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Chicken meat is one of the important and healthy sources of protein in the diet. Therefore, due to its high consumption, its preparation and cooking methods should be taken into consideration. Frying process is one of the most common operations in the food industry. In this method efforts have been made to obtain products with low oil content. Hot air frying is a new method of frying in which products are processed through direct contact with hot air and oil droplets in the frying chamber.

In this research, a hot air fryer was used to process chicken fillets. The response surface method was employed to model and obtain the optimal conditions of the hot air frying process. The effect of process parameters (temperature of 160,180,200 degrees Celsius, time of 10, 20 and 30 minutes and air flow speed of 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5 m/s) on the characteristics of the final product (Moisture content, fat content, evaluation of color parameters, crispness and sensory evaluation) were evaluated in order to achieve the optimal conditions of the process.

The results showed that the moisture content, crisp texture of the product and changes in the color of the product are affected by the temperature and duration of the process and increase with the increase of the parameters. The variables of air flow speed, temperature and process time have a significant effect on the fat content in fried chicken fillets (P≤0.05) and show an increasing trend.

Based on the results of the tests, the optimal conditions for frying with hot air temperature of 200 degrees Celsius, air blower speed of 1.50 meters per second and time of 22.87 minutes were determined.

Due to the unfavorable effects of synthetic antioxidants, the use of various sources of plant antioxidants to retard or prevent oxidation of foods, especially oil-based or fat-based varieties, has today received considerable attention.

Inorder to extract the essential oil, water distillation method was applied and the extract of citron peel was obtained by ultrasound and maceration methods by using ethanol, methanol and water as solvents. Total phenolic compounds of the extracts and their antioxidant activities were measured. The chemical compounds in the extract and essential oil were identified by gas chromatography. Finally, the antioxidant effect on the stability of sunflower oil was investigated. The stability of oil to oxidation during storage for 5 days at 65 ° C was assessed using peroxide, anisidine, thiobarbituric acid, Tutox values and oxidative stability index.

The most amounts of phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity was absorved in ultrasonic-assisted ethanolic extract at 30 min. The extract concentration at 800 ppm was more effective to radical scavenging than the other concentrations. The major compounds of citron peel extract were nomilin and hesperidin. The results showed that the peroxide, anisidine, and totox value had an increasing trend over time. Ultrasonic-assisted ethanolic extract at 30 min showed the highest OSI.

The results of this study demonstrate the beneficial effects of the essential oil and extract from citron peel on sunflower oil stability and its superiority over synthetic antioxidants.

One of the major changes that occurs during the processing, distribution and final preparation of food is the oxidation of fats and oils, and due to the production of undesirable compounds in the oil, it has adverse effects on the health of consumers, so prevent or delay in oxidation process under thermal and storage conditions is necessary. In this study, ultrasound was used to extract the antioxidant extract of beet leaves and the best extract in terms of antioxidant power was used to increase the oxidative stability of soybean oil. In this study, 4 ultrasonic time levels (0, 20, 40 and 60 minutes) were used and the best extract in different concentrations (200, 600 and 1000 ppm) was soybean oil which was accelerated for 15 days under oxidation conditions (temperature 63 ° C). was maintained, added, and tests such as peroxide, thiobarbituric acid index and conjugated dien value were performed on the oils. The results showed that with increasing ultrasound time, the extraction efficiency of antioxidant extract, total phenol, percentage of free radical scavenging DPPH and iron reducing power increased and finally the sample obtained from 60 minutes of ultrasound was selected as the best sample. On the other hand, the results of tests performed on soybean oil showed that by increasing the concentration of antioxidants to 600 ppm, the amount of peroxide, thiobarbituric acid index and conjugated dien value decreased and with increasing the concentration of antioxidants and storage time in soybean oil These features increased. Finally, it can be stated that the use of 600 ppm of antioxidants obtained from sugar beet leaves extracted by ultrasound can compete with the synthetic antioxidant BHT and can be used to stabilize soybean oil.

Rosemary is an evergreen and aromatic plant of the mint family, which has many antioxidant and medicinal properties. Nowadays, to increase the quantity of extraction and improve the quality of essence, the plant is dried and then the extraction process is performed. Thus, new and combined methods for drying of plants containing essence have been studied. Different drying methods such as hot air, microwave, microwave- vacuum, sun and freeze drying have been studied by many researcher to dry rosemary and the quality of the extracted essence and the kinetics of mass transfer have been investigated. Drying by means of infrared is considered for many agricultural products but this method has not been applied to rosemary until now. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the kinetics of drying and the effect of infrared drying on the volume, color and quality of essence of rosemary leaves. Our specific target was modeling of the infrared drying process and compare it with other drying methods.

In this study, the geometric properties of rosemary leaves were measured by Mitutoyo Micrometer. Then, by using electromagnetic radiation in the range of infrared spectrum (100, 200 and 300watts) freshly prepared leaves of rosemary were dried. After essence extraction by clevenger method, the volume of extraction and components were determined by GC/MS and according to the power of infrared wavelength were evaluated by completely randomized design. The quality of dried rosemary and essences were also studied by ImageJ software, and color parameters a*, b*, L*, chroma (C*), browning index, total color difference and Hue angle, were calculated by completely randomized design. In addition, drying curves, effective diffusivities and activation energy determined by using moisture measurement data.

