Small-Seeded Legumes as a Novel Food Source. Variation of Nutritional, Mineral and Phytochemical Profiles in the Chain: Raw Seeds-Sprouted Seeds-Microgreens

Bronislava Butkutė; Lukas Taujenis; Eglė Norkevičienė

doi:10.3390/molecules24010133

Small-Seeded Legumes as a Novel Food Source. Variation of Nutritional, Mineral and Phytochemical Profiles in the Chain: Raw Seeds-Sprouted Seeds-Microgreens

Molecules ◽

10.3390/molecules24010133 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 133 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Bronislava Butkutė ◽

Lukas Taujenis ◽

Eglė Norkevičienė

Keyword(s):

Trifolium Pratense ◽

Value Added ◽

Food Sources ◽

Array Detector ◽

Novel Food ◽

Cicer Species ◽

Sprouted Seeds ◽

Total Carbohydrates ◽

Protein Rich ◽

Phytochemical Profiles

Growing public concerns about health haves prompted the search for novel food sources. The study is focused on the seeds, sprouted seeds and microgreens of Trifolium pratense, T. medium, Medicago sativa, M. lupulina, Onobrychis viciifolia, Astragalus glycyphyllos and A. cicer species as a potential source of value-added food ingredientsr. The samples were analysed for nutritional (wet chemistry, standard methods) and mineral (atomic absorption spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectrophotometry) profiles, isoflavones (ultra-performance liquid with diode array detector –UPLC-DAD), coumestrol (UPLC-DAD), condensed tannins (CT) (vanillin-H2SO4 assay) and triterpene saponins (UPLC with triple-stage quadrupole MS). In our study, each species displayed high, but species-dependent nutritional, mineral and phytochemical value. All counterparts of legumes were mineral and protein rich. A. glycyphyllos samples, especially seeds, were abundant in iron. Trifolium spp. were found to be important sources of isoflavones, Medicago spp. of coumestrol and saponins, and O. viciifolia of CT. The protein and phytochemical contents increased and total carbohydrates decreased from seeds to microgreens.Our findings proved for the first time that seeds, sprouted seeds, and especially microgreens of small-seeded legumes are promising new sources of ingredients for fortification of staple foods with bioactive compounds, minerals and nutrients.

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Development of Protein Rich Flavored Bar

International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology ◽

10.22214/ijraset.2021.39229 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (12) ◽

pp. 104-107

Author(s):

Kaustav Mukherjee

Keyword(s):

Protein Energy Malnutrition ◽

Market Price ◽

Value Added ◽

Nutrient Content ◽

Diabetic Patients ◽

Organoleptic Evaluation ◽

Sesame Seeds ◽

Pumpkin Seeds ◽

The Cost ◽

Protein Rich

Abstract: The present study entitled “Development of protein rich flavoured bar” was conducted with the objective to develop protein rich flavoured bar using different ingredients, to assess the sensory accessibility, determine the nutritional composition and cost of developed protein bar. Protein rich flavoured bar were prepared by using three treatments i.e. T1 (dates 50g, oats 10g, flaxseeds 5g, sesame seeds 5g, pumpkin seeds 5g, peanut powder 10g, honey 5g, cocoa powder 10g), T2 (dates 45g, oats 8g, flaxseeds 5g, sesame seeds 5g, pumpkin seeds 5g, peanut powder 10g, honey 12g, guava flavour 10g) and T3 (dates 40g, oats 13g, flaxseeds 5g, sesame seeds 5g, pumpkin seeds 5g, peanut powder 10g, honey 12g, orange flavour 10g). Organoleptic evaluation of the prepared product in relation to sensory attributes was carried out using the nine point hedonic scale score card by Srilaksmi (2015). The nutrient content of the value added food products were calculated with the help of food composition table given by Gopalan et al., (2011). The cost of individual raw ingredients used in the preparation of the food product as the prevailing market price. All treatments were replicated four times and the data obtained during investigation were statistically analyzed by using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and critical difference (C.D.) techniques. On the basis of sensory acceptability it was found that T1 was scored highest in terms of colour and appearance, body and texture, flavour and taste and overall acceptability. As well as T1 shows significantly high in the nutritive value among all treatments regarding energy, protein, carbohydrates, fat, fibre, calcium and iron. The cost of the protein rich flavoured bar per 100g of dry ingredients at the prevailing cost of the raw materials was highest in T1 (Rs. 29.33) followed by T2 (Rs. 20.69) and T3 (Rs. 20.34). Dates are very good source of fibre, carbohydrate, protein and act as natural sweetener with no fat. As the bar is rich in protein, iron and other macronutrients, so it is majorly recommended for Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM), athletes and anemic patient. Daily 100g of dates intake helps to get all essential nutrients. Strictly restricted for Type-1 diabetic patients. Keywords: Protein, Nutrient content, organoleptic evaluation, nutrition bar, cost.

