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Apple Weight Estimation Based On Joint Image Optimal Feature Extraction And Improved Rbf Neural Network, Zhao Min, Wang Chengrong, Li Run

Food and Machinery

Objective: Taking Aksu apples as an example, a joint image optimal feature extraction and improved RBF neural network learning apple weight estimation method is designed to overcome the high cost and large error of manual grading and weighing. Methods: Firstly, an apple image acquisition system was established to obtain apple foreground image information. Secondly, the optimal subset extraction strategy for apple image feature sets was designed, by transforming the process of extracting the optimal subset into an objective function optimization problem, and an improved discrete locust optimization algorithm was designed to obtain the optimal apple image feature subset. Finally, a …

Effects Of Sodium Isoascorbate Treatment On Storage Quality Of Fresh-Cut Lanzhou Lily, Xiong Siguo, Tang Xiaolan, Song Longlong, Pan Xuan, Ge Junqiao, Jiang Aili

Food and Machinery

Objective: This study aimed to extend the storage period of fresh-cut Lanzhou lily. Methods: Fresh-cut Lanzhou lily was used as raw materials. Following fresh-cut processing, the raw materials were soaked with 0 (CK), 1, 5, and 10 g/L of SI solution to analyze the quality changes of fresh-cut Lanzhou lily during storage. Results: The soaking treatment with 10 g/L of SI could better maintain the brightness of freshly cut Lanzhou lily. At 21 days of storage, the concentrations of malondialdehyde, soluble sugar, and browning were, respectively, 45%, 8%, and 23% lower than those of the CK group. The SI-treated group …

Effects Of Different Drying Methods On The Quality And Volatile Flavor Components Of Stropharia Rugosoannulata, Wu Kunlong, Li Yanpo, Liu Biao, Chen Zhilong, Xu Yangli

Food and Machinery

Objective: This study aims to investigate the effect of different drying methods on the drying characteristics and volatile flavor of Stropharia rugosoannulata as raw material. Methods： The fresh S.rugosoannulata was dried by freeze-drying, heat pump drying, hot air drying, and microwave drying, and then the physical and chemical indexes were investigated. Results: The contents of crude protein, crude fat, ash, potassium, calcium, total flavonoids, essential amino acids, flavor amino acids and total amino acids are the highest in freeze drying. The six teenamino acids achieved 16.88 g/100 g in the freeze-drying. The rehydration rate and color all play the best …

Study On Process Optimization And Antioxidant Activity Of Fermentative Cynanchum Auriculatum Tablet, Bu Jing, Shi Yun, Lin Yan, Qin Yuanyuan, Hong Jian

Food and Machinery

Objective: This study aimed to optimize the process parameters of fermentative Cynanchum auriculatum (CA) tablets to develop a new type of fermented product of CA. Methods: Taking complete slices of CA as raw materials, the process parameters of fermentative CA tablets were optimized by response surface methodology based on single factor experiments with sensory score and total acid content as indicators, and the antioxidant activity and amino acid content of fermentative CA tablets were tested. Results: The optimal process parameters for fermentative CA tablets were material liquid at ratio 1∶1, fermentation at 31 ℃, inoculation amount 9.6% and fermenting for …

Usage Of Almond And Thyme Oils For The Enhancement Of Shelf Life Of Different Fish Species, Aneeza Kanwal, Roheela Yasmeen, Saima Nazir, Shumaila Usman, Bushra Nisar Khan

Journal of Bioresource Management

Fish is an important source of protein for millions of people around the globe and it's often a healthier option compared to some other meats. However, the fish industry is facing a storage challenge in the form of rapid spoilage and deterioration of freshness due to bacterial growth and enzymatic activity. The usage of oils in fish can enhance shelf life by creating a protective barrier. This research was designed to see the effects of thyme and almond oil on nutritional profile and shelf life of fish. The three fish species rohu (Labeo rohita), Mali (Wallago attu) …

