Beverage, consumer acceptance, Hibiscus sp. Bissap

Silva, Ana Patricia, Franco, Maria Isabel, Mady, Cissé, Pallet, Dominique, Tomlins, Keith, Bennett, Ben, Pintado, Manuela and Sottomayor, Miguel (2016) Drivers of acceptance of a new beverage in Europe. Beverages, 2 (2):12. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2306-5710 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages2020012)

Biofortification, Sensory evaluation, Hedonic testing, Willingness to pay, Experimental auctions, Becker-DeGroot-Marschak mechanism

Birol, Ekin, Meenakshi, J. V., Oparinde, Adewale, Perez, Salomon and Tomlins, Keith (2015) Developing country consumers’ acceptance of biofortified foods: a synthesis. Food Security, 7 (3). pp. 555-568. ISSN 1876-4517 (Print), 1876-4525 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-015-0464-7)

Biofortification, Vitamin A, Orange sweet potato, Sweetpotato, Micronutrient deficiency

Low, J., Ball, A., Magezi, S., Njoku, J., Mwanga, R., Andrade, M., Tomlins, K., Dove, R. and van Mourik, T. (2017) Sweet potato development and delivery in sub-Saharan Africa. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 17 (2). pp. 11955-11972. ISSN 1684-5358 (Print), 1684-5374 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.78.HarvestPlus07)

Cassava diseases, virus detection and quantification, TaqMan assays, real-time PCR

Otti, Gerald, Bouvaine, Sophie ORCID: 0000-0002-0788-3243 , Kimata, Bernadetha, Mkamillo, Geoffrey, Kumar, Lava, Tomlins, Keith and Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X (2016) High throughput multiplex real time PCR assay for the simultaneous quantification of DNA and RNA viruses infecting cassava plants. Journal Of Applied Microbiology (Online first), 120 (5). pp. 1346-1356. ISSN 1364-5072 (Print), 1365-2672 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.13043)

Cassava flour; Crackers; Mixture Design; Optimization; Sensory evaluation

Akonor, Paa T., Dziedzoave, Nanam T., Buckman, Evelyn S., Mireku Essel, Edna, Lavoe, Francis and Tomlins, Keith I. (2016) Sensory optimization of crackers developed from high-quality cassava flour, starch, and prawn powder. Food Science and Nutrition, 5 (3). pp. 564-569. ISSN 2048-7177 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.431)

Cassava storage root, Carotenoids, genome wide association studies (GWAS), specific locus amplified fragment sequencing (SLAF-seq), genes and loci

Luo, Xiuqin, Tomlins, Keith Ian, Carvalho, Luiz Joaquim Castelo Branco, Li, Kaimian and Chen, Songbi (2018) The analysis of candidate genes and loci involved with carotenoid metabolism in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) using SLAF-seq. Acta physiologiae plantarum, 40 (4):66. ISSN 0137-5881 (Print), 1861-1664 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-018-2634-7)

Cassava storage root · Carotenoids · Genome wide association studies (GWAS) · Specifc locus amplifed fragment sequencing (SLAF-seq) · Genes and loci

Luo, Xiuqin, Tomlins, Keith Ian, Carvalho, Luiz Joaquim Castelo Branco, Li, Kaimian and Chen, Songbi (2018) The analysis of candidate genes and loci involved with carotenoid metabolism in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) using SLAF-seq. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 40 (4):66. ISSN 0137-5881 (Print), 1861-1664 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-018-2634-7)

Cassava, Texture, Colour, Frying treatments

Oyedeji, A. B., Sobukola, O. P., Henshaw, Folake, Adegunwa, M. O., Ijabadeniyi, O. A., Sanni, L. O. and Tomlins, K. I. (2017) Effect of frying treatments on texture and colour parameters of deep fat fried yellow fleshed cassava chips. Journal of Food Quality, 2017:8373801. pp. 1-10. ISSN 0146-9428 (Print), 1745-4557 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/8373801)

Cassava, Yam, Food safety, Food security, Tropical crops

Ferraro, Vincenza, Piccirillo, Clara, Tomlins, Keith and Pintado, Manuela E. (2015) Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and Yam (Dioscorea spp.) Crops and their derived foodstuffs: Safety, security and nutritional value. Critical reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 56 (16). pp. 2714-2727. ISSN 1040-8398 (Print), 1549-7852 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2014.922045)

Cassava, brewers waste, snack product

Omidiran, Adebukola T., Sobukola, Olajide P., Sanni, Ajoke, Adebowale, Abdul-Rasaq A., Obadina, Olusegun A., Sanni, Lateef O., Tomlins, Keith and Wolfgang, Tosch (2016) Optimization of some processing parameters and quality attributes of fried snacks from blends of wheat flour and brewers' spent cassava flour. Food Science & Nutrition, 4 (1). pp. 80-88. ISSN 2048-7177 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.255)

