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An analytical method in pomegranate whole fruits and arils was developed in LC-MS/MS and validated as per SANTE/12682/2019. Samples were extracted following acetonitrile-based modified QuEChERS protocol. The method was linear and the coefficient of determination ranged between 0.998 and 0.999. Through this method, all the pesticides were detected and quantified at 10 µg kg

Radiofrequency (RF) heating was explored to induce accelerated ageing in rice to reduce the time of ageing. RF exposure time and moisture content of rice were set at five levels between 10 and 115 min and 9.5–18.5% respectively using central composite rotatable design. The values of different quality attributes of rice viz., volume expansion ratio (VER), water uptake (WU), gel consistency (GC), adhesiveness (ADH), cohesiveness (COH), amylose content (AC), reducing sugars (RS), free fatty acids (FFA), peak viscosity (PV), final viscosity (FV), and overall acceptability varied between 3.79 and 3.88, 269-281 g/100 g, 80–82 mm, (−) 0.35 - (−)1.12 N, 98.45–119.13, 19.22–19.95%, 0.17–0.21%, 1.9–3.4%, 290.35–349.59 RVU, 260.51–290.45 RVU, and 3–4.8 respectively. Models obtained for all the above quality parameters were highly significant (p ≤ 0.0006). RF treated rice differed significantly in various physico-chemical, cooking, textural and pasting properties as compared to fresh rice. WU, GC, FFA, COH, PV and FV increased significantly (p

The aim of this work was to study the influence of processing conditions on spray dried Osmanabadi goat milk powder. The milk solid loads of 35, 40 and 45% and inlet air temperature of 160, 170 and 180 °C were chosen as independent variables to produce the spray dried Osmanabadi goat milk powder. A mixed fruit flavour was added to the concentrated milk to avoid the goaty flavour in the final powder. The mean values of proximate composition of spray dried Osmanabadi goat milk powder viz ., moisture content, fat, protein, carbohydrates, ash and titrarable acidity were 4.08%, 26.85%, 25.48%, 36.99%, 6.60% and 0.14%, respectively. Colour L * , water activity, bulk densities including loose and tapped bulk densities were decreased with increase in inlet air temperature and bulk density increased with increase in concentration. The handling properties i.e. , flowability was “possible” and “fair” according to Hausner ratio (1.24 ± 0.01) and Carr's index (19.48 ± 0.88%) values. The solubility, wetting time and dispersibility of spray dried goat milk powder were significantly affected by the independent factors.