In recent years, red beetroot has received a growing interest due to its abundant source of
bioactive compounds, particularly betalains. Red beetroot betalains have great potential as …

Many natural food bioactive ingredients are sensitive to processing and environmental
conditions and thus it is necessary to improve their stability to create products with long shelf …

The by-products generated from the processing of fruits and vegetables (F&V) largely are
underutilized and discarded as organic waste. These organic wastes that include seeds …

Spray-drying is known as a common and economical technique for the encapsulation of
various nutrients and bioactive compounds. However, shear and thermal tensions during …

Background The increasing demand for healthy eating habits and the emergence of the
COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in a health crisis and global economic slowdown, has …

In this study, poppy-pollen extract (as a novel source of pigment and natural phytochemical)
was microencapsulated. The spray-drying process maintained the encapsulation efficiency …

Plants constitute a rich source of diverse classes of valuable phytochemicals (eg, phenolic
acids, flavonoids, carotenoids, alkaloids) with proven biological activity (eg, antioxidant, anti …

The influence of whey protein isolate (WPI), maltodextrin (MD), and their combinations (MD:
WPI, 1MD: 3WPI, and 3MD: 1WPI) as wall materials for the co-encapsulation of paprika and …

Improving the extraction efficiency and stability of red beet compounds has gained the
attention of researchers due to their high nutritional and health benefits. In this study, β …

Betalains are pigments that have properties that benefit health, such as antioxidant,
anticancer, and antimicrobial activity, and they also possess a high ability to provide color …