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How to improve aquaculture sustainability?

Impact of defatting and drying methods on the overall liking and sensory profil...

It is necessary to develop products with desirable sensory properties in order to increase the acceptance of insect-based products by Western consumers. In this work, the impact of defatting on the sensory properties of cereal bars with yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) larvae, in addition to the impact of different drying methods and different species (T. molitor and house cricket Acheta domesticus) were asse...

European seabass response to air exposure: impact of dietary inclusion of bioac...

In aquaculture farms, fish are subjected to stress situations, which induce oxidative stress through an imbalance between the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the scavenging activity of antioxidants. Diet supplementation with functional ingredients to modulate oxidative stress after air exposure was investigated, using bioactive peptides from swine blood hydrolysates (BH), within a circular econo...

Application of the CATA methodology with children: Qualitative approach on ball...

There is an increasing importance of the role of children and adolescents in the food market and to successfully develop food products intended for them, it is necessary to apply proper sensory evaluation methodologies. Although children can execute traditional methods for food liking and preference evaluation, traditional sensory descriptive methods may not be suitable for them and it is necessary to assess th...

Cross-cultural perspectives on the consumer perception of Port wine and its imp...

Consumer-led adaptation of the EsSense Profile® for herbal infusions

This work aimed to adapt the EsSense Profile® emotions list to the discrimination of herbal infusions, aiming to evaluate the effect of harvesting conditions on the emotional profile. A panel of 100 consumers evaluated eight organic infusions: lemon verbena, peppermint, lemon thyme, lemongrass, chamomile, lemon balm, globe amaranth and tutsan, using a check-all-that-apply (CATA) ballot with the original EsSense...

Consumer perception of the circular economy concept applied to the food domain:...

Every year, agri-food industries in industrialised countries produce approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food loss and waste. The adoption of a circular economy policy has received special attention by the agri-food industries, allowing for the creation and development of new food products made of by-products that would otherwise be wasted or used for secondary applications. The present work, of an exploratory ...

Consumer preferences for Brazil nuts using conjoint analysis: exploring study o...

The main objective of this research was to obtain insights about the impact of presenting Brazil nuts characteristics on the packaging, related with the place of origin – Amazon -, the production method – Organic-, the nutritional benefit – high levels of selenium - and food safety – absence of aflatoxins - on the valorisation of Brazil nuts by European consumers.

On the applcation of a temporal dominance of facial emotions (TFFE) approach to...

The main goal of this work was to evaluate the emotion facial profile elicited by premium quality infusions, testing whethr FaceReadrTM is an appropriate tool to measure consumer emotions through a Temporal Dominance of Facial motion (TDFE) method.

Perceived importance of fish sustainability: the impact of consumers’ benefits ...

The aim of this research is to explore the concept of sustainability as new paradigm regarding fish consumption by comparing Portuguese consumers' views about the benefits and risks regarding wild and farmed fish consumption.