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ReviewFood science & nutrition2023

Fortification of chocolates with high-value-added plant-based substances: Recent trends, current challenges, and future prospects.

Amirhossein Abedini, Samira Dakhili, Sara Bazzaz, Saba Kamaladdin Moghaddam, Maryam Mahmoudzadeh, Hashem Andishmand

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Review in Food science & nutrition, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Amirhossein AbediniDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, Food Safety Division, School of Public Health Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
Samira DakhiliStudent Research Committee, Department of Food Science and Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Science and Food Technology Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
Sara BazzazStudent Research Committee, Department of Food Science and Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Science and Food Technology Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
Saba Kamaladdin MoghaddamStudent Research Committee, Department of Food Science and Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Science and Food Technology Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
Maryam MahmoudzadehDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Science Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6713-7576
Hashem AndishmandStudent Research Committee, Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz Iran.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High consumption of delicious foods, such as chocolates, is considered excellent snacks, capable of converting from health-threatening to great functional foods. The fortification of chocolates with high-value-added plant-based substances might improve their healthful effects, nutritional properties, and shelf life. Chocolate could be an effective carrier for plant-based substances delivery, and it could be an effective vehicle to treat and reduce the indications of disease, such as obesity, overweight, hypertension, stress, cardiovascular failure, congestive heart failure, and diabetes. Referring to the recent studies in chocolate fortification with high-value-added plant-based substances, it seems that the recent trends are toward its therapeutic effects against noncommunicable diseases. Despite the undeniable functional effects of fortified chocolates, there are some challenges in the fortification way of chocolates. In other words, their functional characteristics, such as rheological and sensory attributes, may undesirably change. It seems that encapsulation techniques, such as spray drying, antisolvent precipitation, nanoemulsification, and liposomal encapsulation, could almost overcome these challenges. Thus, several studies focused on designing and fabricating nanoscale delivery systems with the aim of chocolate fortification, which is discussed.

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functional foodshealth effectsnanoencapsulationphenolic compoundsshelf life

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PMCPMC10345668

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