Publications by authors named "Carina Bothma"
Article Synopsis
- - South Africa has a high-quality maize production but still faces significant food insecurity and malnutrition, with many people relying on maize-based dishes like pap, leading to a lack of diet diversity.
- - The study explored creating consumer-friendly nixtamalised maize products, specifically chutney-flavored maize chips, which received moderate approval from consumer panels and favorable purchase intent.
- - Nutritional analysis of the nixtamalised chips showed good levels of energy, fiber, and essential minerals, indicating that this method could be a viable solution to improve nutrition and combat food insecurity in South Africa.
Hedonic assessment and sensory characteristics of 13 genotypes, stewed with onions, tomatoes and potatoes, were evaluated. 50 consumers ranked their preference on a nine-point hedonic scale to determine overall acceptability of the stewed samples. In addition, 100 consumers were asked to select sensory characteristics that described the genotypes best, using the Check-all-that-apply question.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The reduction of sodium in processed meat products is synonymous with the use of salt replacers. Rarely has there been an assessment of the use of intermediate salt levels as a sodium reduction strategy in itself. In this study, 1 and 1.
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