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Browsing Research Articles (Consumer Science) by Title
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Hurter, Tineil; Bester, Marina
(Agri Connect (Pty) Ltd, 2016-01)
Die feit dat skaapvleis alreeds 'n duurder produk is (in vergelyking met ander proteïen kommoditeite) is 'n realiteit en daarom is Skaapvleis SA se verbruikersopvoeding hoofsaaklik gemik op die hoër LSM-verbruiker in ...
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Rajput, Innike; Schonfeldt, H.C. (Hettie Carina); Kruger, Rozanne
(Academic Journals, 2012-08-28)
This study aims to design an educational framework based on the utilization cycle as a food-based strategy, integrating both agricultural and nutritional components, and also to empower people to improve their food security ...
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Aijuka, Matthew; Buys, E.M. (Elna Maria)
(Wiley, 2020-07)
Please read abstract in the article.
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Mwape, Mwewa Chikonkolo; Parmar, Aditya; Roman, Franz; Azouma, Yaovi Ouezou; Emmambux, Mohammad Naushad; Hensel, Oliver
(MDPI, 2023-10)
The roasting process of Gari (Gelatinized cassava mash), a shelf-stable cassava product, is energy-intensive. Due to a lack of information on thermal characteristics and scarcity/rising energy costs, heat and mass transfer ...
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Fisher, Hendrik Johannes (Hennie); Erasmus, Alet C. (Aletta Catharina); Viljoen, Annemarie T.
(AfricaJournals, 2019)
Food literacy has been advocated by many recent researchers as an individual or society’s ability to better
interact with their food and nutritional needs. These researchers maintain that current illnesses resulting ...
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Masanabo, Mondli Abednicko; Tribot, Amelie; Luoma, Enni; Virkajarvi, Jussi; Sharmin, Nusrat; Sivertsvik, Morten; Ray, Suprakas Sinha; Keranen, Janne; Emmambux, Mohammad Naushad
(Wiley, 2024-08)
Biodegradable poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate)/Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydoxyvalerate) (PBSA/PHBV) filled with lignocellulosic sidestream/fibers from cowpea, a neglected and underutilized African crop are produced ...
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Onojakpor, Ogheneyoma Suzan; De Kock, Henrietta Letitia
(Elsevier, 2020-12)
Sound sensory evaluation knowledge and attitude are central to the successful development and implementation of a sensory quality programme. This study focused on the development and pilot testing of a questionnaire to ...
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Sonnenberg, Nadine Cynthia; Erasmus, Alet C. (Aletta Catharina)
(South African Association of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences, 2013)
Literatuur dui onteenseglik daarop dat huishoudlike toerusting „n belangrike impak het op die volhoubaarheid van natuurlike hulpbronne. Binne die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks, waar water en elektrisiteit skaars is, is hierdie ...
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Amiri-Rigi, Atefeh; Pillai, Sreejarani K.; Emmambux, Mohammad Naushad
(Elsevier, 2023-01)
The perceived health properties of hemp seed oil, as one of the few plant-based sources of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids with an ideal ratio of 1:3, suggest its incorporation in food-grade emulsions to improve its water ...
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Fisher, Hennie; Potgieter, Marietjie
(Elsevier, 2024-03)
Please read abstract in the article.
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Phillips, Justin; Venter, Jaco-Louis; Atanasova, Maria Todorova; Wesley-Smith, James; Oosthuizen, Hester; Emmambux, Mohammad Naushad; Du Toit, Elizabeth Louisa; Focke, Walter Wilhelm
(American Chemical Society, 2020-03)
Safe application of water-insoluble acaricides requires fast release from solid dosage systems into aquatic environments. Dextrin is a water-soluble form of partially hydrolyzed starch, which may be used as matrix material ...
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Bezuidenhout, Lizet; Jacobs, Bertha Margaretha; Sonnenberg, Nadine Cynthia
(Unisa Press, 2016-01)
This study investigates the relative importance of diagnostic cues used by female consumers in an emerging market to evaluate work wear assortments in major South African department stores. The cue diagnostic framework was ...
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Faife, Sara; Macuamule, Custódia; Gichure, Josphat Njenga; Hald, Tine; Buys, Elna
(MDPI, 2024-09)
In Mozambique, about 500,000 cases of diarrhoea were caused by foodborne pathogens in 2018. A review of the epidemiology of diarrhoea in children under five showed a high disease burden. This study aimed to identify ...
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Duvenage, Hanel; Gericke, Gerda J.; Muchiri, Jane Wanjiku
(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as the Taylor & Francis Group), 2023)
OBJECTIVE : To describe the dietary intake and its quality of patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) by
assessing the dietary variety (DVS), dietary diversity (DDS), nutrient adequacy ratio (NAR) ...
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Faber, Mieke; Rothman, Marinel; Laubscher, Ria; Smuts, Cornelius M.
(Wiley Open Access, 2020-04)
We determined the associations of dietary patterns with energy/nutrient intakes and
diet quality. Previously collected single 24‐hr dietary recalls for children aged
6–11 months (n = 1,585), 12–17 months (n = 1,131), and ...
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Donoghue, Sune; Strydom, Nina; Andrews, Lynda; Pentecost, Robin; De Klerk, Helena Maria
(Wiley, 2016-05)
The purpose of this research is to extend an understanding of how Black and White South
African consumers’ causal attributions for major household appliance performance
failures impact on their anger and subsequent ...
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Donoghue, Sune; De Klerk, Helena Maria
(South African Association of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences, 2006)
The concept of consumer dissatisfaction, Landon’s taxonomy of consumer complaint behaviour, consumer-specific variables and product-specific variables related to complaining, as well as Weiner’s attribution theory are all ...
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Taylor, J.R.N. (John Reginald Nuttall); Taylor, Janet
(Wiley, 2023-05)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES : There is considerable interest in kafirin, sorghum prolamin, as a bioplastic material because it apparently produces bioplastics with superior functional properties. This review evaluates the ...
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Kirsten, Johann F.; Vermeulen, Hester; Van Zyl, Karlien; Du Rand, Gerrie Elizabeth; Du Plessis, Henrietta Johanna; Weissnar, Tessa
(CentMa Press, 2017-01)
The introduction of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) type certification schemes in countries outside Europe is a recent phenomenon as the philosophy of origin based foods obtains global traction. It is therefore ...
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Dovi, Koya A.P.; Solah, Vicky A.; Taylor, J.R.N. (John Reginald Nuttall); Johnson, Stuart K.
(Wiley, 2024-03)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE :
Owing to its climate-smart agronomic characteristics and health-promoting attributes, there is great interest in using sorghum in bread and other dough-based food product making. The objectives ...