Mushrooom Production Without Solid Substrates, Alexander Baena, Marshall Porterfield

Graduate Industrial Research Symposium

Novel biotechnological approaches are needed to enhance renewable food production and waste recycling capabilities in resource-constrained environments. Edible mushrooms possess nutritious profiles and represent emerging opportunities to develop circular bioproduction by transforming waste organic materials into food and high-value products. However, traditional mushroom cultivation methods utilizing solid substrates have technical limitations like 1) uneven nutrient diffusion, 2) constant sterilization needs, 3) numerous intermediate steps that are energy and time-demanding, and 4) waste production from bags and jars. This work introduces an innovative hydroponic fungal cultivation system called Mycoponics™ using bioengineered ceramic materials. This liquid-nutrient-based technique optimizes fungal metabolism and facilitates …

Mexican Consumers' Attitudes Toward Irradiated And Imported Apples, André D. Murray, Rosa K. Gallardo, Anuradha Prakash

Food Science Faculty Articles and Research

This study centers on analyzing Mexican consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for imported US fresh apples subjected to irradiation, contrasting it with the more prevalent postharvest chemical treatments. We collect data using a survey tool in Qualtrics designed to explore the impact of information dissemination through two distinct narrative styles: scientific and layman. The study uses a between-subjects approach and apply the propensity score matching to address potential confounding factors across respondents' samples. We apply the generalized multinomial logit models in WTP space, taking into consideration respondent's certainty when answering to the choice experiment questions. Our findings reveal that respondents …

Development Of Yoghurt Incorporated With Beetroot Puree And Its Effect On The Physicochemical Properties And Consumer Acceptance, Mercia Lionel Adjei, Abena Boakye, Godwin Deku, Nana Baah Pepra-Ameyaw, Antoinette Simpah Anim Jnr, Ibok Nsa Oduro, William Otoo Ellis

Food Science Faculty Articles and Research

Background

Yoghurt is one of the most popularly consumed fermented products which provides several nutritional benefits. Yoghurt products often include flavour and colour additives however, growing awareness of the risks associated with synthetic food additives has necessitated the need to explore more natural colour and flavour as food additives.

Methods

This study evaluated the effect of beetroot puree as flavouring and colourant in yoghurt production and quality. To develop the yoghurt product, incubation time and proportion of beetroot puree were optimized based on the resulting pH, titratable acidity, colour, and viscosity using response surface methods.

Results

Optimum yoghurt formulations were …

Changes Of Volatile Flavor Compounds In Cantonese Sausage Containing Sauce-Flavor Baijiu During Air-Drying, Nie Xin, Chen Hongfan, Mao Jingjing, Liu Dayu, Zhao Zhiping, Shen Caihong

Food and Machinery

Objective: This study aimed to improve the flavor of Cantonese sausage and innovate the product. Methods: The volatile flavor compounds in the Cantonese sausages containing sauce-flavor Baijiu air-dried for 0 day, 2 days and 4 days were detected by GC-MS, and the changes of volatile flavor compounds were analyzed by multivariate statistics. Results: A total of 39 volatile flavor compounds were detected through GC-MS technology, including 18 hydrocarbons, 12 esters, 2 aldehydes, 2 ethers, 1 alcohol, 1 acid, 1 ketone and 2 other compounds. Esters, aldehydes, alcohols and hydrocarbons significantly increased during air-drying, while ketones and ethers showed a trend …

Optimization Of Semiconductor Refrigeration Cold Stage Usage Conditions And Its Application In High Moisture Content Samples In Scanning Electron Mmicroscopy, Chen Xiyan, Wei Lanlan, Kang Jingquan, Duan Hui, Fan Ningjuan