Cassava-fish crackers, Expansion, Oil content, Optimization, Quality, Texture

Coker, Oluwafemi Jeremiah, Sobukola, Olajide Philip, Sanni, Lateef Oladimeji, Bakare, Hakeem Adegoke, Kajihausa, Olatundun Esther, Adebowale, Abdul-Razaq Adesola and Tomlins, Keith (2016) Quality attributes of cassava-fish crackers enriched with different flours: An optimization study by a simplex centroid mixture design. Journal of Food Process Engineering, 40 (3):e12484. ISSN 0145-8876 (Print), 1745-4530 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpe.12484)

Composite flour, Functional properties, HQCF, Mushroom, Nutritional properties, Wheat flour

Ekunseitan, Oluwakemi F., Obadina, Adewale O., Sobukola, Olajide P., Omemu, Adebukunola M., Adegunwa, Mojisola O., Kajihausa, Olatundun E., Adebowale, Abdul-Rasaq A., Sanni, Silifat A., Sanni, Lateef O. and Tomlins, Keith (2016) Nutritional composition, functional and pasting properties of wheat, mushroom, and high quality cassava composite flour. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 41 (5):e13150. ISSN 0145-8892 (Print), 1745-4549 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpp.13150)

Dioscorea sp., drying, functional properties, pretreatment, yam

Wahab, Bashirat A., Adebowale, Abdul-Rasaq A., Sanni, Silifat A., Sobukola, Olajide P., Obadina, Adewale O., Kajihausa, Olatundun E., Adegunwa, Mojisola O., Sanni, Lateef O. and Tomlins, Keith (2016) Effect of species, pretreatments, and drying methods on the functional and pasting properties of high-quality yam flour. Food Science & Nutrition, 4 (1). pp. 50-58. ISSN 2048-7177 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.260)

Drying, food quality, pretreatment, sweet potato flour, variety

Olatunde, Ganiyat O., Henshaw, Folake O., Idowu, Michael A. and Tomlins, Keith (2016) Quality attributes of sweet potato flour as influenced by variety, pretreatment and drying method. Food Science & Nutrition, 4 (4). pp. 623-635. ISSN 2048-7177 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.325)

Extruded snack bambara groundnut cassava starch corn

Ogunmuyiwa, O. H., Adebowale, A. A., Sobukola, O. P., Onabanjo, O. O., Obadina, A. O., Adegunwa, M. O., Kajihausa, O. E., Sanni, L. O. and Tomlins, Keith (2017) Production and quality evaluation of extruded snack from blends of bambara groundnut flour, cassava starch, and corn bran flour. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. ISSN 0145-8892 (Print), 1745-4549 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpp.13183)

Extruded snack; Cassava flour; Tigernut flour

Adebowale, A. A., Kareem, S. T., Sobukola, O. P., Adebisi, M. A., Obadina, A. O., Kajihausa, O. E., Adegunwa, M. O., Sanni, L. O. and Tomlins, K. (2016) Mineral and antinutrient content of high quality cassava-tigernut composite flour extruded snack. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 41 (5):e13125. ISSN 0145-8892 (Print), 1745-4549 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpp.13125)

Firmness, mushroom, potassium sorbate, preservatives, shelf life.

Ifeoluwa O., Olotu, Adewale O., Obadina, Olajide P., Sobukola, Mojisola, Adegunwa, Abdulrasaq A., Adebowale, Esther, Kajihausa, Lateef Oladimeji, Sanni, Yemisi, Asagbra, Bolanle, Ashiru and Tomlins, Keith (2015) Effect of chemical preservatives on shelf life of mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) cultivated on cassava peels. International Journal of Food Science & Technology, 50 (6). pp. 1477-1483. ISSN 0950-5423 (Print), 1365-2621 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.12770)

Food Science, Sensory Systems

P. Monteiro, Maria João, A. Costa, Ana Isabel, Franco, Maria Isabel, Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Cisse, Mady, Geneviève, Fliedel, Tomlins, Keith and E. Pintado, Maria Manuela (2017) Cross-cultural development of hibiscus tea sensory lexicons for trained and untrained panelists. Journal of Sensory Studies, 32 (5):e12297. ISSN 0887-8250 (Print), 1745-459X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/joss.12297)

Freezing temperature, microbial count, mushroom, packaging, proximate, compositionproximate composition

Ajayi, Oluwakemi, Obadina, Adewale, Idowu, Micheal, Adegunwa, Mojisola, Kajihausa, Olatundun, Sanni, Lateef, Asagbra, Yemisi, Ashiru, Bolanle and Tomlins, Keith (2015) Effect of packaging materials on the chemical composition and microbiological quality of edible mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) grown on cassava peels. Food Science & Nutrition, 3 (4). pp. 284-291. ISSN 2048-7177 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.216)

GMP, HACCP, cassava, ‘fufu’, safety

Obadina, A.O., Oyewole, O.B., Sanni, L.O., Tomlins, K.I. and Westby, A. (2009) Improvement of the hygienic quality of wet 'fufu' produced in South West Nigeria. Food Control, 21 (5). pp. 639-643. ISSN 0956-7135 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2009.09.009)