According to the results of analysis of variance and Duncan's Multiple Range test at 5% level, it was observed that with increasing the power of the infrared lamp in the drying process, color parameters like L, b, Chroma and BI in dried rosemary decreased and ΔE, A and Hue angel increased. Analysis of variance and comparison of Duncan's mean at 5% level showed that increasing the infrared power has a significant effect on reducing the volume of essence. In the case of essence color, it was perceived that with increasing the power of the infrared lamp, the color parameters like A, L and Hue angel decreased and b, BI and Chroma increased. Furthermore, increasing the infrared power in the drying process of rosemary has a significant effect on reducing the volatile compounds of rosemary essence. Effective diffusivities varied from 33.3×9.10-9 to 1.0907×10-8. The activation energy was also determined as 30.243 kW/kg. To predict the rosemary drying trend by using eight models, regression modeling was performed through MATLAB software (version 2016). Results showed that, Midilli model for the power of 200 and 300 watts and Verma model for the power of 100 watts, due to high correlation coefficient index and low standard error, were two suitable models for evaluation of Drying kinetic and prediction of drying process.

Increasing infrared power during drying process of rosemary leaves decreases the efficiency of essence extraction. Moreover, increasing the infrared power has a significant effect on reducing the active ingredients like cineol and Beta-Pinene in essence. The color of dried rosemary and extracted essence are affected by infrared radiation power and varies with increasing the power. Rising the infrared radiation power results in an increase in the effective diffusivity coefficients. Also, it can be concluded that, midilli and verma are two best models for prediction of drying trend of rosemary.

The production of healthier fried foods requires the adaptation of industrial processes. In this context, air frying is an alternative to deep oil frying to Potato products such as chips to obtain with lower fat content. One of the most important points in designing, modeling and optimizing the frying processes is to precise determination the mass transfer parameters. Accordingly, in this research were investigated, the effects of mass transfer parameters such as effective penetration coefficient, mass dimensionless Biot number and mass transfer coefficient as well as activation energy in three temperatures and two air flow velocities. In this study, for the first time, air flow velocity was used as a variable factor in hot air frying, which also had a significant effect on decreasing moisture content.The results showed that all the mass transfer parameters as well as the relative constant of water reduction were directly proportional to the temperature and increased with increasing process temperature. At different flow velocities, all the parameters in except of the Biot number were increasing. The results of the activation energy obtained using the Arrhenius equation were also estimated at lower airflow velocities.

One of the common defects in the processing of Feta cheese made in package is softening of texture. This defect occurs mainly at low temperatures and salt levels. In the industry, by increasing the amount of syneresis from the curd, some of this defect is prevented.In addition to texture softening, quantity and quality of UF –Feta cheese affected by expulsion or absorption phenomena. Reducing or increasing moisture content of cheeses matrix effected on other compositions and physical properties of cheeses protein matrix. The most important factors that play role on syneresis and textural properties are temperature, NaCl concentration and calcium level. The mechanism of this factors is different, but in summary, any factor that increase protein aggregation in cheeses matrix, grain hardness and syneresis, and in contrast, expanding cheese matrix occur.

In this research, hardness and syneresis or absorption amount measured in six brine concentration consist 0, 2, 8, 10, 18 and 26 in 3 (200, 1700 and 3200 ppm) calcium ions levels (18 treatments) at 3, 11, 9 and 27°C (72 treatments). The 3 replicates were analyzed in triplicate. Data were analyzed using a split-plot design.

Temperature, brine composition (NaCl and calcium ions) and interaction between this factors (Salt× Ca++, T× Salt and T× Ca++) and Salt× Ca++×T, was significant effects (p<0.01) on hardness and syneresis. The absorption phenomena occur in a salt concentration and temperature less than about 8% and 11°C, respectively. At more than 8% NaCl and 11°C, gradually, hardness and syneresis improved. The most swelling was observed in range 8-10% salt. Increasing of Ca++ was shifted maximum absorption to lower brine concentration. When Ca++ ions increased, the maximum swelling was shifted to lower brine concentration. Also, the hardness results and moisture content of cheese confirmed shrinkage and swelling of the cheese matrix.

The interaction of temperature, Nacl and calcium have two different models on syneresis and textural properties in UF-Feta cheese. At below 11°C, when Nacl concentration enhanced up to 8-10%, softening and swelling cheese matrix increased, but Increasing Nacl concentration and temperature above this rang improve shrinkage and hardness cheese matrix. Also, grain in calcium ion concentration reduced swelling and softening in UF- feta cheese at all temperature and Nacl concentrations. Therefore, in order to avoid the softness of the texture of this type of cheese, the process of industrial production and storage should be designed in such a way as to prevent optimal swelling of cheese matrix.

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Given the nutritional value of the dates, and the Iran national convention as the leading manufacturer in the world to date, allowing the use of products derived from the processing of date deemed to be necessary. Whey cheese factories waste material component is considered to have a high nutritional value of and yet the price is far lower than in milk as a result of use of this material has value.

