Jaspreet Kaur

Lovely Professional University | LPU · Department of Food Technology and Nutrition

This study investigates the osmotic dehydration process of watermelon rind using a solution composed of honey and sucrose. The impact of the ratio of rind-to-solution and temperature on the process is illustrated. Pre-treatments such as blanching, microwaves, and ultrasonication were utilized. Ultrasonication reduces the time needed for osmosis in...

Maize (Zea mays L.) is known to be one of the current crops with wide adaptability and the potential to grow in various agroecological zones. It has been titled as “queen of cereals” group owing to its high genetic yield capability and abundance among the cereal crop. This study highlights the nutritive composition, phytochemical composition, pharm...

Since its start in 1993, the Farmer Field School (FFS) programme has trained farmers to use fewer pesticides and integrated pest management (IPM) methods, which has led to higher crop yields and profits. Although women contribute significantly to agriculture, the term 'farmer' still has a male connotation whenever it is used. Therefore, the present...

Green leafy vegetables, especially microgreens are gaining popularity due to their high nutritional profiles, rich phytochemical content, and intense flavors. This review explores the growing commercial market for microgreens, especially in upscale dining and premium grocery outlets, highlighting consumer perceptions and their effect on market dyna...

Bee pollen, also known as ‘life-giving dust’, is a treasure trove of nutrients and bioactive compounds. It is regarded as a valuable functional food ingredient owing to its various health-promoting effects. Thus, it can be incorporated into different food products for the development of functional foods. The nutritional and bioactive constituents o...

Herbs and spices are used since time memorable to transfuse color and add flavors to food. Their antibacterial properties also help preserve raw and cooked foods. Various diets composed of herbs and spices, as consistent with various researches, have been shown to influence life within the human digestive tract. This modulation forms the basis of v...

Background: Taraxacum officinale, commonly referred to as dandelion, is a selfgrowing plant/ weed in various parts of India and the rest of the world (particularly the northern hemisphere). The plant’s chemical composition, including sesquiterpene lactones, saponins, flavonoids, phenols, and many other compounds, contributes positively to the human...

Background This paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of the nutritional composition and bioactive compounds found in wheatgrass, including chlorophyll, vitamins, minerals, flavonoids, and phenolic compounds, as well as their associated health benefits. The review focuses on various cultivation practices, preservation techniques, and the cur...

The present research study aimed to examine three different herb extract's effects on the discoloration rate of fresh-cut pear slices using an image analysis technique. Pear slices were sprayed and dip-coated with Ocimum basilicum, Origanum vulgare, and Camellia sinensis (0.1 g/ml) extract solution. During 15 days storage period with three days int...

Kinnow is a citrus fruit that is extensively cultivated in India, Pakistan and other countries. The production of Kinnow generates a significant amount of waste, including peel, seeds, and pulp. The disposal of this waste is a major environmental issue, as it can lead to pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, there is a growing interest...

Teff and Fonio are ancient grains spectacular for their exceptional nutritional attributes and resilience to extreme climatic variations. Often referred to as orphan or underutilised crops, they play a pivotal role in addressing food insecurity resulting from climate change. Teff and Fonio, integral to African diets, vary in consumption across regi...

The field of nutrition research has traditionally focused on the effects of macronutrients and micronutrients on the body. However, it has become evident that individuals have unique genetic makeups that influence their response to food. Nutritional genomics, which includes nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics, explores the interaction between an indivi...

Buckwheat sprouts (Fagopyrum esculentum) is an ancient pseudo crop considered as functional food due to the higher accumulation of bioactive components such as total phenolic content (TPC), and flavonoids after germination. The bioavailability of high-quality protein is hindered due to the presence of antinutritional compounds such as phytic acid,...

Whey is a liquid fraction derived by separating the coagulum from milk, skim milk or cream and it is a valuable by-product of cheese manufacturing. Whey exhibits an excellent nutrient source, as it contains many classes of different-sized components like lactose, salt, residual casein, various soluble proteins, vitamins and minerals. Due to their h...

