Nanomaterials – Recent Advancements in Edible Coating Technology

The agriculture sector plays a prominent role in fostering world economic revenue. Most importantly this sector also paves a new route for reshaping a healthier world. Rising trends towards health-conscious eating habits have evoked the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables as an available option for better, healthier and smarter solutions that meet modern lifestyle and needs. International organisations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations are aggressively promoting and creating awareness in the consumption of fruits and vegetables in daily food intake. However, despite numerous policy interventions, statistics show that daily intake of fruits and vegetables is generally still below the recommended levels.

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Recent Developments in Palm-based Lubricants

Lubricants are used to reduce friction, wear and heat between contacting surfaces in relative motion (Bart et al., 2013a). They can be classified based on physical appearance, i.e. solid, liquid or semi-solid. Liquid lubricants can be derived from petroleum, vegetable, animal or synthetic oils. Grease is a semi-solid material in which the liquid fraction is […]

Survey on Commercial Palm Olein and Oil Extracted from Snack Products in Selected Asian Countries – Part 2: Quantification of 3-monochloropropane-1, 2-diol Esters (3-MCPDE)

The 3-monochloropropane-1,2- diol esters (3-MCPDE) is one of the food contaminants which develop when oils and fats undergo the refining process at high temperatures. The 3-MCPDE was first detected in 2006 in various edible oils and fats (Zelinkova et al., 2006). In crude or unrefined fats and oils, there is virtually no trace of 3-MCPDE, […]