In this study, four alternative levels of date syrup (25, 50, 75 and 100%) instead of vanilla sugar production based on whey was used, and the parameters sensory physicochemical and rheological behavior discussed.

The results of this study showed that with increasing the percentage of substitution of date syrup with sugar in ice cream formulation due to the decrease in the strength of ice cream texture, the amount of overrun decreased so that the rate of overrun in the control sample was 54.5% and in the sample containing 100% date syrup was 42.5 %. The melting resistance index was a similar trend that in the blank sample was 20.54 minutes and in the sample containing 100% date syrup was 14.43 minutes. In addition, the viscosity index decreased significantly at the level of 5% and increase the percentage of visible substitution discolor samples of ice cream was produced by. The flow behavior index for all samples was less than 1. Analysis of the sensory properties of ice cream manufacturing production showed that 50% date syrup substitution sugar with the best properties of the sense of sight was appraiser.

According to the results, it can be concluded that the use of date sap is a good alternative to sugar in ice cream formulation. Induction: Given the nutritional value of the dates, and the Iran national convention as the leading manufacturer in the world to date, allowing the use of products derived from the processing of date deemed to be necessary. Whey cheese factories waste material component is considered to have a high nutritional value of and yet the price is far lower than in milk as a result of use of this material has value.

Cactus prickly pear is a plant of the cactus (Opuntia stricta), some species of this plant used in this research grow in the regions of southern Iran and the coastal seas of Mazandaran. It is very important to peel in the process of producing products from prickly pear fruit. Optimum heating and infrared irradiation can be used as a suitable and effective method in the pretreatment process with the aim of reducing the consumption of chemicals and harming the environment and increasing the quality of the product. In this study, using the precursor of ohmic compared to the control sample, the effect of field intensity (1500 to 4500 V / m) and the concentration of sodium chloride (0.01-0.03 g / 100 milliliters). The amount of ascorbic acid and colorimetric indices L *, a * and b * were studied in Barbed Pear Fruit. Color determination with IM software, ascorbic acid content was determined by iodometric method, thickness with micrometer and phenolic compounds by Folin-Sioukalto method. Hand-peeled prickly pear was considered as a control sample.With increasing field strength and increasing salt concentration of sodium chloride, more favorable results were obtained. The best ohmic treatment with a field strength of 4500 V / m and a concentration of sodium chloride 0.03 g / 100 ml, the values obtained for weight loss 8.2 ± 0.57, ascorbic acid content of 1.1 ± 0.005 Milligrams per 100 milliliters and total phenolic compounds totaling Abstract: Cactus prickly pear is a plant of the cactus (Opuntia stricta), some species of this plant used in this research grow in the regions of southern Iran and the coastal seas of Mazandaran. It is very important to peel in the process of producing products from prickly pear fruit. Optimum heating and infrared irradiation can be used as a suitable and effective method in the pretreatment process with the aim of reducing the consumption of chemicals and harming the environment and increasing the quality of the product. In this study, using the precursor of ohmic compared to the control sample, the effect of field intensity (1500 to 4500 V / m) and the concentration of sodium chloride (0.01-0.03 g / 100 milliliters). The amount of ascorbic acid and colorimetric indices L *, a * and b * were studied in Barbed Pear Fruit. Color determination with IM software, ascorbic acid content was determined by iodometric method, thickness with micrometer and phenolic compounds by Folin-Sioukalto method. Hand-peeled prickly pear was considered as a control sample.With increasing field strength and increasing salt concentration of sodium chloride, more favorable results were obtained. The best ohmic treatment with a field strength of 4500 V / m and a concentration of sodium chloride 0.03 g / 100 ml, the values obtained for weight loss 8.2 ± 0.57, ascorbic acid content of 1.1 ± 0.005 Milligrams per 100 milliliters and total phenolic compounds total

Niger seed with scientific name of Guizotia abyssinica Cass from Asteraceae family is a dicotyledonous and one year plant that is one of the main and most important oil sources in Ethiopia and India. In different researches the amount of extracted oil from the seed of this plant has been mentioned about 37 to 50 percent. The composition of fatty acid in this plant is similar to safflower and sunflower seed oil (of course with high percentage of Linoleic acid that may reach more than 85 percent). Generally, the mechanical press is one of the most popular methods for extracting oil from vegetable oil seeds all over the world. Increase in temperature will lead to more and faster extraction of oil from seeds and will increase the extraction efficiency. Microwave, is the non-ionized electromagnetic wave with frequency between 300 MHz to 300 GHz and are placed between the radio and infrared waves in the electromagnetic spectrum, consumers’ increasing demand for higher quality products and with minimized waste of nutrients in comparison with conventional thermal methods, caused an increase in use of non-thermal methods such as pulsed electric field methods. In current research it is tried to study the influence of pulsed electric fields and microwave pre-treatments on some characteristics of oil and meals obtained from Niger seed.

To perform this research, the Niger seeds (contain 40% oil) was prepared from local market of Fars Province (Iran). Then the external materials such as weed seeds, sand and stones were separated and removed manually  and the seeds were treated with microwave pre-treatment with power of 900W and different procedure times (100 and 200 seconds), and pulsed electric field with two levels of electric field intensities of (250 and 500 kV/cm with 30 pulses). After performing these treatments, the seeds oil was extracted with screw press at the speed of 34 rpm then various experiments, such as the efficiency amount of oil extraction, refractive index, total phenolic compounds, oxidative stability, protein and ash of meals, were performed on the oil in a complete random model with three repetitions.

