.lwt.2018.12.066

16. Re-understanding the antecedents of functional foods purchase: Mediating effect of purchase attitude and moderating effect of food neophobia

Author:
Huang, Lian; Bai, Li; Zhang, Xiaoyi; Gong, Shunlong
Source:
Food quality and preference 2019 v.73 pp. 266-275
ISSN:
0950-3293
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; eating disorders; functional foods; health behavior; prices; world markets; China;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... The world market for functional foods has grown dynamically and China is expected to be one of the most promising markets. But little is understood the formation mechanisms of consumers’ purchase attitude and intention toward functional foods in Mainland China. The current study investigates the roles of trust, health consciousness and price in shaping consumers’ purchase intention toward function ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.11.001

17. The impact of maturing food safety culture and a pathway to economic gain

Author:
Jespersen, Lone; Butts, John; Holler, Greg; Taylor, Jeff; Harlan, Dave; Griffiths, Mansel; Wallace, Carol A.
Source:
Food control 2019 v.98 pp. 367-379
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; data collection; dynamic models; economic performance; finance; food safety;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Research into the connection between organizational effectiveness and culture has been documented since the early nineteen nineties. A connection between economic performance and organizational culture has been established directly linking strong cultural drivers to economic performance in both the finance and retail sectors. This research proposes a similar association between food safety culture ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.11.041

18. Discrete element method modelling of impact breakage of ellipsoidal agglomerate

Author:
Zeng, Yong; Jia, Fuguo; Xiao, Yawen; Han, Yanlong; Meng, Xiangyi
Source:
Powder technology 2019 v.346 pp. 57-69
ISSN:
0032-5910
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; kinetic energy; milling; models; powders; product quality; rice; seeds; water content; wheat;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Breakage of cereal grains approximated ellipsoidal shape such as rice and wheat kernel is an extremely common phenomenon for harvest and post-harvest processing in food industries. Unfortunately, there are few investigations about the breakage of cereal grains neither by means of experiment nor simulation methods. Moreover, it is of importance to understand the breakage mechanisms of cereal grains ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.powtec.2019.01.082

19. New methodology for facilitating food wastage quantification. Identifying gaps and data inconsistencies

Author:
Barco, Héctor; Oribe-Garcia, Iraia; Vargas-Viedma, Maria Virginia; Borges, Cruz E; Martín, Cristina; Alonso-Vicario, Ainhoa
Source:
Journal of environmental management 2019 v.234 pp. 512-524
ISSN:
0301-4797
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; Food and Agriculture Organization; food waste; geographic information systems; humans; income tax; Spain;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimated that about 1.3 billion tons of food produced for human consumption was lost or wasted globally. Thus, the reduction of the current food loss and waste along the agrifood chain is becoming a priority, both for optimization of resources and reduction waste generation costs. For this purpose, the first step is to quantify the food ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.11.037

20. Vapor-phase crosslinked mixed matrix membranes with UiO-66-NH2 for organic solvent nanofiltration

Author:
Gao, Zhuo Fan; Feng, Yingnan; Ma, Dangchen; Chung, Tai-Shung
Source:
Journal of membrane science 2019 v.574 pp. 124-135
ISSN:
0376-7388
Subject:
food industry,   etc   ; asymmetric membranes; crosslinking; dyes; electrostatic interactions; isopropyl alcohol; nanofiltration; nanoparticles; solutes; solvents; temperature; vapors;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... In this work, a series of mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) containing nano-size amine-functionalized UiO-66 particles were vapor-phase crosslinked by tris (3-aminopropyl) amine (TAPA) and investigated for organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) applications. A thin dense layer was successfully formed on top of MMMs which improved solute selectivity in isopropanol (IPA). By manipulating (1) the size and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.memsci.2018.12.064