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Plasticity Is Key to Success of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) Invasion

Journal of Insect Science ◽

10.1093/jisesa/ieaa034 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Catherine M Little ◽

Thomas W Chapman ◽

N Kirk Hillier

Keyword(s):

Climatic Conditions ◽

Food Sources ◽

Agricultural Pest ◽

Physiological Plasticity ◽

Drosophila Suzukii ◽

Climate Zones ◽

Novel Food ◽

Species Invasiveness ◽

Pest Insects ◽

Initial Discovery

Abstract After its initial discovery in California in 2008, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura has become one of the most important invasive agricultural pest insects across climate zones in much of Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. Populations of D. suzukii have demonstrated notable behavioral and physiological plasticity, adapting to diverse environmental and climatic conditions, interspecific competition, novel food sources, and potential predators. This adaptability and plasticity have enabled rapid range expansion and diversified niche use by D. suzukii, making it a species particularly suited to changing habitats and conditions. This article reviews factors and evidence that influence plasticity in D. suzukii and promotes this species’ invasiveness.

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Effect of demonstrator reliability and recency of last demonstration on acquisition of a socially transmitted food preference

Royal Society Open Science ◽

10.1098/rsos.172391 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (6) ◽

pp. 172391 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Laura A. Agee ◽

Marie-H. Monfils

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Food Preference ◽

Safety Information ◽

Food Sources ◽

Novel Food ◽

Food Research ◽

Naive Observer ◽

The Social ◽

Direct Competition ◽

State Of The Environment

In the social transmission of food preference paradigm, naive observer rats acquire safety information about novel food sources in the environment through social interaction with a demonstrator rat that has recently eaten said food. Research into the behavioural mechanisms governing this form of learning has found that observers show increased reliance on socially acquired information when the state of the environment makes personal examination of their surroundings risky. We aimed to (1) determine whether reliance on social information would decrease if previous reliance on social learning was unsuccessful, and (2) whether reliance on the specific demonstrator that had transmitted poor information would similarly decrease. By inducing illness in observers following consumption of a socially demonstrated food, we created an environmental situation in which reliance on socially acquired information was maladaptive. We found that under these conditions, observers showed no change in their reliance on a specific demonstrator or socially learned information in general. Our experiment also unexpectedly produced results showing that recent demonstrators were more influential in later transmissions than demonstrators that had been learned from less recently. Notably, this effect only emerged when the observer simultaneously interacted with both demonstrators, indicating that demonstrators must be in direct competition for this effect to manifest.