The comparing group mean test with Duncan’s method indicated that applying pulsed electric fields and microwave pre-treatments in lower times and intensities caused an increase in extraction efficiency. But with increase in the microwave time and also increase in the intensity of pulsed electric field, the efficiency of oil extraction was decreased in such a manner that when a pulsed electric field with intensity of 500 kV/m was used, the oil extraction had the lowest extraction efficiency. The increase of oil extraction efficiency using microwave can be related to more fracture or disintegration of cells which contain oil during treating with microwave. The reason for increase in the efficiency of oil extraction using the pulsed electric fields can be attributed to the electrical decomposition of cells and more permeability of them. A decrease in the oil extraction efficiency with excessive increase in the microwave time and intensity of electric field is probably attributed to more degradation of seeds internal structure and closure of oil outlet duct. Analysis of data obtained from oils refractive index indicated that the pre-treatment type didn’t have any significant influence on the oils refractive index (P>0.05) and the amount of refractive index was 1.478 for all of the measured samples (figure 2). Applying various pre-treatments, caused an increase in the amount of total phenol and oxidative stability of oils in the manner that the maximum amount of total phenol and oxidative stability was obtained from pulsed electric field pre-treatment with the intensity of  500 kV/m.  The amount of tocopherol and antioxidant compounds can be the reason for this observation because of applying these pre-treatments. Variance analysis of data obtained from performing tests and experiments indicated that the influence of pre-treatment type on the amount of protein and meals ash was completely significant (P<0.01). Comparison of the means in data obtained from experiments showed that the maximum and minimum amount of protein and meals ash in the treated sample was obtained with 100 seconds microwave and the pulsed electric fields with 500 kV/m intensity, respectively, in other words, applying various treatments (in low times and electric field intensities of microwave and pulsed electric fields) in oil extraction led to an increase in the amount of protein and ash in comparison with non-treated sample and the reason of this fact can be attributed to the more extraction of oil from seeds and consequently an increase in the % protein and ash remained in the meals. Finally, the results of this research indicated that applying microwave (for 100 seconds) and pulsed electric field (with electric field intensity of 250 kV/m) can be very useful in extracting oil from Niger seed because of increase in the extraction efficiency and also increase of useful compounds in oil.

Astaxanthin is a carotenoid pigment that is used as a repellency for free radicals and active oxygenates, dietary supplements and natural colorants, as well as its therapeutic applications, and has been called natural super-antioxidants. Furthermore, astaxanthin due to its high unsaturate is susceptible to environmental factors, which can be applied encapsulation in suitable coatings and added to food products to be controlled and released under specific conditions. In this research, Astaxanthin encapsulation has been carried out in a combination of Arabic gum and whey protein concentrate. In this stage, the independent variables, the ratio of each of the walls, Arabic gum (0.5, 1, 1.5 w / w), whey protein concentrate (2, 4 and 6 w / w), as well as pH (4.5, 6.5, 8.5) were considered and their effects on turbidity, viscosity, drope size, zeta potential, and stability of nano-complex were investigated. In order to find the optimum pH of the complex formation, the adsorption rate was investigated in a wide range of pH (3-9) and pH 4.5 was determined to for a complex of whey protein concentrate –Arabic gum. Based on the results obtained from the surface response method, the treatment with number -16 (%1.5 GA, % 6 WPC in pH = 4.5) with the least stability, has the highest viscosity and maximum turbidity, the smallest drope size and the highest zeta potential was determined as the optimal sample. In the final, ratio of 6 to 1.5 between WPC and GA came up with the highest complex formation.</div>

