Nowadays, the agro-food industry generates high amounts of byproducts that may possess
added value compounds with high functionality and/or bioactivity. Additionally, consumers' …

Developing new colors for the food industry is challenging, as colorants need to be
compatible with a food flavors, safety, and nutritional value, and which ultimately have a …

Highlights•Synthetic food additives pose the risk of hazardous effects.•Natural pigments as
food additives are in demand worldwide.•Novel techniques and strategies through …

Crude, phenolic-rich extracts (CPREs) were isolated from different sources, such as
Hibiscus sabdariffa (H. sabdariffa), Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra (B. oleracea) and …

The biorefinery approach proposes a model for the profitable exploitation of most or all of the
industrial facility in an integrated manner. This strategy is ideal for converting biomass into a …

Several types of dyes are available in the market as colouring agents to food commodities.
Some commonly used synthetic food dyes include: brilliant blue, indigo carmine, citrus red …

The goal of this study is to investigate the antiulcer effects of betalain‐rich extract (BRE).
Gastric ulcer was induced by the administration of ethanol by gastric gavage route. This …

Synthetic derivatives are currently used instead of pigments in many applicative fields, from
food to feed, from pharmaceutical to diagnostic, from agronomy to industry. Progress in …

The present work details the nutritional and chemical compositions of borage and
centaurea, at three flowering stages. Water was the main constituent, followed by total …

The periodontal probe is the gold standard tool for periodontal examinations, including
probing depth measurements, but is limited by systematic and random errors. Here, we used …