Food and Machinery

Objective: To effectively solve the difficulty of observing the electron microstructure of samples with high water content. Methods: A series of samples with high water content were observed by conventional scanning electron microscope with a new mode instrument combination of semiconductor cold cooling table. Results: Under the conditions of conductive tape as matrix, voltage 5 kV, electron beam spot of 50 or 60, and cold table temperature of 4 ℃, the sample with high water content did not need to be fixed and dehydrated, and its microstructure could be directly imaged under the scanning electron microscope to observe its microstructure. …

Effects Of Sodium Hypochlorite On The Physicochemical Characteristics Of Arrowhead Starch, Xi Wanting, Liu Guiru, Li Meng, Ji Derong, Duan Lili

Food and Machinery

Objective: The effect of sodium hypochlorite on the physicochemical properties and digestive characteristics of arrowhead starch was studied. Methods: In a weakly alkaline environment, sodium hypochlorite was used as an oxidant, and the added amounts were 0%, 1%, 3%, 5%, 7%, and 9% (based on the mass fraction of available chlorine in dry basis arrowhead starch). Following a 4-hour oxidation reaction with arrowhead starch, the modified starch's amylose content, swelling power, solubility, coagulation stability, color difference, light transmittance, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and other physical and chemical properties were measured, along with its digestibility. Results: The amylose concentration, solubility …

Effects Of Glutinous Rice Flour On The Baking And Aging Characteristics Of Sponge Cake, Yu Shulei, Jiang Pengfei, Wang Dan, Qi Libo, Shang Shan

Food and Machinery

Objective： This study aimed to develop a new type of sponge cake with glutinous rice flavor. Methods： To investigate the impact of different glutinous rice flour substitutions in the prepared baking flour on the rheological properties, density of batter, specific volume, baking loss rate, sensory evaluation and pore size distribution of cake were investigated. Also, the texture analysis, moisture distribution, starch ordered structure and crystallinity of cake after 7 days of storage were meaured. Results： With the increasing substitution of glutinous rice flour, the batter density reduced, improving the specific volume and the pore size distribution. Effectively delaying the retrogradation …

Determination Of Cholic Acid And Derivative Residues In Eggs By Uplc-Ms/Ms, Zhou Yanhua, Ti Tao, Xu Wenyang, Wang Xiali, Xiang Jun, Yang Junwei

Food and Machinery

Objective: The pretreatment method of through-type solid-phase extraction was improved to be coupled with ultra performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry for detection of cholic acid，deoxycholic acid and dehydrochloric in eggs. Methods: The samples were extracted by methanol and purified by PRiME HLB，then separated on C₁₈（100 mm×2.1 mm，3.0 μm） column with methanol-0.1% ammonia as the mobile phase for gradient elution. Meanwhile，the samples were quantified by external standard with negative ion select reaction monitoring （SRM） mode. Results: The results showed that the linear relationships of cholic acid （CA），deoxycholic acid （DCA） and dehydrochloric acid（DHCA） were good in the range from …

The Application Of Computer Vision Combining With Deep Leaning Techniques For Rapid Discrimination Of Adulterated Star Anise Powder, Chen Jinxing

Food and Machinery

Objective: This study aims to design a novel approach, utilizing computer vision combining with deep learning, for rapid determination the adulteration in star anise powder. Methods: Collected the original images of star anise powder with varying adulteration ratios. Employing preprocessing and data enhancement techniques, an image dataset was curated. Subsequently, a SqueezeNet model was constructed and compared with five machine learning models, including Support Vector Machine （SVM）, K-Nearest Neighbor Learning （KNN）, Random Forest （RF）, Gradient Boosting Tree （GBT）, and Multilayer Perceptron （MLP）. Results: The highest accuracy achieved by the five machine learning models was only 66.37%, while the accuracy of …

Determination Of 11 Kinds Of Pesticide Residues In Liquid Milk By Dispersive Solid Phase Extraction Coupled With Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Huang Mangu, Luo Yonghao, Yan Wanying, Xu Lizhu