Hibiscus beverages; Process improvement; Chemical-sensory analysis; Flash Profile; Consumer preference; Senegal

Monteiro, Maria João P., Costa, Ana Isabel A, Fliedel, Geneviève, Cissé, Mady, Bechoff, Aurélie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Pallet, Dominique, Tomlins, Keith and Pintado, Maria Manuela E. (2016) Chemical-sensory properties and consumer preference of hibiscus beverages produced by improved industrial processes. Food Chemistry, 225. pp. 202-212. ISSN 0308-8146 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.11.127)

Hibiscus sabdariffa L., roselle, cluster, sensory tasting, acceptability, syrup, infusion

Bechoff, Aurélie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Cissé, Mady, Fliedel, Geneviève, Declemy, Anne-Laure, Ayessou, Nicolas, Akissoe, Noel, Touré, Cheikh, Bennett, Ben, Pintado, Manuela, Pallet, Dominique and Tomlins, Keith (2013) Relationships between anthocyanins and other compounds and sensory acceptability of Hibiscus drinks. Food Chemistry, 140 (1). ISSN 0308-8146 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.09.132)

Ipomea batata (L.) Lam, carotenoids, bioaccessibility, cooking, vitamin A activity, β-carotene

Bechoff, Aurélie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Poulaert, Marie, Tomlins, Keith I., Westby, Andrew, Menya, Geoffrey, Young, Stephen and Dhuique-Mayer, Claudie (2011) Retention and bioaccessibility of β-carotene in blended foods containing orange-fleshed sweet potato flour. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 59 (18). pp. 10373-10380. ISSN 0021-8561 (Print), 1520-5118 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf201205y)

Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam, carotenoid, storage, drying, cultivar

Bechoff, Aurélie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Westby, Andrew, Owori, Constance, Menya, Geoffrey, Dhuique-Mayer, Claudie, Dufour, Dominique and Tomlins, Keith (2009) Effect of drying and storage on the degradation of total carotenoids in orange-fleshed sweetpotato cultivars. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 90 (4). pp. 622-629. ISSN 0022-5142 (Print), 1097-0010 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.3859)

Kitoza; Smoked/dried meat; Beef; Pork; Madagascar; Sensory profile; Consumer test

Pintado, Ana I.E., Monteiro, Maria J.P., Talon, Régine, Leroy, Sabine, Scislowski, Valérie, Fliedel, Geneviève, Rakoto, Danielle, Maraval, Isabelle, Costa, Ana I.A., Silva, Ana P., Pallet, Dominique, Tomlins, Keith and Pintado, Manuela M.E. (2015) Consumer acceptance and sensory profiling of reengineered kitoza products. Food Chemistry, 198. pp. 75-84. ISSN 0308-8146 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.08.128)

Manihot Esculenta Crantz; Consumer acceptance; Sensory properties; Quality traits; Genetics; Market

Bechoff, Aurélie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Tomlins, Keith, Fliedel, Geneviève, Lopez-Lavalle, Luis Augusto Becerra, Westby, Andrew, Hershey, Clair and Dufour, Dominique (2016) Cassava traits and end-user preference: relating traits to consumer liking, sensory perception, and genetics. Critical reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 58 (4). pp. 547-567. ISSN 1040-8398 (Print), 1549-7852 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2016.1202888)

Postharvest losses; Islamic states; Agriculture; Cereals; Fruit; Vegetables; Dairy; Meat; Fish; Root and tuber crops; Polic

Tomlins, Keith, Bennett, Ben, Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Linton, John, Onumah, Gideon, Coote, Hilary, Kleih, Ulrich, Priebe, Jan and Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 (2016) Reducing postharvest losses in the OIC member countries. COMCEC Agricultural Working Group. pp. 1-194.

Sweet potato flour, Elubo, Amala, Sensory quality, Quantitative descriptive analysis

Olatunde, G. O., Tomlins, K., Henshaw, F. O. and Idowu, M. A. (2016) Descriptive sensory characterization of cooked paste (amala) made from sweet potato flour (elubo). Nigerian Food Journal, 34 (1). pp. 72-80. ISSN 0189-7241

Water yam flour; Storage conditions; Packaging materials; Functional properties

Adebowale, A. A, Owo, H. O, Sobukola, O. P., Obadina, O. A., Kajihausa, O. E., Adegunwa, M. O, Sanni, L. O. and Tomlins, K. (2017) Influence of storage conditions and packaging materials on some quality attributes of water yam flour. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 3 (1):1385130. pp. 1-16. ISSN 2331-1932 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2017.1385130)

Water yam flour; Water activity; Differential enthalpy; Differential entropy; Compensation theory

Owo, H. O., Adebowale, A. A., Sobukola, O. P., Obadina, A. O., Kajihausa, O. E., Adegunwa, M. O., Sanni, L. O. and Tomlins, K. (2016) Adsorption isotherms and thermodynamics properties of water yam flour. Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops and Foods, 9 (2). pp. 221-227. ISSN 1757-8361 (Print), 1757-837X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3920/QAS2015.0655)

