Siamak Yazdankhah, Danica Grahek-Ogden, Karl Eckner, Georg Kapperud, Jørgen Lassen, Judith Narvhus, Truls Nesbakken, Lucy Robertson, Jan Thomas Rosnes, Olaug Taran Skjerdal, Eystein Skjerve, Line Vold & Yngvild Wasteson·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2019
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) has, at the request of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet; NFSA), assessed the risk of "other substances" in food supplements sold in Norway. These risk assessments will pro...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2019/v9i230049
Aims: To examine the correlation of maternal weight gain before and during pregnancy with the health of mother and child, and to provide guidelines on weight control during pregnancy among Chinese women. Study Design: Subjects were grouped according to pre-pregnancy body mass ind...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2019/46638
This study was carried out between July-September, 2017 at Food and Industrial Microbiology Laboratory, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt Nigeria. 1 %, 3 % and 5 % citric acid were separately added to brine solution containing pickled African walnut inside three glass ja...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2019/45065
Aims: Edible bird’s nest is well known as health food and Chinese’s traditional medicine. Edible bird’s nest is made from saliva secretions of the swiftlets, genus Aerodramus, whose habitats are Southeast Asian countries. This study reports on the nutritional content of edible bi...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2019/46572
Evelyne Nguegwouo, Alex Tchuenchieu, Hippolyte Mouafo Tene, Elie Fokou, Gabriel Medoua Nama, Sarah De Saeger & Francois-Xavier Etoa·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2019
The Gross Domestic Product of Cameron is partially based on agricultural products. Crops like maize, peanuts, beans, cassava, cocoa and coffee are the most cultivated ones. A high portion of this production is locally consumed, and the other part is exported to foreign countries...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2019/45667
The high dependence on maize as a staple food in Tropical Africa, coupled with its low nutritive value necessitate investigation on how to improve the nutritional value of maize based foods. The present study was aimed at assessing the effect of supplementing nixtamalized maize f...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2019/46150
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) has, at the request of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet; NFSA), assessed the risk of "other substances" in food supplements and energy drinks sold in Norway. VKM has asses...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2019/45628
Per Ole Iversen, Livar Frøyland, Margaretha Haugen, Kristin Holvik, Martinus Løvik, Bjørn Steen Skålhegg, Tonje Holte Stea, Tor A. Strand & Grethe S. Tell·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) has, at the request of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet; NFSA), assessed the risk of "other substances" in food supplements sold in Norway. VKM has assessed the risk of do...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2019/45629
Livar Frøyland, Margaretha Haugen, Kristin Holvik, Martinus Løvik, Tor A. Strand, Grethe S. Tell, Arild Vaktskjold & Per Ole Iversen·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) has, at the request of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet; NFSA), assessed the risk of “other substances” in food supplements and energy drinks sold in Norway. VKM has asses...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2019/45630
Tor A. Strand, Livar Frøyland, Margaretha Haugen, Kristin Holvik, Martinus Løvik, Grethe S. Tell, Arild Vaktskjold & Per Ole Iversen·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2018
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) has, at the request of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet; NFSA), assessed the risk of “other substances” in food supplements and energy drinks sold in Norway. VKM has asses...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2019/45634