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ReviewFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Solar Cookers and Dryers: Environmental Sustainability and Nutraceutical Content in Food Processing.

Chiara Battocchio, Fabio Bruni, Giovanni Di Nicola, Tecla Gasperi, Giovanna Iucci, Daniela Tofani, Alessandro Varesano, Iole Venditti

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Review in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Chiara BattocchioDipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 79, 00149 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4590-0865
Fabio BruniDipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 79, 00149 Rome, Italy.
Giovanni Di NicolaDipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e Scienze Matematiche, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
Tecla GasperiDipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 79, 00149 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3638-2517
Giovanna IucciDipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 79, 00149 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6478-3759
Daniela TofaniDipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 79, 00149 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1028-9832
Alessandro VaresanoHelio.it, Via Laurentina 749A, 00143 Rome, Italy.
Iole VendittiDipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 79, 00149 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9306-573X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work reviewed the state of the art concerning solar cookers and dryers used in food processing. The general description of solar cookers and dryers was presented, with a specific attention to the equipment where the cooking takes place with the contribution of the direct sunlight. Some insight about the history of design and development of devices that use solar light to process food were provided. The possibility to store the heat produced by solar light using Phase Change Materials was analyzed. Moreover, some "case-studies" were revised and discussed, in which solar light is efficiently used to dry or cook food, focusing on the quality of the food in terms of nutraceuticals content. The analyzed literature points out the necessity for further research about the effects produced by direct solar rays on different foods. The reliable data on this aspect will allow assessment of the quality of food transformation by solar cookers and dryers, adding a strong incentive to the development of such devices, up to now primarily motivated by energy-saving and environmental issues.

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antioxidantsfood processingnutraceuticalssolar cookersolar dryervitamins

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PMID34681375
PMCPMC8535029

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