Ready for GulFood 2018: The Largest INC Pavilion Ever in the Middle East

From February 18 to 22, Dubai will be hosting a new edition of GulFood, the world’s largest annual food event. After the successful experience at GulFood 2017, the Nut and Dried Fruit Pavilion will participate again in the show and, what is more, this time will be featured in its largest format ever in the Middle East.

Can Dark Chocolate and Almonds Improve Lipid Profiles?

A group of researchers have published a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association which suggests that consumption of almonds or dark chocolate and cocoa may have favorable effects on markers of coronary heart disease.

The Role of Nuts on Alzheimer’s Disease

This recent study published in Pharmacological research paid special attention to the role of almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts as possible preventive agents against brain's atrophy and memory loss.

The Effect of Walnut Consumption on Body Weight

Frequent nut consumption has been associated with better weight management and less adiposity, so this recent publication in the journal Nutrition wanted to compare the effects of a walnut-enriched and reduced in calories diet to a standard reduced in calories and density diet on weight, cardiovascular disease risk factors, and satiety.

Influence of enzymatic hydrolysis on the allergenic reactivity of processed cashew and pistachio.

Cashew and pistachio allergies are considered a serious health problem. Previous studies have shown that thermal processing, pressurization and enzymatic hydrolysis may reduce the allergenic properties of food by changing the protein structure. This study assesses the allergenic properties of cashew and pistachio after thermal treatment (boiling and autoclaving), with or without pressure (autoclaving), and […]

Drying-induced physico-chemical changes in cranberry products.

Sugar-free cranberry juice (XAD) and juice with 15% of maltodextrin were dried by freeze-, vacuum and spray drying methods. Total phenolics (589-6435mg/kg dry matter) including 5 flavonols, 3 phenolic acids, 2 procyanidins and 5 anthocyanins were stronger affected by juice formulation than by drying methods. Spray drying of juice, regardless of its formulation, was competitive […]

A metabolomics-based approach identifies changes in the small molecular weight compound composition of the peanut as a result of dry-roasting.

Raw peanuts in the USA are subjected to thermal processing, such as dry-roasting, prior to consumption. A multi-instrument metabolomics-based platform along with targeted analyses was used to determine changes in the low-molecular-weight compound composition of peanuts due to dry-roasting. Runner and virginia-type peanut seeds were characterized using several analytical platforms including (RP)/UPLC-MS/MS (positive and negative […]