In high voltage electrostatic field technique, by applying a high voltage electric field (HVEF) in a needle- plate electrode system, air at the surface of food product is ionized, and a volumetric flow known as corona wind is formed, that increases the heat transfer coefficient in food product by volumetric heat generation. In this thechnology, ozone generation followed by the corona discharge and air ionization, are capable to reducing microbial contamination; on the other hand, since ozone is a strong oxidizer, there is a risk of lipid oxidation. The aim of this paper is using high voltage electrostatic field for thawing of chicken breast, and investigating its effects on microbial count and lipid oxidation. First, fresh chicken breast were cut into equal cubes (2×2×2 cm3) by a designed cast and sharp razor, then, were frozen by a freezing tunnel with forced air circulation at -30 0C and 1 m/s air velocity, after vacuum packaging in polyethylene bags. The frozen samples were kept at -180C until use. Thawing under HVEF at three different voltages (from the corona start voltage to the breakdown voltage), and specific electrode gaps were done. The control sample was subjected to no HVEF but thawed conventionally by still air method. Fat oxidation of thawed samples were investigated at first, third, fifth, and seventh days intervals during storage at refrigerator. The thawed samples were kept at refrigerator (4±10C) after packaging, and evaluated for microbiological tests (total microbial count and psychrotrophic), and the oxidation kinetics were investigated. Total microbial count during first, third and sixth days of storage at refrigerator, by pour plate at 300C for 72 hours, and psychrotrophic bacteria count during ten days storage at 6.50C by surface plate were investigated. The equation resulted from TBARS- time changes curve, is linear. By evaluation of zero-order kinetic model, the kinetic rate constant was determined at different treatments. The kinetic rate constant had no significant difference with control at low electric field strength (1.5 kV/cm); while, this factor was more intense with increasing electric field strength (2.25 and 3 kV/cm). Generally, malonaldahyde formation rate of thawed chicken was increased by increasing voltage and decreasing electrode gap during storage. However, at corona start voltages, malonaldahyde formation rate constant was less than control. Results from microbial growth showed total microbial count decreased at HVEF thawed samples compared with control and fresh chicken during six days storage. Total microbial count in the case of control was 1.07×105 cfu/g at first day, that was increased to 7.82 ×106 cfu/g at sixth day, and in the case of HVEF thawed samples at 8 and 10 kV, were 5× 104 cfu/g and 3.36×104 cfu/g at first day, that were increased to 1.36×106 cfu/g and 1×106 cfu/g at sixth day, respectively. However, total microbial count of fresh chicken was increased from 9.73×104 cfu/g at first day to 6×106 cfu/g at sixth day. On the other hand, storage at 6.5 0C during 10 days, decreased the psychrotrophic microorganisms significantly at HVEF thawed samples) P<0.05). Due to the importance of thawing for products susceptible to spoilage, such as chicken, it is possible to benefit from HVEF thawing method to decreasing spoilage and increasing shelf life, by applying 2.25 kV/cm electric field strength.

Layer by layer self - assembly technique is one of the newest methods to produce multilayer films relying on the placement of the liquid layers on solid substance. The purpose of this studies  is to manufacture multilayer kraft  based on protein biopolymers (zein and whey isolated protein) containing of green tea phenolic compounds by utilizing layer by layer self - assembly technique and evaluation antibacterial, physical-mechanical properties and release of phenolic compounds from coated kraft at refrigerator temperature in pH of 4.5 and 7. The minimum inhibitory concentration of green tea powder demonstrates that Escherichia coli (5mg/ml) compared to Listeria monocytogenes (10mg/ml) is more sensitive. The results of physical properties of krafts coated paper showed that thickness, grammage and bulk density increased by coating process. Also, the presence of zein in outer layer caused a significant reduction in WVP and increased air resistance. Evaluation of phenolic compounds release from coated krafts demonstrated that release rate in acidic food stimulant was more than the neutral stimulants. Also, release content of kraft paper with zein as outer layers respect to whey isolated protein was higher in the first days and continued in a longer time. Log reduction value of coated Kraft with active bilayer zein against Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes was 0.25 and 0.06 respectively. According to the results of this study, active zein bilayer kraft is recommended as a carrier of phenolic compounds for the packaging of food products

Complex coacervation is generated through electrostatic interaction between oppositely charged biopolymers (proteins and polysaccharides). Complexation via electrostatic interactions can lead to formation of soluble or insoluble complexes. In the current research, the production and characteristics of the complexes formed from whey protein concentrate (WPC) and gum tragacanth (GT) were evaluated. In order to find the optimum pH for complexation, absorbance of protein-polysaccharide mixtures were measured at a wide range of pH (2–8), Furthermore, particle size, zeta potential, microstructure and rheological properties of the complexes were investigated. Based on the results, the best condition to form complex between WPC and GT was found to be at pH=4.5. With Increasing the amount of GT up to 0.75% w/w in a constant protein concentration (0.5% w/w), the lowest and highest particle size for WPC- GT complex was found at protein: polysaccharide ratio of 1: 1 (3018 nm) and 10:1 (4070 nm), respectively. Zeta potential changed from +3.11 mV (0% gum tragacanth) to -6.82 mV due to addition of GT (0.75% w/w). Microscopic images showed the presence of separate spherical particles, except at the concentration of 0.05% w/w. The appropriate rheological model to predict flow behavior of complexes was depended on protein-polysaccharide ratio and the dominate flow behavior index was found to be shear thinning. Increasing of TG concentration lead to lower flow behavior index as well as higher apparent viscosity, consistency coefficient and the yield stress

In this research to model the process of extracting oil from Niger seeds using the combinational pretreatment of microwave-pulsed electric field three microwave time levels of (0, 100, and 200 seconds) and three electric field intensity levels of (0, 2.5 and 5 kV/cm) were used and after applying these pretreatments, the oil of seeds were extracted using the screw press with different speeds (11 to 57 rpm) and the efficiency of oil extraction process, density, color, oxidative stability, phenolic compounds and protein amount of meal were considered. The artificial neural network tool was used to predict the variations process. Through studying and examining various networks, the feed forward back propagation network with 6-9-3 topologies and with correlation coefficient of more than 0.995 and mean squared error less than 0.001 using logarithm sigmoid activation function, resilient learning pattern and learning process of 1000 were determined as the best neural method. On the other hand the results indicated that an increase in the microwave time and also in the electric field intensity at first led to increase in the efficiency of oil extraction process but with more increase in these two parameters the efficiency amount of oil extraction process was decreased. Also with increase in the microwave time, electric field intensity and the rotational speed of screw press the acidity amount of oils was increased too. The results obtained from selected optimized models were evaluated too and these models with high correlation coefficient (over 0.918) were able to predict the variation process of oil samples produced using microwave-pulsed electric field pretreatment.

