Fistulina hepatica (Schaeff.) With. and Clitocybe nuda (Bull.) H.E. Bigelow & A.H. Sm. are wild edible mushrooms with nutritional and functional potential that remain insufficiently characterized. This study provides the first comparative assessment of their nutritional profiles, phenolic composition, and antioxidant activity, using specimens collected from Montesinho Natural Park (Portugal). Proximate composit...
Las plantas alimenticias no convencionales se presentan como una alternativa viable y eficiente para reemplazar los productos alimenticios que consumimos hoy. Presentando un enorme potencial nutricional, químico, físico y biológico, estas plantas suelen ser abundantes y no competidoras de otras matrices vegetales [1]. Attalea speciosa (Mart. Ex Spreng - Babassu) es una palmera que se encuentra en Brasil, y su m...
El Parque Natural de Montesinho representa un área de montaña con un patrimonio micológico único. Entre las aproximadamente doscientas setas comestibles que se encuentran en este espacio protegido, la mayoría se consumen desde la antigüedad por su exquisito sabor y valor nutritivo [1]. Sin embargo, la disponibilidad de estos productos de montaña está limitada por su estacionalidad y condiciones climáticas, cues...
Montesinho Natural Park (MNP) represents a mountain area with a unique mycological heritage. Among the approximately two hundred edible mushrooms found in this protected area, most of them have been consumed since ancient times for their exquisite taste and nutritional value. 1 Nevertheless, the availability of these mountain products is limited by their seasonality and weather conditions, an issue intensified ...
Non-conventional food plants (NFPs) present themselves as a viable and efficient alternative for replacing the food products we consume today. Presenting a huge nutritional, chemical, physical, and biological potential, these plants are usually abundant and not competitors with other vegetable matrices used for human consumption.1 Attalea speciosa (Mart. Ex Spreng - Babassu) is a palm tree from the botanical fa...
Food colorants are increasingly used in the food industry to preserve, improve or change the food color. While the quite controversial artificial colorants are widely used in this sector, the natural counterparts have been less selected in part due to the limited availability of options and stability issues [1]. Within this class, anthocyanins are naturally occurring colorants that can be found in different pla...
The growing consumers’ concern for possible long-term adverse effects of artificial molecules commonly used in food industry has led to an increased interest in natural products. At the same time, there is a demand for a more eco-sustainable use of natural matrices, which justifies the search for byproducts that have no other application to be explored in the development of novel food products [1,2]. In this co...
Food colorants are increasingly used in the food industry to preserve, improve or change the food color. While the quite controversial artificial colorants are widely used in this sector, the natural counterparts have been less selected in part due to the limited availability of options and stability issues
Colour has a great importance in the first consumers’ impression, allowing to infer about the overall quality, the taste, the smell, the texture, and even the safety of foodstuff [1]. For these reasons, there is a massive use of colorants in food products. Nevertheless, the most applied compounds are of artificial origin and some of them have been increasingly associated to health issues, with allergic reaction...
Blueberry ( Vaccinium myrtillus L.) is a very popular fruit, native from the northern hemisphere and consumed worldwide. It has been widely studied for being a rich source of bioactive compounds with recognized beneficial properties for Human health [1]. Therefore, several industrialized products, such as juices and derivatives, have been developed from blueberry fruit, aiming at most practical forms of consump...