In recent years, almost all extraction processes in the perfume, cosmetic, pharmaceutical,
food ingredients, nutraceuticals, biofuel and fine chemical industries rely massively on …

A pulsed electric field (PEF) induces cell electroporation for solid foods, thereby allowing
PEF to be used as a pretreatment method for extraction, drying, peeling, freeze-thawing, and …

The by-products produced from fruit processing industries could be a potential hazard to
environmental pollution. However, these by-products contain several biologically active …

Plant extracts have been long used by the traditional healers for providing health benefits
and are nowadays suitable ingredient for the production of formulated health products and …

Coloring compounds are widely applied to manufacturing foods and beverages. The
worldwide food market is replacing artificial colorants with natural alternatives, given the …

Aromatic and medicinal plants, like rosemary, oregano, sage, and winter savory, are rich
sources of polyphenols. During the last decades, several researchers have tried to recover …

Anthocyanins have gathered the attention of the scientific community mostly due to their vast
range of possible applications. They have been the center point of the research in many …

Natural colorants have emerged as an alternative to their synthetic counterparts due to an
existing health concern of these later. Moreover, natural-food colorants are a renewable …

Purple sweet potato anthocyanins are kinds of natural anthocyanin red pigments extracted
from the root or stem of purple sweet potato. They are stable and have the functions of anti …

Natural colorants from plant-based materials have gained increasing popularity due to
health consciousness of consumers. Among the many steps involved in the production of …