Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (129)

Using a combined temporal approach to evaluate the influence of ethanol concentration on liking and sensory attributes of lager beer (2018)
Journal Article

A low alcohol beer evoking similar sensory enjoyment as its higher alcohol counterpart is potentially an attractive proposition to breweries for increased sales volumes, as well as consumers due to health and societal reasons. This study aimed to det... Read More about Using a combined temporal approach to evaluate the influence of ethanol concentration on liking and sensory attributes of lager beer.

Common roasting defects in coffee: aroma composition, sensory characterization and consumer perception (2018)
Journal Article

The demand for high quality and specialty coffee is increasing worldwide.In order to meet these demands, a more uniform and standardized quality assessment of coffee is essential. The aim of this study was to make a sensory scientific and chemical ch... Read More about Common roasting defects in coffee: aroma composition, sensory characterization and consumer perception.

Hyperspectral imaging for non-destructive prediction of fermentation index, polyphenol content and antioxidant activity in single cocoa beans (2018)
Journal Article

The aim of the current work was to use hyperspectral imaging (HSI) in the spectral range 1000-2500 nm to quantitatively predict fermentation index (FI), total polyphenols (TP) and antioxidant activity (AA) of individual dry fermented cocoa beans scan... Read More about Hyperspectral imaging for non-destructive prediction of fermentation index, polyphenol content and antioxidant activity in single cocoa beans.

Near infrared spectroscopy and hyperspectral imaging for non-destructive quality assessment of cereal grains (2018)
Journal Article

Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) combines spectroscopy and imaging, providing information about the chemical properties of a material and their spatial distribution. It represents an advance of traditional Near-Infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. The present wor... Read More about Near infrared spectroscopy and hyperspectral imaging for non-destructive quality assessment of cereal grains.

Non-destructive analysis of sucrose, caffeine and trigonelline on single green coffee beans by hyperspectral imaging (2017)
Journal Article

Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is a novel technology for the food sector that enables rapid non-contact analysis of food materials. HSI was applied for the first time to whole green coffee beans, at a single seed level, for quantitative prediction of su... Read More about Non-destructive analysis of sucrose, caffeine and trigonelline on single green coffee beans by hyperspectral imaging.

Shade trees: a determinant to the relative success of organic versus conventional coffee production (2017)
Journal Article
Schnabel, F., de Melo Virginio Filho, E., Xu, S., Fisk, I. D., Roupsard, O., & Haggar, J. (2018). Shade trees: a determinant to the relative success of organic versus conventional coffee production. Agroforestry Systems, 92(6), 1535-1549. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-017-0100-y

Greater understanding of the influences on long-term coffee productivity are needed to develop systems that are profitable, while maximizing ecosystem services and lowering negative environmental impacts. We examine a long-term experiment (15 years)... Read More about Shade trees: a determinant to the relative success of organic versus conventional coffee production.

The effect of adenosine monophosphate deaminase overexpression on the accumulation of umami-related metabolites in tomatoes (2016)
Journal Article
Chew, B. L., Fisk, I. D., Fray, R., Tucker, G. A., Bodi, Z., Ferguson, A., …Seymour, G. B. (in press). The effect of adenosine monophosphate deaminase overexpression on the accumulation of umami-related metabolites in tomatoes. Plant Cell Reports, 36(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-016-2058-z

Taste is perceived as one of a combination of five sensations, sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami. The umami taste is best known as a savoury sensation and plays a central role in food flavour, palatability, and eating satisfaction. Umami flavour... Read More about The effect of adenosine monophosphate deaminase overexpression on the accumulation of umami-related metabolites in tomatoes.

Sodium ion interaction with psyllium husk (Plantago sp.) (2016)
Journal Article
Jimoh, M., MacNaughtan, W., Williams, H., Greetham, D., Linforth, R., & Fisk, I. D. (2016). Sodium ion interaction with psyllium husk (Plantago sp.). Food and Function, 7(9), 4041-4047. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6FO00785F

The nature of and factors effecting sodium interactions with psyllium were investigated in vitro. In a batch extraction system, psyllium mucilage gel retained at least 50% of sodium across a range of concentrations (5–300 mg sodium per g psyllium) an... Read More about Sodium ion interaction with psyllium husk (Plantago sp.).

Intragastric structuring of anionic polysaccharide kappa-carrageenan filled gels under physiological in vitro digestion conditions (2016)
Journal Article
Soukoulis, C., Fisk, I. D., Gan, H.-H., & Hoffmann, L. (in press). Intragastric structuring of anionic polysaccharide kappa-carrageenan filled gels under physiological in vitro digestion conditions. Journal of Food Engineering, 191, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2016.07.009

In the present work, sodium alginate (SA), low methoxyl pectin (PEC) and κ-carrageenan (κ-CAR) were evaluated for their intragastric structuring ability by means of light microscopy and dynamic oscillatory rheology. SA and PEC solutions, their Ca2+ c... Read More about Intragastric structuring of anionic polysaccharide kappa-carrageenan filled gels under physiological in vitro digestion conditions.

