The growing awareness of the relevance of food composition for human health has
increased the interest of the inclusion of high proportions of fruits and vegetables in diets. To …

Background Pulses are an affordable source of carbohydrates, dietary fiber, vitamins,
minerals, phytochemicals, and particularly proteins. These nutritious seeds greatly …

Tannins are a unique group of phenolic metabolites with molecular weights between 500
and 30 000 Da, which are widely distributed in almost all plant foods and beverages …

Plant‐based yogurt alternatives are increasing in market value, while dairy yogurt sales are
stagnating or even declining. The plant‐based yogurt alternatives market is currently …

Legumes have immense health benefits to humans and animals, while substantially
contributing to soil amelioration. However since they contain several antinutients …

Starch and fibre can be extracted, using wet or dry processes, from a variety of grain
legumes and used as ingredients for food. a-Galactosides can be isolated during wet …

Germination is a traditional process and a re-emerging trend in healthy foods, resulting a
progressively increase in scientific research on their nutritional traits and phytochemical …

In this work we have determined the phenolic composition of raw cowpeas (Vigna sinensis
L) of the variety Carilla by HPLC/PAD/MS and have studied the effect of fermentation, both …

Influence of germination time and type of illumination on phytic acid and polyphenols of
chickpea was investigated. With blue light illumination, a significant decrease (p< 0.01) in …

In this study, quinoa seeds were processed to flour in ungerminated (raw) and germinated
forms. Raw quinoa flour (RQF) and germinated quinoa flour (GQF) were replaced (0, 10, 20 …