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EFFECT OF FOOD SOURCES ON THE LONGEVITY AND FECUNDITY OF PHOLETESOR ORNIGIS (WEED) (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE)

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/ent124341-2 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 124 (2) ◽

pp. 341-346 ◽

Cited By ~ 51

Author(s):

Elmer A.C. Hagley ◽

D.R. Barber

Keyword(s):

First Generation ◽

Second Generation ◽

Trifolium Pratense ◽

Red Clover ◽

Food Sources ◽

Stellaria Media ◽

Effect Of Food ◽

Malus Domesticus ◽

Pholetesor Ornigis ◽

Aphid Honeydew

AbstractThe fecundity of first-generation adult Pholetesor ornigis (Weed) increased when individuals were confined with flowers of creeping "Charlie" (Glechoma hederacea L.), dandelion (Taraxacum officinale Weber), and apple (Malus domesticus L.), but not with blossoms of chickweed [Stellaria media (L.) Cyrillo] or Shepherd’s purse [Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medic]. Longevity of P. ornigis was little affected. The fecundity of second-generation P. ornigis increased when individuals were confined with terminal leaves of apple with honeydew of the aphid Aphis pomi DeGeer, but not when confined with terminal leaves without honeydew or with flowers of round-leaved mallow (Malva neglecta Wallr.) or red clover (Trifolium pratense L.). Longevity of P. ornigis adults also increased when they were provided with aphid honeydew. There were significant differences between the total number (oviposited and ovarian) of eggs produced by second-generation females given different food sources. Those given aphid honeydew oviposited a greater proportion of their eggs than those confined with apple leaves without honeydew or with flowers of M. neglecta or T. pratense, Adult P. ornigis fed an aqueous solution of honey (50:50, v/v) lived longest and produced more eggs than those provided with any other food source.

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Food discovery is associated with different reliance on social learning and lower cognitive flexibility across environments in a food-caching bird

Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rspb.2020.2843 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 288 (1951) ◽

pp. 20202843

Author(s):

Virginia K. Heinen ◽

Angela M. Pitera ◽

Benjamin R. Sonnenberg ◽

Lauren M. Benedict ◽

Eli S. Bridge ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Learning ◽

Cognitive Flexibility ◽

Cognitive Abilities ◽

Information Acquisition ◽

Social Information ◽

High Elevation ◽

Independent Learning ◽

Food Sources ◽

Novel Food ◽

Food Caching

Social learning is a primary mechanism for information acquisition in social species. Despite many benefits, social learning may be disadvantageous when independent learning is more efficient. For example, searching independently may be more advantageous when food sources are ephemeral and unpredictable. Individual differences in cognitive abilities can also be expected to influence social information use. Specifically, better spatial memory can make a given environment more predictable for an individual by allowing it to better track food sources. We investigated how resident food-caching chickadees discovered multiple novel food sources in both harsher, less predictable high elevation and milder, more predictable low elevation winter environments. Chickadees at high elevation were faster at discovering multiple novel food sources and discovered more food sources than birds at low elevation. While birds at both elevations used social information, the contribution of social learning to food discovery was significantly lower at high elevation. At both elevations, chickadees with better spatial cognitive flexibility were slower at discovering food sources, likely because birds with lower spatial cognitive flexibility are worse at tracking natural resources and therefore spend more time exploring. Overall, our study supported the prediction that harsh environments should favour less reliance on social learning.

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Use of Organic Wastes and Industrial By-Products to Produce Filamentous Fungi with Potential as Aqua-Feed Ingredients

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10093296 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (9) ◽

pp. 3296 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Sajjad Karimi ◽

Nasrollah Mahboobi Soofiani ◽

Amir Mahboubi ◽

Mohammad Taherzadeh

Keyword(s):

Filamentous Fungi ◽

Fungal Biomass ◽

Animal Feed ◽

Value Added ◽

Daily Basis ◽

Fish Feed ◽

Waste Streams ◽

Aquaculture Industry ◽

Aqua Feed ◽

Protein Rich

Organic-rich waste and industrial by-product streams, generated in enormous amounts on a daily basis, contain substantial amounts of nutrients that are worthy of recovery. Biological conversion of organic-waste streams using filamentous fungi is a promising approach to convert nutrients into value-added bioproducts, such as fungal biomass. High-protein fungal biomass contains different kinds and levels of amino acids, fatty acids, immunostimulants, antioxidants, pigments, etc., which make it a potential choice for application in animal feed supplementation. Considering the challenges long faced by the aquaculture industry in fishmeal production due to the increasing prices and environmental concerns, the aquaculture industry is forced to provide alternative protein-rich sources to replace conventional fishmeal. In this review, the possibilities of utilization of filamentous fungi biomass cultivated on organic-rich waste streams, as an alternative nutrient source in fish feed, were thoroughly reviewed.