Yam, mineral composition, proximate composition, quality

Omohimi, C. I., Piccirillo, C., Roriz, M., Ferraro, V., Vasconcelos, M. W., Sanni, L. O., Tomlins, K., Pintado, M. M. and Abayomi, L. A. (2017) Study of the proximate and mineral composition of different Nigerian yam chips, flakes and flours. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 55 (1). pp. 42-51. ISSN 0022-1155 (Print), 0975-8402 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-017-2761-y)

Ziziphus mauritiana, Jaabi, Yaabande, sensory profile, consumer acceptability

Touwang, Charles, Biyanzi, Pierre, Ndjouenkeu, Robert, Fliedel, Géneviève, Bechoff, Aurélie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Tomlins, Keith I. and Pallet, Dominique (2015) Sensory profile and consumer acceptability of Ziziphus mauritiana and processing product in Savannah region of Cameroon. Journal of Scientific Research and Reports, 4 (7):JSRR.2015.06. pp. 635-651. ISSN 2320-0227 (doi:https://doi.org/10.9734/JSRR/2015/14515)

affective test, experimental auction, biofortification, maize

De Groote, Hugo, Chege, Christine Kiria, Tomlins, Keith and Gunaratna, Nilupa S. (2014) Combining experimental auctions with a modified home-use test to assess rural consumers' acceptance of quality protein maize, a biofortified crop. Food Quality and Preference, 38. pp. 1-13. ISSN 0950-3293 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.04.014)

aflatoxin, non-polar bonded phase extraction cartridges, high performance thin layer chromatography

Tomlins, K.I., Jewers, K. and Coker, R.D. (1989) Evaluation of non-polar bonded-phases for the clean-up of maize extracts prior to aflatoxin assay by HPTLC. Chromatographia, 27 (1-2). pp. 67-70. ISSN 0009-5893 (Print), 1612-1112 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02290408)

biofortification, sensory evaluation, hedonic testing, willingness to pay, experimental auctions, Becker-DeGroot-Marschak mechanism

Birol, Ekin, Meenakshi, J. V., Oparinde, Adewale, Perez, Salomon and Tomlins, Keith (2015) Developing country consumers’ acceptance of biofortified foods: a synthesis. Food Security, 7 (3). pp. 555-568. ISSN 1876-4517 (Print), 1876-4525 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-015-0464-7)

biofortified cassava, sensory profiling, consumer acceptance, red palm oil

Bechoff, Aurélie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Chijioke, Ugo, Westby, Andrew and Tomlins, Keith Ian (2018) ‘Yellow is good for you’: Consumer perception and acceptability of fortified and biofortified cassava products. PLoS ONE, 13 (9):e0203421. pp. 1-22. ISSN 1932-6203 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203421)

biofortified cassava; carotenoids; gari; true retention; moisture removal; leaching of soluble solid

Bechoff, Aurélie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Tomlins, Keith Ian, Chijioke, Ugo, Ilona, Paul, Westby, Andrew and Boy, Erick (2018) Physical losses could partially explain modest carotenoid retention in dried food products from biofortified cassava. PLoS ONE:e0194402. ISSN 1932-6203 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194402)

carotenoid degradation, biofortified cassava, gari, palm oil, storage, temperature, model prediction, vitamin A deficiency, nutritional impact, food composition

Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Chijioke, Ugo, Tomlins, Keith I., Govinden, Pesila, Ilona, Paul, Westby, Andrew and Boy, Erick (2015) Carotenoid stability during storage of yellow gari made from biofortified cassava or with palm oil. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 44. pp. 36-44. ISSN 0889-1575 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2015.06.002)

carotenoids, dried sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas L, kinetics, Norisoprenoids, oxygen, storage, temperature, volatile compounds, water activity

Bechoff, Aurélie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Dhuique-Mayer, Claudie, Dornier, Manuel, Tomlins, Keith I., Boulanger, Renaud, Dufour, Dominique and Westby, Andrew (2010) Relationship between the kinetics of β-carotene degradation and formation of norisoprenoids in the storage of dried sweet potato chips. Food Chemistry, 121 (2). pp. 348-357. ISSN 0308-8146 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.12.035)

carotenoids, drying, Ipomea batata (L.) Lam, on-farm, on-research, storage

Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Tomlins, Keith, Dhuique-Mayer, Claudie, Dove, Richard and Westby, Andrew (2010) On-farm evaluation of the impact of drying and storage on the carotenoid content of orange-fleshed sweet potato (Ipomea batata Lam.). International Journal of Food Science & Technology, 46 (1). pp. 52-60. ISSN 0950-5423 (Print), 1365-2621 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.2010.02450.x)

cassava, Kinetics mass, transfer, deep fat frying, yellow fleshed cassava, vitamin A cassava root slices

