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Browsing Research Articles (Consumer Science) by Title
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Jacobs, Bertha Margaretha; De Klerk, Helena Maria
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-05)
The purpose of this study was to explore the role that female consumers’ apparel shopping scripts play in the adoption of the Internet for apparel purchasing from a social-cognitive approach. In this study, the focus was ...
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Taylor, J.R.N. (John Reginald Nuttall); De Kock, Henrietta Letitia; Makule, Edna; Adebowale, Olalekan Jimi; Hamaker, Bruce R.; Milani, Peiman
(Elsevier, 2022-03)
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) suffers from both undernutrition and overnutrition. Wholegrain cereal foods can help address both nutritional challenges. Food quality issues are rancidity, coarse texture and negative consumer ...
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Ogundele, Opeoluwa Mayowa; Gbashi, Sefater; Oyeyinka, Samson A.; Kayitesi, Eugenie; Adebo, Oluwafemi A.
(MDPI, 2021-10-11)
The infrared heating of preconditioned cowpea improves its utilization and potential application
in food systems. This study investigated the effect of optimizing preconditioning and infrared
heating parameters of ...
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Ndjang, Marie Madeleine Nanga; Klang, Julie Mathilde; Njapndounke, Bilkissou; Foko, Marius Edith Kouam; Dongmo, Jean Roger; Kamdem, Michael Hermann Kengne; Tonga, Jordan Lembe; Mmutlane, Edwin Mpho; Ndinteh, Derek Tantoh; Kayitesi, Eugenie; Zambou, François Ngoufack
(MDPI, 2023-08-24)
BACKGROUND : Sour cassava starch is used as an alternative to wheat flour in breadmaking.
However, its nutritional and technological properties are limited. To remedy this, the use of legumes
has proved to be very ...
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Magano, Nomzamo N.; Du Rand, Gerrie Elizabeth; De Kock, Henrietta Letitia
(MDPI, 2022-02-09)
Information on what drives consumers to like or dislike bread is needed to provide insight
on developing gluten-free (GF) bread, using indigenous and sustainable crops in Africa, such as
sorghum and millet. Consumer ...
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Aijuka, Matthew; Buys, E.M. (Elna Maria)
(Elsevier, 2019-09)
Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) is a leading cause of foodborne illness associated with intestinal disease. While known over the years that contamination of food sources occurs via the oral faecal-route, the mechanisms ...
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Erasmus, Alet C. (Aletta Catharina); Donoghue, Sune; Sonnenberg, Nadine Cynthia
(South African Association of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences, 2011)
Benewens die werkverrigting van huishoudelike toerusting word hulle in moderne huishoudings ook as belangrike tyd- en arbeidbesparende hulpmiddels beskou. Die toenemende belangrikheid van handelsmerke, ontwerp en gesofistikeerde ...
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Pretorius, Adeline; Wood, Paola; Becker, Piet J.; Wenhold, Friedeburg Anna Maria
(MDPI, 2022-08-11)
Tailored obesity management includes understanding physical activity (PA) and its context,
ideally in childhood before the onset of health risk. This cross-sectional study determined, by sex
and population, the PA of ...
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Khoza, Minenhle; Kayitesi, Eugenie; Dlamini, Bhekisisa C.
(MDPI, 2021-11-23)
This study aimed to investigate the proximate composition, mineral content, functional
properties, molecular structure, in vitro starch digestibility, total phenolic content (TPC), total
flavonoid content (TFC) and ...
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Dorothy, Mokoena Z.; Suinyuy, Terence N.; Lubaale, John; Peter, Bamidele O.
(Wiley Open Access, 2023-08)
Marula fruit is one of the most underutilized fruits in South Africa, and it has been
reported to contain a high amount of vitamin C which is regarded as the cheapest
antioxidant. The fruit pulp is traditionally extracted ...
