Natural sweeteners: The relevance of food naturalness for consumers, food security aspects, sustainability and health impacts

A Saraiva, C Carrascosa, D Raheem, F Ramos… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
At a moment when the population is increasingly aware and involved in what it eats, both
consumers and the food sector are showing more interest in natural foods. This review work …

Prevention of enzymatic browning by natural extracts and genome-editing: a review on recent progress

N Hamdan, CH Lee, SL Wong, CENCA Fauzi… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fresh fruits and vegetable products are easily perishable during postharvest handling due to
enzymatic browning reactions. This phenomenon has contributed to a significant loss of food …

A review of stevia as a potential healthcare product: Up-to-date functional characteristics, administrative standards and engineering techniques

J Wang, H Zhao, Y Wang, H Lau, W Zhou… - Trends in Food Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background As a sugar substitute, stevia has attracted increasing attention because of
reduced calories and natural origin. Recent studies have showed that stevia has numerous …

Natural and low‐caloric rebaudioside A as a substitute for dietary sugars: A comprehensive review

Y Wang, X Luo, L Chen, AT Mustapha… - … Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
For health and safety concerns, traditional high‐calorie sweeteners and artificial sweeteners
are gradually replaced in food industries by natural and low‐calorie sweeteners. As a …

A review on packed non-alcoholic beverages: Ingredients, production, trends and future opportunities for functional product development

S Tireki - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Packed ready-to drink non-alcoholic beverages are grouped mainly as
carbonated soft drinks, still drinks, juices and bottled waters. This industry has a …

Sugar reduction in beverages: Current trends and new perspectives from sensory and health viewpoints

L Chen, W Wu, N Zhang, KH Bak, Y Zhang… - Food Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sugar, as an essential component of beverages, not only provides sweetness in beverages
but also plays a significant role in their flavor, texture, and preservation. In recent years …

Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) as a common sugar substitute and its application in food matrices: an updated review

IP Schiatti-Sisó, SE Quintana… - Journal of Food Science …, 2023 - Springer
Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) has been employee for developing food products as a substitute
for sucrose, low caloric, and natural sweetener. Different studies have evaluated the effect of …

Simultaneous improvement of the physical and biological properties of starch films by incorporating steviol glycoside-based solid dispersion

F Wang, J Zhan, R Ma, Y Tian - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Bioactive compounds are frequently incorporated into polysaccharides (eg, starch) to form
active biodegradable films for food packaging, but some of them are water insoluble (eg …

Fighting cytokine storm and immunomodulatory deficiency: By using natural products therapy up to now

MA Mohammed - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
A novel coronavirus strain (COVID-19) caused severe illness and mortality worldwide from
31 December 2019 to 21 March 2023. As of this writing, 761,071,826 million cases have …

Optimization of spray drying process for recovery of onion–stevia leaf hot water extract powder using response surface methodology

HI Yang, K Ameer, YB Chung, SG Min… - Food Science & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
It is important to optimize the drying process, along with the concentration of drying aid and
the inlet air temperature, in order to obtain products with better physicochemical properties …