Today one of the most important concerns of the world is the significant volume of waste accumulation associated with the synthetic polymers used in food packaging. Therefore, biodegradable edible films are the best alternative for synthetic polymers and plastics. In this study, biodegradable films of corn zein containing two levels of olive leaf extract (10 and 15% w/w) are produced and their physical, mechanical, colorimetric and micro straucture properties were investigated. The results showed that the effect of treatment on physical, mechanical and colorimetric properties was significant (p <0.05). The results showed that by adding 15% extract, the thickness and moisture absorption increased compared to the control sample. Also, by increasing the percentage of olive leaf extract, there was a significant decrease in solubility and vapor permeability in all three relative humidity (33, 50 and 75%) compared to the control sample. In conclusion, it can be concluded from the results of this study that the combination of olive leaf extract with polymeric zein improves some physical and mechanical properties of edible film

Frying is a unit operation in which food is heated in oil to alter its eating quality. First reviews of frying performed on the principles of heat and mass transfer and oil uptake in foods, because during the frying process heat and mass transfer occurred between product and frying medium. In fact, the food loses moisture content and lost water will replace with oil. The moisture loss in the product causes rapid formation of the crust while the core remains soft and moist; therefore higher oil uptake occurred in the crust. There is an argument about the effect of frying on the sensory characteristics of foods, changes of nutritional value and health concerns in fried foods and methods applied to reduce oil content. Consumers prefer eating foods with lower oil content. One of the typical methods for reducing oil uptake in food commodities is using of coating before frying process. Edible coatings are known as a thin layer of edible polymers which is placed on the surface of the food. Application of edible coating decreases some destructive factors like the presence of various gases such as oxygen and carbon dioxide and humidity. Hydrocolloides are referred to a group of polysaccharides and proteins which create many features such as consistency in aqueous solutions, foams stability, emulsions, improve the sense of mouth and create a similar state of fatty and oily mode for products with lower content. In fact hydrocolloid coatings can reduce the excessive oil uptake due to their interesting thermogelling properties and at the same time they are invisible and have no negative influence on the sensory attributes of fried foodstuff. Even more, fried products have low fat content with improved nutritional values, higher crispiness and better palatability. Pishmeh is described as deep-fried dough pastry which is usually prepared by local producers of Turkmen (Iran). This product absorbed high oil content during frying process. This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of hydrocolloid coatings including Aloe Vera, Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and Xanthan on the oil uptake of Pishmeh.
Hydrocholloid materials such as Aloe Vera, Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), Xanthan and complex of Xanthan-CMC were used. The gums were prepared at concentrations of 0.5 and 1% by dissolving in water at 70 ° C by stirring with a homogeneous mixer until a clear suspension was obtained. To extract the Aloe Vera gel, first, a thick epidermis (The shell) was separated from parenchyma using cutter. The parenchyma was immersed in a container of distilled water to lose bitter taste for 5 minand then parenchyma was taken out from water and transferred into a mixer (for 1 minute at 25 °C) and finally converted to a uniform colloidal solution. In the next step, the prepared dough samples were immersed in the colloidal suspensions for 1 min and the coated samples were placed on a mesh tray to remove the excess residuary coats. The samples were fried in sunflower oil at 170 °C for 6 min. The samples were then placed on a metal tray after frying to remove excess oil. After removing the oil and reaching the ambient temperature, physical and chemical tests were carried out on the sweet Pishmeh. The experiments included determination of moisture, fat content, measurement of coating parameters (such as coating ratio and frying efficiency) and color analysis.
The result showed that coating by hydrocholloid materials was led to decrease water loss in comparison to non-coated sample (control) during frying. Furthermore, oil uptake of coated samples was lower than control sample (p

