Edible flowers: Emerging components in the diet

TCSP Pires, L Barros, C Santos-Buelga… - Trends in Food Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The search for a healthier lifestyles and changing eating habits, have placed
viable and safer alternatives products in the market. In particular, edible flowers are used to …

Edible flowers: Review of flower processing and extraction of bioactive compounds by novel technologies

L Zhao, H Fan, M Zhang, B Chitrakar… - Food Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Edible flowers have a long history of consumption in the form of vegetable flowers, fruit
flowers or aromatic flowers. Because of their colorful and flavorful nature, edible flowers are …

[HTML][HTML] A review on nutritional, bioactive, toxicological properties and preservation of edible flowers

SR Purohit, SS Rana, R Idrishi, V Sharma, P Ghosh - Future Foods, 2021 - Elsevier
Flowers that can be consumed by human being safely are known as edible flower (EF). In
the fast and nutritive food thrive scenario; flowers breaking all the odds out to put their …

The compositional aspects of edible flowers as an emerging horticultural product

EO Pires Jr, F Di Gioia, Y Rouphael, ICFR Ferreira… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Edible flowers are becoming very popular, as consumers are seeking healthier and more
attractive food products that can improve their diet aesthetics and diversify their dietary …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the journey of edible flowers from farm to consumer's plate

HB Jadhav, LS Badwaik, U Annapure, F Casanova… - Applied Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Flowers that can be consumed by human beings and pose no harm upon consumption are
edible flowers. The change in the eating habits and lifestyle of consumers has placed a …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrophilic or hydrophobic coating of whey protein aerogels obtained by supercritical-CO2-drying: Effect on physical properties, moisture adsorption and …

L De Berardinis, S Plazzotta, M Magnan… - Innovative Food Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aerogel monoliths, prepared by water-to-ethanol substitution and supercritical-CO 2-drying
of whey protein hydrogels, were dip-coated with hydrophilic (alginate, AL; agar, AG) or …

Ornamental flowers grown in human surroundings as a source of anthocyanins with high anti-inflammatory properties

GP Łysiak - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Flowers have always accompanied people thanks to their manifold aesthetic properties.
Some species have also become a component of the human diet. Recent years have seen …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging techniques for the processing and preservation of edible flowers

S Shantamma, EM Vasikaran, R Waghmare, S Nimbkar… - Future Foods, 2021 - Elsevier
Edible flowers can add taste, flavor, aroma, visual appeal, and color to foods. Traditionally,
they have been used in various culinary recipes and therapeutic formulations. However …

Nutritional and Nutraceutical Composition of Pansies (Viola × wittrockiana) During Flowering

L Fernandes, E Ramalhosa, P Baptista… - Journal of food …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Edible flowers consumption and use are an increasing food trend worldwide, although
information concerning their nutritional composition and nutraceutical value is still scarce …

Effect of chitosan-based natural products nanocoatings on green bell peppers during storage

ZN Correa-Pacheco, S Bautista-Baños… - Food and Bioprocess …, 2023 - Springer
Green bell pepper is of special importance for Mexico as it is the world's second leading
producer of this crop; thus, fruit preservation using natural products is of particular interest. In …