Author(s):
1. Aneela Hameeda:
Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Bahauddin Zakariya University,Multan, Pakistan
2. Muhammad Junaid Anwara:
Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Bahauddin Zakariya University,Multan, Pakistan
Abstract:
Food insecurity is an emerging threat to the increasing population worldwide. The scarcity and hunger have shifted the nations of backward and low-income regions towards death globally. The only way to ensure food safety and security are to evaluate the toxicity levels of existing foods and explore unconventional food sources from backward and uncultivated areas. Numerous edible plants such as Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica), Air yam (Dioscorea bulbifera), kachnar (Bauhinia variegate) and Moringa (Moringa olifera) etc. and their parts, i.e. fruits, leaves and other edible parts, growing in these areas are being neglected by the majority of the population due to absence of shreds of evidence about their safety and health effects. However, studies suggested that unique bioactive compounds and polyphenols in these plants enhanced their importance in managing various disorders. The emerging processing techniques are among the best options to process these edible plants in the development of various health-promoting food commodities, which can be stored and transported to the different communities suffering from the shortage of essential foods and nutrients. Hence, unconventional foods can be proven in the management of the nutritional status of the nutrition deficient community.
Page(s):
69-69
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: International Food & Nutrition Conference" August 18th-20th, 2022, University of Swat, Swat (Book of Abstracts), Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Year: 2022
Keywords:
Food security
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Food safety
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Unconventional Edible Plants
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Emerging Processing Techniques
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