Frying is a unit operation in which food is heated in oil to alter its eating quality. First reviews of frying performed on the principles of heat and mass transfer and oil uptake in foods, because during the frying process heat and mass transfer occurred between product and frying medium. In fact, the food loses moisture content and lost water will replace with oil. The moisture loss in the product causes rapid formation of the crust while the core remains soft and moist; therefore higher oil uptake occurred in the crust. There is an argument about the effect of frying on the sensory characteristics of foods, changes of nutritional value and health concerns in fried foods and methods applied to reduce oil content. Consumers prefer eating foods with lower oil content. One of the typical methods for reducing oil uptake in food commodities is using of coating before frying process. Edible coatings are known as a thin layer of edible polymers which is placed on the surface of the food. Application of edible coating decreases some destructive factors like the presence of various gases such as oxygen and carbon dioxide and humidity. Hydrocolloides are referred to a group of polysaccharides and proteins which create many features such as consistency in aqueous solutions, foams stability, emulsions, improve the sense of mouth and create a similar state of fatty and oily mode for products with lower content. In fact hydrocolloid coatings can reduce the excessive oil uptake due to their interesting thermogelling properties and at the same time they are invisible and have no negative influence on the sensory attributes of fried foodstuff. Even more, fried products have low fat content with improved nutritional values, higher crispiness and better palatability. Pishmeh is described as deep-fried dough pastry which is usually prepared by local producers of Turkmen (Iran). This product absorbed high oil content during frying process. This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of hydrocolloid coatings including Aloe Vera, Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and Xanthan on the oil uptake of Pishmeh.
Hydrocholloid materials such as Aloe Vera, Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), Xanthan and complex of Xanthan-CMC were used. The gums were prepared at concentrations of 0.5 and 1% by dissolving in water at 70 ° C by stirring with a homogeneous mixer until a clear suspension was obtained. To extract the Aloe Vera gel, first, a thick epidermis (The shell) was separated from parenchyma using cutter. The parenchyma was immersed in a container of distilled water to lose bitter taste for 5 minand then parenchyma was taken out from water and transferred into a mixer (for 1 minute at 25 °C) and finally converted to a uniform colloidal solution. In the next step, the prepared dough samples were immersed in the colloidal suspensions for 1 min and the coated samples were placed on a mesh tray to remove the excess residuary coats. The samples were fried in sunflower oil at 170 °C for 6 min. The samples were then placed on a metal tray after frying to remove excess oil. After removing the oil and reaching the ambient temperature, physical and chemical tests were carried out on the sweet Pishmeh. The experiments included determination of moisture, fat content, measurement of coating parameters (such as coating ratio and frying efficiency) and color analysis.
The result showed that coating by hydrocholloid materials was led to decrease water loss in comparison to non-coated sample (control) during frying. Furthermore, oil uptake of coated samples was lower than control sample (p

Soy has long been a great source of high quality vegetable proteins rich in lysine amino acid, which the most cereals are deficient, is known. The nutritional value of soybean increases by germination, because as the result of sprouting stage, plant enzymes are activated and in consequence of enzyme activation its anti nutritional factors are diminished and digestibility of proteins and carbohydrates is increased. The aim of this study is increasing the nutritional value of bread while maintaining or even improving its quality using germinated soy flour.

In this study, effect of adding germinated and non-germinated soy flour at concentration of % 10 (based on flour weight) on dough properties and barbari bread quality was studied. After bread making; moisture content, symmetry index, dough properties such as: water absorption, dough development time, stability time, degree of softening and quality number were measured by a Farinograph.

The results of this study showed that adding germinated and non germinated soybean flour to bread formulation have not adverse effect on bread quality properties and even in some of its characteristics were improved. Moisture content analysis results showed that bread crumb including germinated soy flour had the most moisture content and it was significant different from bread including non germinated soy flour and control bread (P>0.05). According to symmetry index there was no significant difference between control bread and bread including non germinated soy flour (P>0.05), and bread sample having non-germinated soy had the most symmetry index. Moreover, based on Farinograph results, both bread samples containing soy flour were better than control sample except for stability time factor which significant difference was not seen between control bread and germinated soy bread. By addition of germinated and non germinated soy flour to bread formulation, the microstructure of bread samples improved in comparison with control bread. According to sensory evaluation, there was no significant difference among samples except for color value. The bread sample containing germinated was significantly lower than the control bread and bread including germinated soy flour based on color value.

Totally , according to quality properties such as moisture content of dough and bread and symmetry index, bread including germinated soy was superior than non-germinated soy but based on dough stability, bread color and microstructure, the bread containing non-germinated was enhanced. According to these findings, adding soy flour to the bread formulation, specially for non-germinated soy flour can be used as an inexpensive way to improve the nutritional quality of the community.