Food and Machinery

Objective： This study aimed to evaluate the safety of pesticide residues in liquid milk. Methods： A method for simultaneous determination of 11 kinds of pesticide residues by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry was established. The samples were extracted by acetonitrile, purified by C₁₈ and PSA solid phase extractants, separated on a column Xbridge BEH C₁₈ (100 mm×2.1 mm, 1.7 μm), determined in multi-reaction monitoring mode, and optimized for pre-treatment parameters using response surface method. Results： The optimal conditions for pretreatment were 10 mL acetonitrile, 50 mg C₁₈ and 30 mg PSA. The linear relationships of 11 kinds …

Rapid And Non-Destructive Detection Of Hyperspectral Milk Protein Based On Improved Woa-Elman Neural Network, Cao Jilei, Gao Peixin, Li Xinyu, Xiao Wenjing, Li Zhenyu

Food and Machinery

Objective: To solve the problems of low accuracy, low efficiency, and strong manual dependence in existing milk protein detection methods. Methods: Based on hyperspectral imaging systems, proposed a combination of improved whale algorithm and Elman neural network for rapid and non-destructive detection of milk protein content. Optimized the whale algorithm through three aspects (chaotic mapping, adaptive convergence factor, and adaptive weight) to improve search accuracy, and optimized the Elman neural network parameters (weights and thresholds) after optimization. Analyzed the performance of the proposed non-destructive testing method through experimental analysis. Results: Compared with conventional detection methods, proposed method was optimal for …

Legal Boundary Of The Rights Of Professional Counterfeiters In Food Market, Cui Gehao

Food and Machinery

Focusing on the food market, starting from the litigation status of professional anti-counterfeiting cases, this paper summarizes and analyzes the problems and disputes about professional anti-counterfeiting behavior in current theory and practice, discusses the necessity of protecting and restricting the right of professional anti-counterfeiters to know and buy fake goods, and tries to guide and regulate their professional anti-counterfeiting behavior from multiple levels, such as clarifying the legal status of professional anti-counterfeiters and guiding the legitimate and standardized anti-counterfeiting behavior.

Food Safety Management In Online Live Broadcast Marketing, Hu Shuiying

Food and Machinery

Literature research and case analysis were used to summarize the development status of online live streaming marketing market, analyze the cases of food safety accidents in live streaming e-commerce, and summarize the food safety problems in current live streaming e-commerce. Governance strategies were proposed, such as strengthening the review of live content, strengthening supervision, unblocking consumer complaint channels and accelerating relevant legislative processes. For the problem of homemade food in network marketing, it can be counseled, supported and invested in the form of an incubator to promote its transformation to formal production.

Design Of Drying Machine With Co-Heating And Dehumidification And Testing Of Its Drying Performance On Shiitake Mushrooms, Bao Huangjie, Guo Wenwen, Li Guoneng, Shi Yuxin, Zhang Mengjie

Food and Machinery

Objective: In order to improve the mushroom drying efficiency and reduce the power consumption, a new type of co-heating and dehumidification drying machine was designed and built. Methods: The drying machine was a closed system, which took the semiconductor refrigeration piece as the main component, with its hot end as heat source for air pre-heating and its cold end as the cold source for water vapor condensation. On the device, the mushroom drying rate at different drying temperatures （55 and 65 ℃） and sample mass （200 and 400 g） were tested. Results: Nine thin layer mathematical drying models were used …

Design Of Automatic Processing Production Line For Fresh Corn, Niu Huli, Zhang Haoyu, Chang Hongjie, Guo Minghao, Yan Haipeng

Food and Machinery

Objective: It solved the problem of low accuracy and large random error when cutting fresh corn, which is easy to damage the grain. Methods: A new process of sweet and waxy corn processing production line was designed, the production line used machine vision technology to judge the attitude of corn, completed the adjustment of corn attitude through reversing equipment, designed adaptive positioning structure to cut the head and tail of corn, and then carried out layer retention processing according to the difference characteristics of ear bract adhesion after cutting results, packed after camera quality screening, and used prototype to carry …