European Union has started a project that include ultrasound method to dehydrate fruits and vegetables. High  frequency sound waves are used in this method and and doesn’t effect nutritional value of fruits and vegetables. The project is carried out by 8 foundations from Spain, Germany, Sweden, England and Turkey. The coordinator of the project is [...]

Nowadays, the most important factors for consumers are food safety and durability. Another task of manufacturers is producing and developing high nutritional foods.

Generally one of the fundamental application to prolong food shelf life is stopping microbial activity. This can be possible by removing microorganisms completely, preventing their growth and killing them. Another application is controlling [...]

Researches have tried to find natural alternative materials to chemical food additives. The new material is chitosan.
Chitosan is the structural element in the exoskeleton of crustaceans (crabs, shrimp, etc.) and cell walls of fungi. Commercial chitosans are produced by deacetylation of chitin.

According to new findings published in Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies using chitosan [...]