Retail refrigerated probiotic foods and their association with evidence of health benefits

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Dailey ◽  
M.E. Sanders ◽  
D. Merenstein
Keyword(s):  
Health Benefits ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Probiotic Food ◽  
Retail Grocery

Probiotic usage in food is widespread and growing. The objective of this study was to determine the percentage of probiotic food products sold in the refrigerated section of retail grocery stores in the Washington DC area that we could link to evidence of any health benefit. We surveyed refrigerated sections of eight large grocery stores representing five national chains for probiotic products. Based on declared probiotic composition (strain and count) for each product, we searched PubMed for controlled trials that provided evidence of any health benefit. Our assessment showed that 49% (22 out of 45 distinct probiotic foods) could be linked to evidence supporting a health benefit. All products indicating strain composition could be linked to evidence. Our study suggests that consumers have a reasonable likelihood of purchasing a refrigerated probiotic food with evidence, but room for improvement exists.

scholarly journals Probiotic Delivery through Non-Dairy Plant-Based Food Matrices

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 599
Author(s):  
D. M. D. Rasika ◽  
Janak K. Vidanarachchi ◽  
Selma F. Luiz ◽  
Denise Rosane Perdomo Azeredo ◽  
Adriano G. Cruz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Properties ◽  
Dairy Products ◽  
Microbiological Quality ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Quality Characteristics ◽  
Dairy Plant ◽  
Food Matrices ◽  
Probiotic Food ◽  
Probiotic Delivery

Probiotics are live microorganisms which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host. Traditionally, dairy products are the major and most popular probiotic carriers. At present, there is a growing demand for non-dairy probiotic products. Both fermented and non-fermented non-dairy plant-based food products are becoming highly appealing to both dairy and non-dairy consumers worldwide. Non-dairy plant-based food matrices such as fruits, vegetables, plant-based milk, cereals, and legumes have been used successfully in producing probiotic products with the minimum recommended viable probiotic numbers at the time of consumption. However, due to the exclusion of dairy, whether these food matrices can enhance the functional properties of probiotics such as gastrointestinal survival and immune-enhancing effects needs a thorough investigation. Hence, this review focuses on some of the popular non-dairy plant-based probiotic food products and their microbiological quality characteristics in terms of maintaining probiotic viability during product storage. Their gastrointestinal tolerance in these products, other functional properties, and product qualities have also been briefly discussed.

scholarly journals Need of Nutraceuticals / Functional Food Products for Health Benefits to World-Wide People

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh K Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Health Benefits ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Nutritional Deficiencies ◽  
Annual Growth Rate ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Food Ingredients ◽  
Compound Annual Growth Rate ◽  
Food Involvement ◽  
Functional Components

Improved economic and developed people with their lifestyle have created many challenges of health issues (obesity, osteoporosis, cancer, diabetes, allergies and dental problems), due to selection of different food habits (such as consumption of manifold junk foods). It has created number of health problem (development of many diseases) related to nutritional deficiencies food. Nowadays, people have developed the habit for shifting of synthetic food ingredients to organic foods and ingredients, obtained from natural sources. In this regards, nutraceuticals food or its food products can perform important role in controlling the diseases via fulfilling all the health benefits to many people at worldwide. Incredible dietary supplements as nutraceuticals food (involvement in nutritional, immunologic and physiological functions) can help in prevention or treatment of many diseases (mitigating of gastrointestinal (GI) tract problem), as it is synthesized from raw herbals and lots of rapidly growing industries are reported to synthesize these natural products. And around 100 million people are found to take these products (power of plant based materials) for getting health benefits. It can work as drugs as health benefit of nutraceuticals via regulation/ control for diseases. Global nutraceuticals market had been valued for US$ 165.62 billion in 2014 and it would be grow the value of US$ 278.96 billion by 2021 with compound annual growth rate of 7.3%. This proposed paper will discuss the different types of nutraceuticals food or its functional components involved in prevention or treatment of diseases.

scholarly journals Exploring the Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Leisure Walking Based on the Demand of Behavior

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4105
Author(s):  
Yupei Jiang ◽  
Honghu Sun
Keyword(s):  
Health Benefits ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Time Behavior ◽  
Walking Behavior ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Residential Neighborhood ◽  
The Impact

Leisure walking has been an important topic in space-time behavior and public health research. However, prior studies pay little attention to the integration and the characterization of diverse and multilevel demands of leisure walking. This study constructs a theoretical framework of leisure walking behavior demands from three different dimensions and levels of activity participation, space-time opportunity, and health benefit. On this basis, through a face-to-face survey in Nanjing, China (N = 1168, 2017–2018 data), this study quantitatively analyzes the characteristics of leisure walking demands, as well as the impact of the built environment and individual factors on it. The results show that residents have a high demand for participation and health benefits of leisure walking. The residential neighborhood provides more space opportunities for leisure walking, but there is a certain constraint on the choice of walking time. Residential neighborhood with medium or large parks is more likely to satisfy residents’ demands for engaging in leisure walking and obtaining high health benefits, while neighborhood with a high density of walking paths tends to limit the satisfaction of demands for space opportunity and health benefit. For residents aged 36 and above, married, or retired, their diverse demands for leisure walking are more likely to be fulfilled, while those with high education, medium-high individual income, general and above health status, or children (<18 years) are less likely to be fulfilled. These finding that can have important implications for the healthy neighborhood by fully considering diverse and multilevel demands of leisure walking behavior.