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Dietary protein content affects evolution for body size, body fat and viability in Drosophila melanogaster

Biology Letters ◽

10.1098/rsbl.2010.0872 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 269-272 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Torsten N. Kristensen ◽

Johannes Overgaard ◽

Volker Loeschcke ◽

David Mayntz

Keyword(s):

Drosophila Melanogaster ◽

Protein Content ◽

Dietary Protein ◽

Experimental Evolution ◽

Natural Variation ◽

Food Sources ◽

Standard Diet ◽

Total Body Mass ◽

Total Body ◽

Protein Rich

The ability to use different food sources is likely to be under strong selection if organisms are faced with natural variation in macro-nutrient (protein, carbohydrate and lipid) availabilities. Here, we use experimental evolution to study how variable dietary protein content affects adult body composition and developmental success in Drosophila melanogaster . We reared flies on either a standard diet or a protein-enriched diet for 17 generations before testing them on both diet types. Flies from lines selected on protein-rich diet produced phenotypes with higher total body mass and relative lipid content when compared with those selected on a standard diet, irrespective of which of the two diets they were tested on. However, selection on protein-rich diet incurred a cost as flies reared on this diet had markedly lower developmental success in terms of egg-to-adult viability on both medium types, suggesting a possible trade-off between the traits investigated.

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New Food Industries Toward a New Level of Sustainable Supply

Establishing Food Security and Alternatives to International Trade in Emerging Economies - Advances in Public Policy and Administration ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2733-6.ch004 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 74-97 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Vittorio D'Aleo ◽

Francesco D'Aleo ◽

Roberta Bonanno

Keyword(s):

Business Models ◽

Mediterranean Area ◽

Food Sources ◽

Economic Potential ◽

Novel Food ◽

Novel Foods ◽

Food Industries ◽

Success Stories ◽

Food Market ◽

The Impact

“Novel foods” indicates all those foods that do not fall within the traditional western diet. The authors underline that there is an important economic potential linked to this new sector. After having introduced the topic by identifying what is meant by new food, food sustainability, and entrepreneurship in this sector, the analysis focuses on the qualitative aspects of novel foods. The authors emphasize the advantages of these sources, their qualities, and the impact on the environment. In this chapter, the authors demonstrate that novel food sources can be a substitute for other food that require production processes, and thus make a big impact on the environment. After figuring out the advantages of novel food sources, the authors analyze some success stories from the companies that already operate in this area. They also investigate existing business models on the novel food market and the way they operate and create wealth. Summarizing the results of their research, the authors underline the economic potential of the new foods exploitation in the Mediterranean area.

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Mini Livestock Ranching

Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies - Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-1607-1.ch007 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 188-212

Author(s):

Dimple Singh-Ackbarali ◽

Rohanie Maharaj

Keyword(s):

Value Added ◽

Food Sources ◽

Insect Species ◽

Edible Insects ◽

Protein Food ◽

Small Areas ◽

Edible Insect ◽

Food And Feed ◽

Insects As Food ◽

Nutritional Profiles

The rising demand and cost of animal protein, food and feed insecurity, environmental and climatic challenges of livestock agriculture have made the option of insects as food sources a viable topic. This chapter presents existing information and research on edible insects, insect farms and value-added insect products and assesses insects as a potential source of food and feed. Mini livestock ranching where edible insect species are reared, can reduce some of the negative environmental effects of livestock agriculture as it will produce significantly less greenhouse gas emissions compared with traditional livestock and have similar nutritional profiles. Edible insect species also; have a much lower feed to meat ratio, require small areas of land and have an almost negligible water requirement. There is an untapped potential to increase access to this nutritious, climate-smart food via intensified semi-cultivation and raising insects in farming environments, developing value added products and also a potential for a significant source of income.

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