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Food biotechnology (2020)
Journal Article
Foster, T., Adams, G., di Bari, V., Connerton, I., Gould, J., Gouseti, O., Gray, D., & Yakubov, G. (2020). Food biotechnology. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 30, 53-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2020.08.006

We investigate recent advances in the Chemical Engineering aspects of food structuring agents and macronutrients: carbohydrates, proteins and lipids, and also the fate of food upon ingestion. Prebiotic effects on host-microbe interactions enable impr... Read More about Food biotechnology.

Assessment of rapeseed oil body (oleosome) lipolytic activity as an effective predictor of emulsion purity and stability (2020)
Journal Article
De Chirico, S., di Bari, V., Romero Guzmán, M. J., Nikiforidis, C., Foster, T., & Gray, D. (2020). Assessment of rapeseed oil body (oleosome) lipolytic activity as an effective predictor of emulsion purity and stability. Food Chemistry, 316, Article 126355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.126355

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd The lipolytic activity in oil body creams as affected by recovery and washing protocols was investigated. The effect of thermal treatment on the hydrolytic activity and physical stability of fresh and aged (up to 30 days) oil body... Read More about Assessment of rapeseed oil body (oleosome) lipolytic activity as an effective predictor of emulsion purity and stability.

Upcycling and valorisation of food waste (2020)
Book Chapter
Gedi, M. A., di Bari, V., Ibbett, R., Darwish, R., Nwaiwu, O., Umar, Z., Agarwal, D., Worrall, R., Gray, D., & Foster, T. (2020). Upcycling and valorisation of food waste. In C. Reynolds, T. Soma, C. Spring, & J. Lazell (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Food Waste (413-427). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429462795-31

In this chapter we introduce the concepts of upcycling and valorisation of food waste by highlighting some work at the University of Nottingham looking at valorisation of feed-stocks from brewers’ spent grain, Citrus waste, Pea Haulm and Bran, produc... Read More about Upcycling and valorisation of food waste.