by Food Marketing Technology | Jun 24, 2020 | Ingredients
By Pooja Jha, Ritika and Murlidhar Meghwal* Introduction Banana is the most common and widely consumed fruit in the world. It possesses delicious sensory characteristics, nutritional and potential health benefits. Under the monetary value, banana ranked fourth among...
by Food Marketing Technology | May 15, 2020 | Ingredients
By Jayanta Roy* Major numeric and socioeconomic changes in the last two decades, such as increasing population, increasing disposable incomes, rural to urban movement, increase in rural per capita productivity has resulted in major shifts in food consumption trends...
by Food Marketing Technology | May 15, 2020 | Ingredients
By Parul Thapar* Introduction A seed is a small embryonic plant that is enclosed in a covering called seed coat and contains the stored food in the form of carbohydrates like glucose, sucrose, starch, etc. The seed consist of mainly three parts i.e embryo,...
by Food Marketing Technology | May 15, 2020 | Ingredients
By Akshay Kumar, Muhammad Salman Chukkan and G.Vigneshwaran A standard definition of functional food is needed to facilitate greater communication between food experts and non-experts, scientists, government officials, and the public. This will enable free exchange...
by Food Marketing Technology | May 15, 2020 | Ingredients
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” – Hippocrates By Prof. B. M. Devani*, Prof. B. L. Jani and Dr. M. N. Dabhi* The term Nutraceuticals was derived from ‘Nutrition’ (a nourishing food or food component) and ‘Pharmaceuticals’ (a medical drug) and...
by Food Marketing Technology | May 15, 2020 | Ingredients
By Ankita Kataria* Introduction An upset stomach is generally considered as irrelevant in terms of sickness but can go a long way in affecting the balance of the body physically, mentally and emotionally. The gut microflora has a highly positive impact which makes...
