Carotenoid bioavailability; Mineral absorption; Biofortified crops; Processing; Food matrix; Genetic factors

Bechoff, Aurélie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 and Dhuique-Mayer, Claudie (2016) Factors influencing micronutrient bioavailability in biofortified crops. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1390. pp. 74-87. ISSN 0077-8923 (Print), 1749-6632 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.13301)

Cassava, Nutritional value, Roots, Leaves, Traditional processing

Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 (2017) Use and nutritional value of cassava roots and leaves as a traditional food. In: Hershey, Clair, (ed.) Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Cassava Volume 1: Cultivation Techniques. Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science . Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1786760005

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)

Fortification, biofortification, complementary food, business model, cost effectiveness, micronutrient deficiency

Lalani, Baqir ORCID: 0000-0001-8287-3283 , Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 and Bennett, Ben (2019) Which choice of delivery model(s) works best to deliver fortified foods? Nutrients, 11 (7):1594. ISSN 2072-6643 (Print), 2072-6643 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11071594)

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)

Maize and sweetpotato value chain, Postharvest losses, Smallholder producers, Ordered probit model

Shee, Apurba ORCID: 0000-0002-1836-9637 , Mayanja, Sarah, Simba, Eria, Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 and Bennett, Ben (2019) Determinants of postharvest losses along smallholder producers maize and sweetpotato value chains: An ordered probit analysis. Food Security, 11 (5). pp. 1101-1120. ISSN 1876-4517 (Print), 1876-4525 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-019-00949-4)

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.

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)

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)

carotenoids, provitamin A retention, drying, sun, solar, hot air, vitamin A activity, sweetpotato

Bechoff, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Dufour, D., Dhuique-Mayer, C., Marouzé, C., Reynes, M. and Westby, A. (2008) Effect of hot air, solar and sun drying treatments on provitamin A retention in orange-fleshed sweetpotato. Journal of Food Engineering, 92 (2). pp. 164-171. ISSN 0260-8774 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2008.10.034)

cassava; attiéké; sensory acceptance threshold; consumer testing; processing evaluation

N'Nan, A. Sylvie Diby, Deffan, Kahndo Prudence, Adinsi, Laurent, Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Kanon, Alban Landry, Bouniol, Alexandre, Yapi, Yapi Eric, Deuscher, Zoé, Bugaud, Christophe, N'Zué, Boni and Djedji, Catherine Bomoh Ebah (2023) Use of sensory and physico-chemical parameters to understand consumer perception of attiéké, a fermented cassava product. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. ISSN 0022-5142 (Print), 1097-0010 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.13141)

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)

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)

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)

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 diversity; fortification; biofortification; hidden hunger; nutritional impact; integrated food-based strategies

Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , De Bruyn, Julia ORCID: 0000-0001-5222-6464 , Alpha, Arlène, Wieringa, Frank and Greffeuille, Valérie (2023) Exploring the complementarity of fortification and dietary diversification to combat micronutrient deficiencies: a scoping review. Current Developments in Nutrition, 7 (2):100033. ISSN 2475-2991 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2023.100033)

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]

grain storage management; improved storage practices; qualitative postharvest losses; nutrition security

Ngwenyama, Patrick, Siziba, Shepherd, Nyanga, Loveness, K., Stathers, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0002-7767-6186 , Mubayiwa, Macdonald, Mlambo, Shaw, Nyabako, Tinashe, Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Shee, Apurba ORCID: 0000-0002-1836-9637 and Mvumi, Brighton, M. (2023) Determinants of smallholder farmers’ maize grain storage protection practices and understanding of the nutritional aspects of grain postharvest losses. Food Security. ISSN 1876-4517 (Print), 1876-4525 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-023-01349-5)

multi-response modelling, reaction scheme, isomers, norisoprenoids, β-carotene epoxides, rate constant

Achir, Nawel, Pénicaud, Caroline, Bechoff, Aurélie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Boulanger, Renaud, Dornier, Manuel and Dhuique-Mayer, Claudie (2013) Use of multi-response modelling to investigate mechanisms of β-carotene degradation in dried orange-fleshed sweet potato during storage: from carotenoids to aroma compounds. Food and Bioprocess Technology, 7 (6). pp. 1656-1669. ISSN 1935-5130 (Print), 1935-5149 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-013-1229-y)

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, carotenoids, drying, storage, losses

Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 (2010) Investigating carotenoid loss after drying and storage of orange-fleshed sweet potato. PhD thesis, University of Greenwich.

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)

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)

retention, carotenoid, iron, zinc, biofortification, processing, storage, degradation

Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Taleon, V., Carvalho, L.M.J., Carvalho, J.L.V. and Boy, E. (2017) Micronutrient (provitamin A and iron/zinc) retention in biofortified crops. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 17 (2). pp. 11893-11904. ISSN 1684-5358 (Print), 1684-5374 (Online)

sensory analysis; instrumental methods; user acceptability; root crops and bananas; breeding; high-throughput phenotyping

Bechoff, Aurelie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Adinsi, Laurent, Newilah, Gérard Ngoh, Nakitto, Mariam, Deuscher, Zoé, Ssali, Reuben, Chijioke, Ugo, Khakasa, Elizabeth, Nowakunda, Kephas, Bouniol, Alexandre, Dufourg, Dominique and Bugaud, Christophe (2023) Combined use of sensory methods for the selection of root, tuber and banana varieties acceptable to end-users. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. ISSN 0022-5142 (Print), 1097-0010 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.12723)

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)

severe acute malnutrition, nutrition, food safety, business case, RUTF

Bechoff, Aurélie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Bennett, Ben and Abayomi, Louise (2020) Establishing the feasibility of developing a locally-made RUTF for Sierra Leone. Project Report. Natural Resources Institute. (Submitted)

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)