Oyedeji, A. B., Sobukola, O. P., Henshaw, F. O., Adegunwa, M. O., Sanni, L. O. and Tomlins, Keith (2016) Kinetics of mass transfer during deep fat frying of yellow fleshed cassava root slices. Heat and Mass Transfer, 52 (5). pp. 1061-1070. ISSN 0947-7411 (Print), 1432-1181 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-015-1625-0)

cassava, fufu, flour, Nigeria, West Africa, sensory evaluation, consumer preference, acceptability

Tomlins, Keith, Sanni, Lateef, Oyewole, Olusola B., Dipeolu, Adewale, Ayinde, Idris, Adebayo, Kolawole and Westby, Andrew (2007) Consumer acceptability and sensory evaluation of a fermented cassava product (Nigerian fufu). Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 87 (10). pp. 1949-1956. ISSN 0022-5142 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2941)

cassava, wet fufu, CCP, food safety, hazards

Obadina, A.O., Oyewole, O.B., Sanni, L.O., Tomlins, K.I. and Westby, A. (2007) Identification of hazards and critical control points (CCP) for cassava fufu processing in South-West Nigeria. Food Control, 19 (1). pp. 22-26. ISSN 0956-7135 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2007.01.002)

cassava, wild varieties, starch, photosynthesis, genetics

Zhang, Peng, An, Feifei, Chen, Ting, Stéphanie, Djabou Mouafi Astride, Li, Kaimian, Li, Qing X., Carvalho, Luiz J. C. B., Tomlins, Keith, Li, Jun, Gu, Bi and Chen, Songbi (2016) Domestication syndrome is investigated by proteomic analysis between cultivated cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and its wild relatives. PLoS ONE, 11 (3). e0152154. ISSN 1932-6203 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152154)

cassava; storage; PPD; starch; shelf-life; postharvest losses

Tomlins, Keith, Parmar, Aditya ORCID: 0000-0002-2662-1900 , Omohimi, Celestina, Sanni, Lateef Oladimeji, Adegoke, Adekola, Adebowale, Abdul-Rasaq Adesola and Bennett, Ben (2021) Enhancing the shelf-life of fresh cassava roots: A field evaluation of simple storage bags. Processes, 9 (4):577. ISSN 2227-9717 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9040577)

cereal, fermentation, Akpan, beverage, sensory profile, consumer acceptance

Akissoé, Noël H., Sacca, Carole, Declemy, Anne-Laure, Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Anihouvi, Victor B., Dalodé, Générose, Pallet, Dominique, Fliedel, Géneviève, Mestres, Christian, Hounhouigan, Joseph D. and Tomlins, Keith I. (2015) Cross-cultural acceptance of a traditional yoghurt-like product made from fermented cereal. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 95 (9). pp. 1876-1884. ISSN 0022-5142 (Print), 1097-0010 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.6892)

cheap talk, choice experiments, hypothetical bias, nutrition

Chowdhury, Shyamal, Meenakshi, J.V., Tomlins, Keith I. and Owori, Constance (2011) Are consumers in developing countries willing to pay more for micronutrient-dense biofortified foods? Evidence from a field experiment in Uganda. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 93 (1). pp. 83-97. ISSN 0002-9092 (Print), 1467-8276 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aaq121)

column liquid chromatography, cation-exchange chromatography, organic acids, sugars and alcohol, cocoa beans

Tomlins, K.I., Baker, D.M. and McDowell, I.J. (1990) HPLC method for the analysis of organic acids, sugars, and alcohol in extracts of fermenting cocoa beans. Chromatographia, 29 (11-12). pp. 557-561. ISSN 0009-5893 (Print), 1612-1112 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02261222)

consumer acceptance, provitamin A, orange maize, Zambia, HarvestPlus

Meenakshi, J.V., Banerji, A., Manyong, Victor, Tomlins, Keith, Hamukwala, Priscilla, Zulu, Rodah and Mungoma, Catherine (2010) Consumer acceptance of provitamin A orange maize in rural Zambia (HarvestPlus Working Paper No.4). [Working Paper]

consumer testing, Africa, food

Tomlins, Keith, Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 and Monteiro, Maria João P. (2024) Chapter 17. Consumer perception and acceptance of foods in Africa. In: de Almeida Costa, Ana Isabel, Monteiro, Maria João P. and Lamy, Elsa, (eds.) Sensory Evaluation and Consumer Acceptance of New Food Products: Principles and Applications. Food Chemistry, Function and Analysis, 43 . Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 375-390. ISBN 978-1839161544; 978-1839166655; 978-1839166662 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1039/BK9781839166655-00375)

discrete choice experiments, vitamin A deficiency, biofortification

Meenakshi, J.V., Banerji, A., Manyong, Victor, Tomlins, Keith, Mittala, Nitya and Hamukwala, Priscilla (2012) Using a discrete choice experiment to elicit the demand for a nutritious food: Willingness-to-pay for orange maize in rural Zambia. Journal of Health Economics, 31 (1). pp. 62-71. ISSN 0167-6296 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.01.002)

