Are physicochemical properties shaping the allergenic potency of animal allergens?

J Costa, C Villa, K Verhoeckx… - Clinical Reviews in …, 2022 - Springer
Key determinants for the development of an allergic response to an otherwise 'harmless'
food protein involve different factors like the predisposition of the individual, the timing, the …

Emergent food proteins–Towards sustainability, health and innovation

LH Fasolin, RN Pereira, AC Pinheiro, JT Martins… - Food Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
There is an increasing demand for alternative and sustainable protein sources, such as
vegetables, insects and microorganisms, that can meet the nutritional and sensory …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of thermal, non-thermal and emulsification processes on the gastrointestinal digestibility of egg white proteins

T Farjami, J Babaei, F Nau, D Dupont… - Trends in Food Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Egg white proteins (EWPs) are an excellent source of essential amino
acids for human nutrition. Also, egg white is commonly used in food processing because of …

Advances in static in vitro digestion models after the COST action Infogest consensus protocol

R Colombo, L Ferron, I Frosi, A Papetti - Food & function, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In vitro digestion models are essential to predictively evaluate the bioaccessibility and
bioactivity of food molecules or natural products. Dynamic models better simulate the …

Critical features of an in vitro intestinal absorption model to study the first key aspects underlying food allergen sensitization

W Dijk, C Villa, S Benedé… - … Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
New types of protein sources will enter our diet in a near future, reinforcing the need for a
straightforward in vitro (cell‐based) screening model to test and predict the safety of these …

[HTML][HTML] Intestinal protein uptake and IgE-mediated food allergy

ASR Ballegaard, KL Bøgh - Food Research International, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Food allergy is affecting 5–8% of young children and 2–4% of adults and seems to
be increasing in prevalence. The cause of the increase in food allergy is largely unknown …

Intended and unintended consequences of genetically modified crops–myth, fact and/or manageable outcomes?

JR Caradus - New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Food and feed has been produced from genetically modified (GM) crops for 25 years. It is
timely to review whether this technology has globally delivered the expected benefits and …

[HTML][HTML] Structural properties of food proteins underlying stability or susceptibility to human gastrointestinal digestion

G Picariello, F Siano, L Di Stasio, G Mamone… - Current Opinion in Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Food-protein stability to digestion depends on elements at all the levels of
structure.•Process-induced conformational and chemical changes can drastically modify …

Is there evidence of health risks from exposure to micro-and nanoplastics in foods?

E Molina, S Benedé - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The human health impact of exposure to micro (MP) and nanoplastics (NP) from food
remains unknown. There are several gaps in knowledge that prevent a complete risk …

Synthesis, modification and application of fish skin gelatin-based hydrogel as sustainable and versatile bioresource of antidiabetic peptide

HSH Munawaroh, RN Pratiwi, GG Gumilar… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gelatin hydrogel is widely employed in various fields, however, commercially available
gelatin hydrogels are mostly derived from mammalian which has many disadvantages due …