Black Cumin seed (Nigella sativa L.) as one of the novel edible oil resources used commonly nowadays as seasoning in food product industries due to considerable medicinal properties and high nutritional impacts. Oil extraction by pressing method as an approach compared to other methods including solvent extraction is faster, safer and cheaper. In the oil extraction process, the preparation of the seeds is a substantial stage for obtaining oil with high quality and efficiency. Microwaves are electromagnetic waves that have a frequency ranged from 300 MHz to 300 GHz with corresponding wave lengths ranged from 1 mm to 1 m. On the other hand the artificial neural network as a powerful predictive tool in a wide scale of process parameters has been studied on an industrial scale in this research in order to achieve a simple, rapid, precise as well as effective model in the oil extraction of Nigella sativa L seed.
In the present study Black Cumin seeds after preparation including cleaning and passing resistance of the samples in front of air and moisture were stored in a plastic bag until the day of experiments. Then, they have been pre-treated with microwave within different processing times (90, 180 and 270 S) and powers (180, 540, and 900 W). Afterwards, seeds’ oil was extracted by screw rotational speed levels approach (11, 34 and 57 rpm). Different selected parameters including extraction efficiency, oil acidity value, color and oxidative stability were determined. To predict the alterations trend, the artificial neural network (ANN) design in MATLAB R2013a software was used.
According to MSE and R2 values obtained in this study, feed forward neural network with transfer function sigmoid hyperbolic tangent and Levenberg- Marquardt learning algorithm with topology of 3-10-5 (input layer with 3 neurons– a hidden layer with 10 neurons – output layer with 5 neurons) were selected as the optimal neural network with R2 more than 0.995 and MSE equal to 0.0005. Also, the results of the optimized and selected models were evaluated and these models with high correlation coefficients (over 0.949), were able to predict the change's trend. According to the complexity and multiplicity of the effective factors in food industry processes and the results of this research, the neural network can be introduced as an acceptable model for modeling these processes. By determining the activation function in neural networks which was a function of sigmoid hyperbolic tangent in this study and also, with having the amounts of weight and bias, the connections created by the neuro-fuzzy model can be extracted. By defining this simple created mathematical equation, in computer software such as Excel, we can have a useful, simple and accurate program for predicting the desired parameters in the process of oil extraction by using microwave pre-treatment. Due to high accuracy of neural model we can trust the prediction of these models with high confidence, and this model can be used to optimize and control the process, which can lead to saving in energy and time, and on the other hand, can create a better final product.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of microencapsulation with sodium alginate/ resistant starch and sodium alginate/chitosan on microstructure, rheological properties and viability of Lactobacillus acidophilus and bifidobactrium animalis subs lactis in drinking yoghurts. Role of different encapsulation parameters, such as resistant starch and chitosan concentration (0, 0.5, 1 and 2 %) and encapsulation time (0, 10, 20 and 30 min) in providing protection to the bacteria were also evaluated. Results showed that the addition of starch and chitosan at 1% concentration to alginate mix and 10 min resulted in increased viable counts of lactobacillus acidophilus and bifidobactrium animalis subs lactis cells after 7 days storage at 4˚C. Drinking yoghurts with alginate/resistant starch microcapsules had shown more viability (3.6×1011 and 6.6×1011 for Lactobacillus acidophilus and bifidobactrium animalis subs lactis, respectively) than encapsulated samples with alginate/chitosan (2.1×1010 and 6.8×1010 for Lactobacillus acidophilus and bifidobactrium animalis subs lactis, respectively). Optical microscopic image of 50 beads at 40× magnification showed that the bead shape was spherical with a mean diameter of about 300–500 µm, and cross-section and internal appearance of coated alginate-resistant starch bead at 100× magnification showed that bacterial cells were located inside of beads. The distribution of beads in drinking yoghurt texture was uniform. Encapsulation increased apparent viscosity and consistency coefficient and decreased flow behaviour index. The best fitted rheological model for the control (without microcapsules) was Power law and for rest of the samples was Herschel-Bulkley.

Yeasts and molds are considered as major causes of spoilage of acidic foods. Various studies have shown that green tea (Camellia sinensis) has antimicrobial properties. the study aimed to investigate the antiyeast activity of green tea extract in the plate and sterilized milk. Total phenol and flavonoid content were determined by colorimetric method. Anti-yeast activity of green tea against Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Kluyveromyces marxianus and Rhodotorula glutinis was measured using well diffusion and disk diffusion agar. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and the minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) of green tea were examined by micro dilution in plate and by macro-dilution in sterilized milk in tubes. MIC of green tea extract was in range of 12.5 to 25 mg/ml in microdilution method and 6.5 to 25 mg/ml in macro dilution method. Kluyveromyces marxianus was the most resistant yeast against green tea extract. Consequently, because of the positive effect of green tea extract against the studied yeasts, it could be utilized as an anti-yeast compound in food and drug technology.

In this study, different electric field intensity (0.25, 3.25 and 6.25 kV/cm) and different number of pulse (10, 30 and 50) were used for optimizing the process of oil extraction from black cumin seeds using pulsed electric field pretreatment and then after using these pretreatments, the oil of seeds was extracted with screw press with different rotation speeds (11, 34 and 57 rpm), then parameters including oil extraction yield, color index, oxidative stability, refractive index and a and total phenolic of the extracted oil were studied. Statistical analysis and process optimization was performed with the use of response surface methodology (RSM). The results showed that oil color index increased with increasing of electric field intensity and the number of pulses, but oxidative stability of obtained oil decreased. The results also showed that the studied parameters had non-significant effects on the refractive index; moreover the oil extraction yield reduced by increasing the rotational speed of the screw press. Increasing the electric field intensity and the number of pulses to enhance the oil extraction yield and total phenolic was but a further increase of these variables, the two parameters decreased. According to the process optimization results, it might be stated that with applying electric field intensity for about 1.18 kV/cm number of pulse 48 and screw-rotation speed of the press of 11.01 rpm, the maximum oil extraction yield, oxidative stability and total phenolic components were reached.

Using modern methods including microwave, pulsed electric fields (PEF), ultrasonic waves often cause increasing of rate and efficiency of oil extraction. In this study, to evaluate the oil extraction rate from seeds of Nigella sativa, two pre-treatment processes i.e. pulsed electric field (electric field strength 3.25 kV / cm and the number of pulses 30) and microwaves (540 W power for 180 seconds) were used and after applying these pretreatments, oil seeds was extracted and the efficiency and effectiveness of screw type oil extraction process, the profile of fatty acids, tocopherols and the chemical compounds contained in black cumin oil were studied in a Completely Randomized Design with replications. The results showed that using of pulsed electric field and microwave pretreatments lead to increasing of efficiency and effectiveness of oil extraction. The major fatty acids of black cumin seed oil were linoleic acid, oleic acid and palmitic acid which using these pretreatments led to significantly (p