Patulin Surveillance in Apple Cider and Juice Marketed in Michigan

2009 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 1255-1261 ◽  
Author(s):  
KERRI L. HARRIS ◽  
GERD BOBE ◽  
LESLIE D. BOURQUIN
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Apple Juice ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Uv Light ◽  
Grocery Store ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Apple Cider ◽  
Shelf Stable ◽  
Retail Grocery

Patulin is the most common mycotoxin found in apples and apple juices. The objective of this study was to determine the concentrations of patulin in (i) apple cider produced and marketed by Michigan apple cider mills during the fall seasons of 2002 to 2003 and 2003 to 2004 and (ii) apple juice and cider, including shelf-stable products, marketed in retail grocery stores in Michigan throughout 2005 and 2006. End product samples (n = 493) obtained from 104 Michigan apple cider mills were analyzed for patulin concentration by using solid-phase extraction followed by high-performance liquid chromatography. Patulin was detected (≥4 μg/liter) in 18.7% of all cider mill samples, with 11 samples (2.2%) having patulin concentrations of ≥50 μg/liter. A greater percentage of cider samples obtained from mills using thermal pasteurization contained detectable patulin (28.4%) than did those from mills using UV light radiation (13.5%) or no pathogen reduction treatment (17.0%). Among retail grocery store samples (n = 159), 23% of apple juice and cider samples contained detectable patulin, with 18 samples (11.3%) having patulin concentrations of ≥50 μg/liter. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) action level for patulin is 50 μg/kg. Some apple juice samples obtained from retail grocery stores had exceptionally high patulin concentrations, ranging up to 2,700 μg/liter. Collectively, these results indicate that most apple cider and juice test samples from Michigan were below the FDA action level for patulin but that certain apple cider and juice processors have inadequate controls over patulin concentrations in final products. The industry, overall, should focus on improved quality of fruit used in juice production and improve culling procedures to reduce patulin concentrations.

scholarly journals Technology Readiness and Likelihood to Use Self-Checkout Services Using Smartphone in Retail Grocery Stores: Empirical Evidences from Hyderabad, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hory Sankar Mukerjee ◽  
G. K. Deshmukh ◽  
U. Devi Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Mobile App ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Technology Readiness ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Self Service ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Self Service Technology ◽  
Retail Grocery

Present study is an attempt to measure technology readiness of Indian customers towards self checkout service (SCS) through mobile app at retail stores at Hyderabad, India. Self-checkout services (SCS), a key offering of self service technology (SST), ‘is the technological enablement of customers to make payments and complete a checkout, after shopping, with little or no interaction with a service employee.’ Researchers also studied correlations between technology readiness, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and likelihood to use SCS. For the purpose of the study TRI 2.0 developed by Parasuraman and Colby (2015) was used along with items of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use, adapted from Davis (1989) , and items of ‘likelihood to use’ adapted from Bitner, Ostrom and Meuter (2002) . The findings of the study reveal that respondents’ technology readiness was moderate with respect to mobile based SCS. Significant positive correlations were found between: technology readiness and perceived ease of use, perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and likelihood to use, perceived usefulness and likelihood to use. Further the respondents were categorised in to five technology segments as sceptics, explorers, pioneers, avoiders and hesitators.

scholarly journals Identifying Predictors of Parents’ and Children's Participation and Barriers in Randomized Clinical Trials

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 596-596
Author(s):  
Priscilla Clayton ◽  
Cristina Palacios,
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Randomized Clinical Trials ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Time Constraint ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Minimal Risk ◽  
Direct Benefit ◽  
Recruitment And Retention ◽  
Parents And Children

Abstract Objectives Background: Randomized controlled trials are considered the ‘gold standard’ to assess the efficacy and effectiveness of health care and dietary interventions, however, challenges with recruitment and retention of participants can be detrimental to the validity and generalizability of the study. Children and adolescents play a role in the decision to participate, although parents are the primary decision-makers. Exploring children and parent's knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions towards research can help to understand factors that influence participation and retention. Objective: To identify predictors of recruitment and retention in RCTs involving both parents and children to assist in the implementation of recruitment and retention strategies. Methods A systematic review of RCTs was conducted to explore the available evidence to compose a qualitative meta-summary. Studies were identified from 3 databases and restricted only to English language publications. Data reporting participant's predictors and barriers of recruitment and retention in RCTs involving children and adolescents aged 0 to 21 were identified. Year of publication ranged from 2006 to 2019. Studies not including children and studies not involving participant feedback were excluded. Results 53 records were identified; 32 were excluded due to exclusion of child and/or parent feedback, therefore 21 studies were included. Several themes were identified between parents and children that mentioned predictors: personal health benefit, altruism, trust in the research, contact with staff, benefit for parents themselves, benefit for the community, minimal risk to the child, monetary benefits, felt as the only option, influence by family and friends, recommendation from physician, and increase in knowledge. Barriers mentioned were: felt as the “guinea pig,” burden for child, decision too stressful, fear of randomization, no direct benefit, and time and financial constraints. The most common themes identified in several of the studies were personal health benefits, the risk to the child, altruism, time constraint, and no direct benefit. Conclusions Important predictors of recruitment and retention in RCTs are children's personal health benefits and risks, altruism, time constraint, and no direct benefit. Funding Sources NIH

Temperature profiling of open- and closed-doored produce cases in retail grocery stores

Food Control ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 107158
Author(s):  
Ana Lorena Monge Brenes ◽  
Wyatt Brown ◽  
Scott Steinmaus ◽  
Jeffrey K. Brecht ◽  
Yurui Xie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Retail Grocery
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