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Venter, Anton; Fisher, Hendrik Johannes (Hennie); Stafford, Gary I.; Duodu, Kwaku Gyebi
(Wiley, 2022-07)
This study determined the anthocyanin profile of pigmented flower extracts from some Geraniaceae and Lamiaceae plant species found in South Africa, and their thermal and oxidative stability to assess their potential food ...
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Moonaisur, Nishanie; Marx-Pienaar, Nadene Johanna Maria Magdalena; De Kock, Henrietta Letitia
(Wiley Open Access, 2024-01)
All over the world, the development of products that resemble meat but contain predominantly plant-sourced ingredients is a prime focus. Meat obtained by rearing animals is associated with a range of important issues related ...
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Thow, Anne Marie; Viljoen, Annemarie T.; Schonfeldt, H.C. (Hettie Carina); De Kock, Henrietta Letitia; Du Rand, Gerrie Elizabeth; Gericke, Gerda J.; Negin, Joel
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-04)
As the emerging burden of diet-related non-communicable diseases establishes itself firmly alongside food insecurity and undernutrition in urban centres, nutrition policy research needs to consider in more detail the ...
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Fasogbon, Beatrice Mofoluwaso; Ademuyiwa, Oluwaseun Hannah; Bamidele, Oluwaseun Peter; Wahab, Ibukunoluwa Elizabeth; Ola-Adedoyin, Abimbola Theresa; Alakija, Oluwabukunmi
(Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition, 2021-03)
Each day since December 2019, increasing numbers of cases of the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) infection are being detected as it spreads throughout all continents of the world except Antarctica. The virus is ...
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Ferreira, Dominique; Marx-Pienaar, Nadene Johanna Maria Magdalena; Sonnenberg, Nadine Cynthia
(South African Association of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences, 2016)
Addressing the fast-paced lifestyles that postmodern consumers lead, and the impact thereof on the natural environment, is high on the agenda in many political, economic, academic and social circles. Issues relating to the ...
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Nyembwe, Patricia M.; De Kock, Henrietta Letitia; Taylor, J.R.N. (John Reginald Nuttall)
(Elsevier, 2018-06)
Marama bean is a drought-tolerant oilseed legume. Isolated marama bean protein has high foaming capacity, strong dough extensibility and good elasticity characteristics. The dough properties of composites of defatted marama ...
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Adetola, Oluyimika Yanmife; Kruger, Johanita; Ferruzzi, Mario G.; Hamaker, Bruce R.; Taylor, J.R.N. (John Reginald Nuttall)
(Taylor and Francis, 2022)
Food-to-food fortification (FtFF) with moringa leaf (iron source) and/or baobab fruit (citric acid and ascorbic acid source) (each 13–15 g/100 g porridge dry basis (db)) was studied to improve iron and zinc nutritive quality ...
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Elegbeleye, James Ayokunle; Buys, E.M. (Elna Maria)
(Elsevier, 2022-01)
We aim to quantify and compare biofilm-induced proteolysis and lipolysis of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus velezensis with that of the planktonic cells. Planktonic and biofilm cells were enumerated in a flow cytometer after ...
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Jacobs, Bertha Margaretha; Taljaard-Swart, Hanri; Marx-Pienaar, Nadene Johanna Maria Magdalena; Diedericks, Lizette; Sonnenberg, Nadine Cynthia; Donoghue, Sune; Pretorius, Adeline; Du Rand, Gerrie Elizabeth
(Emerald, 2023-12)
PURPOSE : Skilled graduates delivered through vocational programmes are critical to ensure the future growth of emerging economies. This study explored students' reflections and experiences of online teaching and learning ...
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Fayemi, Olanrewaju E.; Akanni, Gabriel Bidemi; Elegbeleye, James Ayokunle; Aboaba, Olusimbo O.; Njage, Patrick M.
(Elsevier, 2021-06)
Fresh beef and meat products have been implicated in outbreaks of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) worldwide. This study investigated the prevalence of E. coli O157: H7 and non-O157 STEC serogroups in fresh ...