Candy is a popular product consumed by children, young and elderly alike. The major ingredient sugar makes it an instant source of energy, mostly blended with a variety of flavors and colors for sensory and aesthetic appeal. Flavors such as caramel, chocolate, peppermint, butterscotch, and vanilla are the most popular among many, that comprises of...

An entirely animal-free diet that prioritizes natural plant-origin foods such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, pulses, and lentils is known as a vegan diet. Lowering persistent diseases like type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular conditions, cancer, and many others offers numerous positive health effects. Different aspects of how a vegan diet affects...

Pomegranate peel, derived from the processing of Punica granatum L. (pomegranate), has traditionally been considered agricultural waste. However, recent studies have revealed its potential as a rich source of bioactive compounds with diverse pharmacological effects. Pomegranate peel is a rich reservoir of antioxidants, polyphenols, dietary fiber, a...

Background Beetroot is a remarkable source of nutrients needed for the improvement of human health. This paper presents a general overview of beetroot, its bioactive compounds, and its valorization. Objective The study aimed to understand and review the various beetroot bioactive compounds and their utilization in value-added products. Methods Th...

Flowers have long been used culturally for their aesthetical and aromatic properties but now a day edible flowers are gaining importance because of their bioactive potential. Additionally, flowers are the most accessible, least expensive source from plants, and in the case of pumpkin, the male flower’s function is limited to pollination only. There...

Cancer is a broad collection of diseases that can begin in almost any organ or tissue of the body. Corn silk is the hair-like stigmata of female maize flowers which is generally discarded as waste from maize cultivation. The current study targets the anti-cancer potential of corn silk and its bioactive compounds namely, polyphenols, flavonoids, and...

Bioactive compounds and healthful nutrient-rich fresh fruits and vegetables enrich our lives with nutrition and health. Discoloration due to enzymatic browning is one of the serious problems in fresh fruits and vegetables caused by activity of enzymes peroxidase (POD), polyphenol oxidase (PPO), and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) in the presence...

Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.), ragi or mandua, is one of essential minor millets extensively grown in the Indian and African subcontinents. It is a staple food in India, particularly for people belonging to low-socioeconomic groups. Finger millet is highly valued for its content of macro- and micronutrients. It is rich in carbohydrates, prot...

Background: Pregnancy, also known as the "gestation period" which lasts for 37-40 weeks, has been marked as the period of "physiological stress" in a woman's life. A wide range of symptoms, from nausea to ectopic pregnancy, are usually aligned with risk factors like abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth, etc. An estimated total of 15% of total pregnant...

Mustard (Brassica spp.) is an annual oilseed crop that is widely cultivated in Asia and Europe for both culinary and medicinal purposes. It is a rich source of valuable nutritive and non-nutritive bioactive compounds which have gained importance for their pharmacological activities in recent years owing to increased attention towards achieving sust...

Corn silk, the major byproduct obtained after corn processing, is collected in large quantities and dumped as an agricultural waste. Corn silk, scientifically known as Maydis stigma, has a morphological characteristic of thread-like structures interlinked with the ear of corn. Traditionally, it has been used to treat various disorders owing to its...

Driven by the demand of consumers for low-fat foods, the field of fat replacers has made a tremendous breakthrough over the past decade. A fat replacer is a substance that replaces whole or part of the fat in food while asserting the same physiological properties. Based on the source, fat replacers can be carbohydrate, protein or lipid-based. They...

Barnyard millet (Echinochloa species) has received appreciable attention for its susceptibility to biotic and abiotic stresses, multiple harvests in a year and rich in micronutrients, fibers and phytochemicals. It is believed that the consumption of barnyard millet can possess various health benefits against diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, obesi...

Plantains are termed as ‘culinary bananas’ due to the fact that they are only consumed after cooking or other forms of processing. Providing good nutritional value and versatility in diet, it is considered an important commercial crop and an efficient dietary staple in Africa. However, irrespective of geographical locations and economic status of d...

Spirulina is a blue-green algae which is cultivated not only for its maximum protein content but also due to the presence of other essential nutrients such as carbohydrates and vitamins (A, C and E). It is also a storehouse of minerals including iron, calcium, chromium, copper, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, sodium and zinc. Simultane...