Genetic improvement of tomato by targeted control of fruit softening (2016)
Journal Article
Uluisik, S., Chapman, N. H., Smith, R., Poole, M., Adams, G., Gillis, R. B., …Seymour, G. B. (2016). Genetic improvement of tomato by targeted control of fruit softening. Nature Biotechnology, 34, 950-952. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3602

Controlling the rate of softening to extend shelf life was a key target for researchers engineering genetically modified (GM) tomatoes in the 1990s, but only modest improvements were achieved. Hybrids grown nowadays contain 'non-ripening mutations' t... Read More about Genetic improvement of tomato by targeted control of fruit softening.

Determination of volatile marker compounds of common coffee roast defects (2016)
Journal Article
Yang, N., Liu, C., Liu, X., Kreuzfeldt Degn, T., Munchow, M., & Fisk, I. D. (2016). Determination of volatile marker compounds of common coffee roast defects. Food Chemistry, 211, 206-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.04.124

Coffee beans from the same origin were roasted using six time-temperature profiles, in order to identify volatile aroma compounds associated with five common roast coffee defects (light, scorched, dark, baked and underdeveloped). Thirty-seven volat... Read More about Determination of volatile marker compounds of common coffee roast defects.

Study of intragastric structuring ability of sodium alginate based o/w emulsions under in vitro physiological pre-absorptive digestion conditions (2015)
Journal Article
Soukoulis, C., Fisk, I. D., Bohn, T., & Hoffmann, L. (2016). Study of intragastric structuring ability of sodium alginate based o/w emulsions under in vitro physiological pre-absorptive digestion conditions. Carbohydrate Polymers, 140, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.12.021

In the present work, the intragastric structuring ability of o/w emulsions either stabilised (1–4%, w/w of sodium alginate (SA)) or structured with sheared ionic gel (1–3%, w/w of SA crosslinked with Ca2+) in the absence (saliva and gastric phases co... Read More about Study of intragastric structuring ability of sodium alginate based o/w emulsions under in vitro physiological pre-absorptive digestion conditions.

Impact of nitrogen flushing and oil choice on the progression of lipid oxidation in unwashed fried sliced potato crisps (2015)
Journal Article
Marasca, E., Greetham, D., Herring, S., & Fisk, I. D. (2015). Impact of nitrogen flushing and oil choice on the progression of lipid oxidation in unwashed fried sliced potato crisps. Food Chemistry, 199, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.11.136

Unwashed, sliced, batch-fried potato crisps have a unique texture and are growing in popularity in the UK/EU premium snack food market. In this study, the storage stability of unwashed sliced (high surface starch) potatoes (crisps) fried in regular s... Read More about Impact of nitrogen flushing and oil choice on the progression of lipid oxidation in unwashed fried sliced potato crisps.

Ice cream as a vehicle for incorporating health-promoting ingredients: conceptualizationand overview of quality and storage stability aspects (2014)
Journal Article
Soukoulis, C., Fisk, I. D., & Bohn, T. (2014). Ice cream as a vehicle for incorporating health-promoting ingredients: conceptualizationand overview of quality and storage stability aspects. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 13(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.12083

Ice cream is a product with peculiar textural and organoleptic features and is highly appreciated by a very broad spectrum of consumers. Ice cream’s structure and colloidal design, together with its low-temperature storage, renders it a very promisin... Read More about Ice cream as a vehicle for incorporating health-promoting ingredients: conceptualizationand overview of quality and storage stability aspects.

Stability of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in prebiotic edible films (2014)
Journal Article
Soukoulis, C., Behboudi-Jobbehdar, S., Yonekura, L., Parmenter, C., & Fisk, I. D. (2014). Stability of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in prebiotic edible films. Food Chemistry, 159, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.03.008

The concept of prebiotic edible films as effective vehicles for encapsulating probiotic living cells is presented. Four soluble fibres (inulin, polydextrose, glucose-oligosaccharides and wheat dextrin) were selected as prebiotic co-components of gela... Read More about Stability of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in prebiotic edible films.

Innovative ingredients and emerging technologies for controlling ice recrystallisation, texture and structure stability in frozen dairy desserts: a review (2014)
Journal Article

Over the past decade, ice cream manufacturers have developed a strong understanding of the functionality of key ingredients and processing, developing effective explanations for the link between structure forming agents, stability mechanisms and perc... Read More about Innovative ingredients and emerging technologies for controlling ice recrystallisation, texture and structure stability in frozen dairy desserts: a review.