drying, storage, sweet potato, carotenoid losses

Bechoff, Aurélie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Westby, Andrew, Dufour, Dominique, Dhuique-Mayer, Claudie, Marouzé, C., Owori, Constance, Menya, Geoffrey and Tomlins, Keith (2007) Effect of drying and storage on the content of provitamin A of orange fleshed sweet potato (Ipomoa batatas): direct sun radiations do not have significant impact. In: 10th Triennial Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops - African Branch (ISTRC-AB), 8-12 Oct 2007, Maputo, Mozambique. (Unpublished)

elicitation mechanisms, demand, nutritious maize, Ghana

Banerji, A., Chowdhury, Shyamal, De Groote, Hugo, Meenakshi, J.V., Tomlins, Keith, Haleegoah, Joyce and Ewool, Manfred (2013) Using elicitation mechanisms to estimate the demand for nutritious maize: evidence from experiments in rural Ghana (HarvestPlus Working Paper No. 10). [Working Paper]

flavouring agent, taste enhancer, Lanhouin, fermented fish, sensory profile, consumer preference, acceptance

Kindossi, J.M., Akpo-Djenontin, O.O.D., Anihouvi, V.B., Akissoé, N., Declemy, A.L., Vieira-Dalodé, G., Tomlins, K., Pallet, D. and Hounhouigan, J.D. (2013) Sensory evaluation and consumer acceptability of an African fish based flavouring agent and taste enhancer. Indian Journal of Applied Research, 3 (8). pp. 62-66. ISSN 2249-555X (doi:https://doi.org/10.15373/2249555X)

food choice, staple, gender, urban migration, mixed methods

Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Forsythe, Lora ORCID: 0000-0001-9931-4453 , Tomlins, Keith and Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 (2020) Women eat more rice and banana: the influence of gender and migration on staple food choice in East Africa. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 59 (5). pp. 506-524. ISSN 0367-0244 (Print), 1543-5237 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2020.1755278)

food safety management, livelihoods, street food vendors, consumers, Ghana

Johnson, P.-N.T., Adebayo, K., Ottah Atikpo, M., Essel, K., Ellis, W.O., Awudza, J. and Tomlins, K.I. (2007) Institutional lessons from the partnership to improve food safety management and livelihoods of street food vendors and consumers in Ghana. International Journal of Sustainable Development, 4 (1 & 2). pp. 39-44.

gender, staple food, Tanzania, preferences

Forsythe, Lora ORCID: 0000-0001-9931-4453 , Njau, Maria, Martin, Adrienne ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 , Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 and Tomlins, Keith (2017) Staple food cultures: a case study of cassava ugali preferences in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [Working Paper]

granular food, rice, imaging, particle size distribution, fuzzy logic, authentication, classification

Carter, R.M., Yan, Y. and Tomlins, Keith (2006) Digital imaging based classification and authentication of granular food products. Measurement Science and Technology, 17 (2). pp. 235-240. ISSN 0957-0233 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/17/2/002)

non-grain starch staples, root and tuber crops, sweet potato, cassava, banana, plantain, yam, cocoyam, sampling, laboratory methods, food safety, food analysis, quality assessment, needs assessment, analytical methods

Bainbridge, Z., Tomlins, K., Wellings, K. and Westby, A. (1996) Methods for assessing quality characteristics of non-grain starch staples. (Part 2. Field Methods.). Methods for assessing quality characteristics of non-grain starch staples. Natural Resources Institute, Chatham, Kent, pp. 1-32. ISBN 0-85954-400-1

Bainbridge, Z., Tomlins, K., Wellings, K. and Westby, A. (1996) Methods for assessing quality characteristics of non-grain starch staples. (Part 4. Advanced methods.). Methods for assessing quality characteristics of non-grain starch staples. Natural Resources Institute, Chatham, Kent. ISBN 0-85954-400-1

Bainbridge, Z., Tomlins, K., Wellings, K. and Westby, A. (1996) Methods for assessing quality characteristics of non-grain starch staples. (Part 1. Introduction.). Methods for assessing quality characteristics of non-grain starch staples. Natural Resources Institute, Chatham, Kent, pp. 1-16. ISBN 0-85954-400-1

Bainbridge, Z., Tomlins, K., Wellings, K. and Westby, A. (1996) Methods for assessing quality characteristics of non-grain starch staples. (Part 3. Laboratory methods.). Methods for assessing quality characteristics of non-grain starch staples. Natural Resources Institute, Chatham, Kent. ISBN 0-85954-400-1

nutrition, postharvest loss, food security, methodology, sweet potato, maize, cowpea, dissemination

