Formulation and processing of gruels made from local ingredients, thin enough to flow by gravity in enteral tube feeding.

Designing enteral foods from local ingredients for tube feeding of low-income people who cannot eat orally is needed. Two processing methods, involving the addition of amylase or malt, were used to thin a blenderized tube feeding formula based on sorghum, sesame and soybean seeds. Two composite flours, either with higher carbohydrate (F1D) or higher lipid (F2D) contents were formulated to obtain an enteral food aimed at adults.

Intensification of the convective drying process of Salvia officinalis: Modeling and optimization.

The current study deals with an innovation in the hot air convective drying process consisting of the application of two consecutive drying steps. Temperatures ranging between 60 and 80 ℃ for times between 200 and 600 s were applied for the first stage, and from 40 to 80 ℃ for the second stage. Salvia officinalis, an aromatic, medicinal Mediterranean plant with remarkable antioxidant properties, was selected for this study.