Gabiroba (Campomanesia xanthocarpa) is a fruit of the Myrtaceae family, native to the Atlantic Forest and Brazilian cerrado. It is widely used in folk medicine and consumed fresh in the form of liquors and juices. This ...

The structuring of liquid oils has become an attractive area of research in recent years, especially due to pressures to reduce saturated fat intake and eliminate trans fats from our diets. However, the replacement of fats ...

Olive oil stands out among lipid sources due to its appreciated sensory characteristics and for the beneficial health effects linked to its consumption. However, during the storage and/or use of this oil, together with the ...

Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen of great relevance, since it is often associated with outbreaks of food poisoning. When submitter to some type of cell stress, certain microorganisms tend to cluster in ...

The world population and demand for food are expected to have considerable growth in the next 30 years. In such case, the food could not be sufficiently supplied with sustainability. Therefore, edible insect proteins have ...

Porungo cheese is a product traditionally present in the southwest region of São Paulo with its own characteristics of mozzarella cheese. During the manufacture of Porungo cheese, a microbiota naturally present in milk, ...

The search for a healthy lifestyle leads to a situation where several people start to take care of their health. From then on, they seek products of higher quality, preferably with health benefits, rich in vitamins, bioactive ...

Cheese whey are the main by-product of the dairy industry, characterized as an alternative substrate rich in nutrients and applicable in bioprocess. It has a high biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and when associated ...

Sodium has essential functions in the body, but its excessive ingestion can cause a series of chronic diseases, such as hypertension and cardiovascular problems. Due to this, the demand for low-salt meat products is ...

Due to the vast wealth of fauna and flora in the country, Brazil has a wide variety of natural products. However, this collection is poorly studied, ignoring the benefits of several species. Based on this concern, studies ...