Food Research Lab (FRL) is a pilot R&D lab for food with broad experience and skills. The combination of culinary and scientific skills promotes food ahead. On a modest scale, the team evaluates novel ingredients,...
Pasta, Noodles, Macaroni, Spaghetti, the very names themselves, gives a mouth-watering feeling. It reminds one of all the tasty sauces and spices like oregano and rosemary, and cheese that go into making them. It is...
Cooking oil adds to taste, but is it healthy?
The oil used for deep-fried products not only serves as a source of cooking. The oil, however, also gets absorbed into the food by increasing the overall...
Aquatic macroalgae or seaweeds are categorized based on pigmentation, nature of photosynthesis and finally, their morphology. Typically, we can find blue-green algae, red algae, green algae and brown algae. The edible seaweeds are an excellent...
Meat products or processed meat are generally considered unhealthy due to the main source of sodium exceeding 30 % of the total daily intake in most diets. Salt is incorporated as a multi-functional ingredient, such as...
Animal-based products, such as meat and milk, deliver primary nutritional components around the globe. To handle the rapidly growing population and to sustain global food production by keeping an account of the carbon emissions during...
Consumers are well conscious of the overexploitation of natural resources and the environmental issues associated with it. Plant-based products are developed as a potential replacement for meat, and seafood-based products offer great potential for preventing...
Indulging snacks and healthy foods seems counterintuitive, however, 40 % of consumers are demanding functional snacks with enriched levels of antioxidants, fibers and vitamins are increasing. One of the commonly consumed types of snacks is...
Mushrooms are rich in high quality proteins, vitamins, minerals, fibers and phenolic compounds are considered to be healthy ingredient in a lot of cuisines. Enoki (Flammulina velutipes) mushrooms are also popularly known as velvet stem,...
Introduction
Bioactive components are compounds extracted from plants that have pharmacological effects on human health. In a way, the extracts are nothing but nutraceuticals or elements from a natural plant source extracted to create a cure...