Purpose of review: The purpose of the review is to describe carbohydrate based 3D food printing technology in light of how it is affected by the use of various ingredients of ink and the properties associated with carbohydrate inks used for printing. Special focus is diverted to evaluate its effect on texture and corresponding health implications...

Edible mushrooms are well known for being an excellent source of proteins, minerals, unsaturated fatty acids, polysaccharides, and other secondary metabolites. Mushroom proteins have a complete essential amino acid profile that not only fulfills the nutritional requirement but is also economical when compared to other animal and plant protein sourc...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the health benefits, functional role of alpha linolenic acid (ALA) in combating diet-related non-communicable diseases, absorption, metabolism, toxicity and extraction of ALA. Design/methodology/approach A wide range of publications were identified through electronic databases (Google Scholar, PubM...

This review provides an overview of Tinospora cordifolia's morphology, pharmacological profile, and health benefits, along with its ethnobotanical usage, value-added products, and market product availability. The plant is extensively used in traditional Ayurvedic medicine for treating jaundice, rheumatism, urinary disorders, skin illnesses, diabete...

Food packaging exhibits a significant role in chain supply and also is considered one amongst the essential steps in final process. The increased demand of customers for high-quality products with natural ingredients has forced the food and packaging industry to introduce the concept of edible packaging in the market. Till date, a number of techniq...

Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology or additive manufacturing (AM) revolutions is a relatively recent innovation in food processing industry. This technology is being used to develop food products by creating physical objects directly employing 3D modelling without using any mould. The food processing sector uses 3D food printing techniques...

Food quality control and analysis have many attributes that are discussed in this chapter. Quality and safety are the major parameters in any food industry, the importance of which is discussed in this chapter. Food analysis involves various steps along with different methods, the selection of which depends on various factors such as composition of...

The materials required for food printing act as a restriction towards the uptake of additive manufacturing in industries. Therefore, the selection of material heavily depends on phase transition, various chemical reactions that are responsible for binding layers together, physical state and the process of the material. Usually 3D printing involves...

Indian Borage (Plectranthus amboinicus) belonging to family lamiaceae, is the most widely available and cultivable medicinal plant. Country borage, Pathachur, Oregano, Spanish thyme, Oregano brujo (Puerto Rico), Mexican mint, and Mexican thyme are some of the other popular names for this plant. It is rich in various macro and micro nutrients such a...

Cancer is considered to be one of the most debilitating and incurable diseases in human history. Over the last few decades, significant improvements in cancer treatment techniques have been made and chemotherapeutic therapy (chemotherapy) remains the predominant method of cancer treatment. Chemotherapy is a drug treatment, that is destructive to tu...

For centuries, grape leaves, especially red grape leaves, have been employed in herbal medicines and are still in use today. While grape leaves have long been used to cure a variety of diseases, further research is still needed to determine their true effectiveness. Due to high polyphenol content (as enlisted in table 4), grape leaves are frequentl...

An attempt has been made for drying of Bauhinia variegata flowers along with retaining its quality attributes. The effect of various pre‐treatments viz. steam blanching (0‐6 min), potassium metabisulphite (KMS) (0‐3000ppm), citric acid (0‐1%) and dipping time (0‐45 min) was evaluated on physico‐chemical as well as phytochemical potential of dried B...

Composite flour is a combination of only either various grains or both various grains and vegetables it is a storehouse of various nutrients like vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and dietary fiber. In the present day, there has been an increased demand for nutritional and health-based variants of food due to changes in lifestyle and socio-economic...

Kiwi fruit (Actinidia deliciosa) belongs to the family Actinidiaceae and genus Actinidia. It is one of the most commercialized fruits on the international front and is loaded with many nutrients including vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and its parts are well recognized for their medicinal and therapeutic properties against diseases associated...

Presently, there’s a great zeal for development of nutritionally sound beverages using fruits and vegetables owing to the presence of potential phytochemicals. The objective of present study was to perform process optimization for the development of tea and fruit‐oriented energy drink (ED) using apple juice concentrate (AJC), tea extract, herb extr...

Purpose Malnutrition is a serious public health problem, which occurs because of an inadequate supply of nutrients and therefore affects many children and women (especially pregnant and lactating women of low economic class) worldwide. There is a great need to develop cost-effective fortified food supplements to overcome this problem. Therefore, th...