Bechoff, Aurélie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Mayanja, Sarah, Mvumi, Brighton, Nyanga, Loveness, Ngwenyama, Patrick, Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Shee, Apurba ORCID: 0000-0002-1836-9637 , Ferruzzi, Mario, Debelo, Hawi, De Bruyn, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-5222-6464 , Arnold, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0001-7345-0529 , Rumney, Corinne and Tomlins, Keith (2019) The NUTRI-P-LOSS (NUTRItional Postharvest Loss) methodology: a guide for researchers and practitioners. Manual. Natural Resources Institute.

orange fleshed sweet potato, (OFSP), Uganda, Mozambique, vitamin A deficiency

Arimond, Mary, Ball, Anna‐Marie, Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Bosch, Diane, Brauw, Alan, Coote, Claire, Dove, Richard, Eozenou, Patrick, Gilligan, Dan, Hotz, Christine, Kumar, Neha, Labarta, Ricardo, Loechl, Cornelia, Low, Jan, Magezi, Sylvia, Massingue, Jaquelino, Meenakshi, J.V., Moursi, Mourad, Musoke, Charles, Namanda, Sam, Nsubuga, Harriet, Okwadi, Juliues, Tomlins, Keith, Wamaniala, Martin and Westby, Andrew (2010) Reaching and engaging end users (REU): orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) in East and Southern Africa. Project Report. HarvestPlus / Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Washington, DC, USA.

orange-fleshed sweet potato, carotenoid degradation, drying, storage

Bechoff, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Tomlins, K.I., Dhuique-Mayer, C. and Westby, A. (2009) Understanding losses of provitamin A after drying and storage of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (Ipomea batatas). In: The Fifteenth Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops, 2-6 Nov 2009, Lima, Peru.

orange-fleshed sweet potato, flour, amala, consumption pattern

Fetuga, Ganiyat O., Tomlins, Keith, Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Henshaw, Folake O., Idowu, Michael A. and Westby, Andrew (2013) A survey of traditional processing of sweet potato flour for amala, consumption pattern of sweet potato amala and awareness of orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) in South West Nigeria. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment, 11 (3 & 4). pp. 67-71. ISSN 1459-0255 (Print), 1459-0263 (Online)

particulate matter, carbon monoxide, heat stress, food processing, firewood stoves

Parmar, Aditya ORCID: 0000-0002-2662-1900 , Tomlins, Keith, Sanni, Lateef, Omohimi, Celestina, Thomas, Funmi and Tran, Thierry (2019) Exposure to air pollutants and heat stress among resource-poor women entrepreneurs in small-scale cassava processing. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 191 (11):693. ISSN 0167-6369 (Print), 1573-2959 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-019-7811-7)

peanut butter, groundnuts, sensory testing, consumer preference, roasting time, storage, shelf life, Arachis hypogaea

Tomlins, Keith, Rukuni, Tunga, Mutungamiri, Angeline, Mandeya, Sheila and Swetman, Anthony (2007) Effect of roasting time and storage time on sensory attributes and consumer acceptability of peanut butters in southern Africa. Tropical Science, 47 (4). pp. 165-182. ISSN 0041-3291 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ts.210)

postharvest nutrient loss, postharvest loss, food system, human nutritional requirements, nutrient loss prediction

Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Shee, Apurba ORCID: 0000-0002-1836-9637 , Mvumi, Brighton M., Ngwenyama, Patrick, Debelo, Hawi, Ferruzzi, Mario G., Nyanga, Loveness K., Mayanja, Sarah and Tomlins, Keith I. (2022) Estimation of nutritional postharvest losses along food value chains: A case study of three key food security commodities in sub-Saharan Africa. Food Security, 14 (3). pp. 571-590. ISSN 1876-4517 (Print), 1876-4525 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-021-01238-9)

pre-treatment, drying, storage, orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP), carotenoids, sodium metabisulfite, leaching

Bechoff, Aurélie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Westby, Andrew, Menya, Geoffrey and Tomlins, Keith I. (2011) Effect of pretreatments for retaining total carotenoids in dried and stored orange-fleshed-sweet potato chips. Journal of Food Quality, 34 (4). pp. 259-267. ISSN 1745-4557 (online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-4557.2011.00391.x)

quality protein maize, East Africa, consumer acceptance, affective test, ordinal regression, mixed models

De Groote, Hugo, Gunaratna, Nilupa S., Okuro, James O., Wondimu, Asrat, Chege, Christine K. and Tomlins, Keith (2014) Consumer acceptance of quality protein maize (QPM) in East Africa. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 94 (15). pp. 3201-3212. ISSN 0022-5142 (Print), 1097-0010 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.6672)

rice, Oryza sativa, sensory evaluation, consumer acceptability, parboiled, market price, West Africa, Ghana

Tomlins, Keith, Manful, John, Gayin, Joseph, Kudjawu, Bernice and Tamakloe, Iris (2007) Study of sensory evaluation, consumer acceptability, affordability and market price of rice. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 87 (8). pp. 1564-1575. ISSN 0022-5142 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2889)

sensory evaluation, sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas, carotenoid, dry matter, logarithm

Tomlins, Keith, Owori, Constance, Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Menya, Geoffrey and Westby, Andrew (2011) Relationship among the carotenoid content, dry matter content and sensory attributes of sweet potato. Food Chemistry, 131 (1). pp. 14-21. ISSN 0308-8146 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.07.072)

street food vending, Africa, Asia, food safety, informal food vending

Moreno-Leguizamon, Carlos ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-3387 and Tomlins, Keith (2006) Empowerment and impact through informal or street food vending: a crop post-harvest project in Africa and South Asia. Tropical Agriculture Association Newsletter, 26 (2). pp. 8-10.

sweet potato, East Africa, Tanzania, Ipomoea batatas, storage, pit, heap, farmer, participation, on-farm

Tomlins, Keith, Ndunguru, Gabriel, Kimenya, F., Ngendello, Theresia, Rwiza, Elizabeth, Amour, Rahila, van Oirschot, Quirien E.A. and Westby, Andrew (2007) On-farm evaluation of methods for storing fresh sweet potato roots in East Africa. Tropical Science, 47 (4). pp. 197-210. ISSN 0041-3291 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ts.214)

sweet potato, postharvest loss, damage, skinning damage, skin weevil, burrowing weevil, supply, handling, quality, electronic sweet potato, artificial sweet potato

Tomlins, K.I., Ndunguru, G.T. and Rwiza, E. (1998) Losses in sweet potato quality at harvest and during the post-harvest handling in the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. [Working Paper]

sweetpotato, Ipomea batatas, β-carotene, vitamin A, sensory evaluation, consumer acceptability

Tomlins, Keith, Ndunguru, Gabriel, Stambul, Kimboka, Joshua, Neema, Ngendello, Theresia, Rwiza, Elizabeth, Amour, Rahila, Ramadhani, Bundala, Kapande, Asia and Westby, Andrew (2007) Sensory evaluation and consumer acceptability of pale-fleshed and orange-fleshed sweetpotato by school children and mothers with preschool children. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 87 (13). pp. 2436-2446. ISSN 0022-5142 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2931)

thin layer chromatography, bi-directional development, pre-chromatographic clean-up, aflatoxin

Tomlins, K.I., Jewers, K., Coker, R.D. and Nagler, M.J. (1989) A bi-directional HPTLC development method for the detection of low levels of aflatoxin in maize extracts. Chromatographia, 27 (1-2). pp. 49-52. ISSN 0009-5893 (Print), 1612-1112 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02290404)

thin layer chromatography, sample application, densitometry, development chambers, aflatoxins

Coker, R.D., Jewers, K., Tomlins, K.I. and Blunden, G. (1988) Evaluation of instrumentation used for high performance thin-layer chromatography of aflatoxins. Chromatographia, 25 (10). pp. 875-880. ISSN 0009-5893 (Print), 1612-1112 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02311421)

thin-layer chromatography, aflatoxin determination, cottonseed, salid phase extraction

Bradburn, N., Jewers, K., Jones, B.D. and Tomlins, K.I. (1989) Rapid method for the clean-up of extracts of cottonseed prior to aflatoxin determination by bi-directional HPTLC. Chromatographia, 28 (11-12). pp. 541-544. ISSN 0009-5893 (Print), 1612-1112 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02260673)

thin-layer chromatography, bi-directional development, aflatoxin, maize, extraction, solvents

Bradburn, N., Coker, R.D., Jewers, K. and Tomlins, K.I. (1990) Evaluation of the ability of different concentrations of aqueous acetone, aqueous methanol and aqueous acetone: Methanol (1∶1) to extract aflatoxin from naturally contaminated maize. Chromatographia, 29 (9-10). pp. 435-440. ISSN 0009-5893 (Print), 1612-1112 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02261390)

traditional practices, cassava, gari processing, survey, direct measurement

Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Tomlins, Keith I., Bennett, Ben and Westby, Andrew (2019) Variability in traditional processing of gari: a major food security product from cassava. Food Chain, 8 (1). pp. 39-59. ISSN 2046-1887 (Print), 2046-1879 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3362/2046-1887.18-00015)

tropical root crops, post-harvest

Rees, Debbie ORCID: 0000-0003-3541-0424 , Westby, Andrew, Tomlins, Keith, Van Oirschot, Quirien, Cheema, Muhammad U.A., Cornelius, Eric and Amjad, Mohammad (2012) Tropical root crops. In: Rees, Debbie ORCID: 0000-0003-3541-0424 , Farrell, Graham and Orchard, John, (eds.) Crop Post-harvest: Science and Technology, Perishables. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK, pp. 392-413. ISBN 9780632057252

“Amala”, “elubo”, processing, quality, sweet potato flour, variety

Fetuga, Ganiyat, Tomlins, Keith, Henshaw, Folake and Idowu, Michael (2014) Effect of variety and processing method on functional properties of traditional sweet potato flour (“elubo”) and sensory acceptability of cooked paste (“amala”). Food Science & Nutrition, 2 (6). pp. 682-691. ISSN 2048-7177 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.161)