Bioactive peptides have been reported to exhibit opioid-like activity and are termed as opioid peptides. Either these are produced within the human body or they are derived from certain food sources (milk, cereals, vegetables, meat, poultry etc.), the former being endogenous opioid peptides and the latter are the exogenous opioid peptides. The opio...

Moringa oleifera, belonging to family Moringaceae, is commonly known as ‗horseradish tree‘ or‗drumstick tree‘ and is native to India. It is grown in tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. It is recognized as a ‗miracle tree‘ owing to its multipurpose utility in medicines and therapeutics. It is an exceptionally good source of phytoc...

Horse gram being a rich source of protein, calcium, iron, molybdenum, etc helps in treating many diseased conditions including jaundice, gastrointestinal problems, piles and hemorrhagia. It also contains some anti-nutritional factors like tannins, phytic acid, trypsin inhibitor etc. Moreover, the poor cooking quality of this legume makes its use so...

Yellow Himalayan raspberry or Hisalu/Hinsar (Rubus ellipticus), belonging to family Roseacae, is listed in top ten wild edible medicinal plant. It comprises about 1500 species distributed all over India as well as world. The fruit is round yellow cluster of druplets type and contains numerous compounds (protein, lipids, carbohydrates, fibre) and ph...

Non-communicable diseases are the major inducer of mortality and morbidity in the Western world. In terms of nutrition, a diet high in fat (particularly saturated fat), salt and sugars have shown to be associated with innumerable incidence of diet- associated health diseases. Dietary modification is a central part of any treatment strategy. The Die...

Tannins are complex, astringent and water soluble phenolic compounds known to reduce the bioavailability of nutrients in gut. Furthermore, tannins pose some health consequences viz. antinutritional effect, reduced digestibility, mutagenic and carcinogenic effects and inducer, hepatotoxic activity and co-promoters of several diseases. However, recen...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the health effects and safety aspects regarding the consumption of energy drink (ED). Design/methodology/approach A wide variety of publications was identified through electronic databases (ScienceDirect, PubMed, SciELO, Google Scholar, Link springer and ResearchGate) on the basis of different keywor...

Fruits and vegetables are a rich source of phytochemicals, which possess varying amounts of functional properties and impart a positive effect on the human health. This makes them the most suitable choice for the development of functional foods and nutraceuticals. Functional foods are the foods which possess additional health benefits beyond the ba...

Lactose intolerance is a pathophysiological situation that occurs due to insufficiency of the “lactase” enzyme present in the jejunum. Ingestion of lactose containing products leads to alteration in intestinal digestion and colonic fermentation, leading to diarrhoea and other clinical discomforts. The articles reviewed were selected based on the fo...

Purpose Radish (Raphanus sativus) is valued for its nutritive and medicinal properties, but its juice is not palatable because of the pungent flavor. The purpose of this study is to optimize the blending process of radish juice by using sugarcane juice, herbal extract and salt concentration. Design/methodology/approach The statistical design provi...

Purpose The purpose of the review paper was to explore the sources of caffeine, its utilization in different food products, along with its impact on human health in terms of benefits and adverse effect. Design/methodology/approach The articles reviewed were selected based on the following key descriptors such as caffeine, sources, trends of cons...

Now-a-days, there is an increased interest in fruits and vegetables processing by-products due to potential source of phytochemicals and pigments. Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) pomace extract is a rich source of betalain, phenolics and other bioactive components, which possess significant antioxidant activities. In the present study, process optimizatio...

Cucumber is a nutritious vegetable containing a large amount of nutrients. Due to its numerous health benefits, and even after the blind taste test, it can be used as a beverage by blending it with other suitable juices. Therefore, an attempt has been made in the present study for the development of a cucumber-based blended herbal beverage using su...

Horsegram is an underutilized pulse, traditionally used for treating various disorders like kidney stones, diabetes and joint pain. The present study was undertaken to optimize the soaking and germination conditions, to decrease the anti-nutritional factors and at the same time maintaining the nutritional properties of horsegram. Horsegram seeds we...