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Nutritional Quality

Technology and Innovation

 

Current members

Carla Brites Researcher

Collaborators

Pedro Sampaio Researcher

Current Projects

2023 - 2027 | Improved coordination of national and European bioeconomy research and innovation programmes in the ERA through strengthened SCAR Working Groups; RefreSCAR; Grant 101060553 of HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01. Project Coordinator: Orlaith NiChoncubhair, TEAGASC, Ireland

              

2020-2024 | "TRACE RICE” - Tracing rice and valorizing side streams along mediterranean blockchain" (H2020 - PRIMA Programme - Partnership for research and innovation in the Mediterranean Area) (Grant nº 1934). Project Coordinator: Carla Brites

Past Projects

2021 – 2023 |  Support Facility for the Innovation & Knowledge exchange of EIP-AGRI network (AGRI-2021-0179)
2019 - 2020 | EIT-Food Consumer Engagement Labs (Subcontracting of KAVA number 19153) Project coordinator: Krzysztof Klincewicz, Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw
2017-2020 | GO QUALIMILHO- Novas estratégias de integração sustentáveis que garantam a qualidade e segurança na fileira do milho nacional (PDR2020 nº 101-031295). Project Coordinator: Tiago Pinto, ANPROMIS – Associação Nacional dos Prod. De Milho e Sorgo
2017-2019 | ArrozBIG - Desenvolvimento de produtos de arroz com baixo índice de glicémia (COMPETE 2020 nº 017931). Project Coordinator: Ernesto Morgado SA
2016-2019 | CASA -Common Agricultural and wider Bioeconomy Research Agenda (H2020 grant nº 727486). Project Coordinator: Forschungszentrum Julich GMBH
2014-2017 | LEGATO - Legumes for the Agriculture of Tomorrow (7PQ grant nº 613551). Project Coordinator: French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment
2013-2016 | BEST-RICE-4-LIFE - Development of a comprehensive quality knowledge system for rice cultivars using image, physicochemical, chemometric and sensory tools to improve crop quality and value of utilization (RECI/AGR-TEC/0285/2012). Project Coordinator: Carla Brites

Main Publications

2023
ASTÍZ V, Guardianelli LM, Salinas MV, Brites C, Puppo MC (2023). High beta-Glucans Oats for Healthy Wheat Breads: Physicochemical Properties of Dough and Breads. Foods, 12(1), 170. doi:10.3390/foods12010170
CARBAS B, Machado N, Pathania S, Brites C, Rosa EAS, Barros AIRNA (2023). Potential of Legumes: Nutritional Value, Bioactive Properties, Innovative Food Products, and Application of Eco-friendly Tools for Their Assessment. Food Reviews International, 39(1), 160. doi:10.1080/87559129.2021.1901292
CASTANHO A, Brites C, Rocha C, Moura AP, Oliveira JC, Cunha LM (2023). Adaptation of the food choice questionnaire using a design thinking approach and application to rice consumption by the major European consumers. Food Quality and Preference, 110, 104951. doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2023.104951
CASTANHO A, Guerra M, Brites C, Oliveira JC, Cunha LM (2023). Design thinking for food: Remote association as a creative tool in the context of the ideation of new rice-based meals. International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science, 31, 100664. doi:10.1016/j.ijgfs.2023.100664
CASTANHO A, Pereira C, Lageiro M, Oliveira JC, Cunha LM, Brites C (2023). Improving gamma-Oryzanol and gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Contents in Rice Beverage Amazake Produced with Brown, Milled and Germinated Rices. Foods, 12(7), 1476. doi:10.3390/foods12071476
GUADRIANELLI LM, Carbas B, Brites C, Puppo MC, Salinas MV (2023). White Lupine (Lupinus albus L.) Flours for Healthy Wheat Breads: Rheological Properties of Dough and the Bread Quality. Foods, 12(8), 1645. doi:10.3390/foods12081645
PEREIRA CL, Sousa I, Lourenço VM, Sampaio P, Gárzon R, Rosell CM, Brites C (2023). Relationship between Physicochemical and Cooking Quality Parameters with Estimated Glycaemic Index of Rice Varieties. Foods. doi:10.3390/foods13010135
SAMPAIO PS, Carbas B, Brites C (2023). Development of Prediction Models for the Pasting Parameters of Rice Based on Near-Infrared and Machine Learning Tools. Applied Sciences, 13(16):9081. doi:10.3390/app13169081
SIMÕES D, Carbas B, Soares A, Freitas A, Silva AS, Brites C, de Andrade E (2023). Assessment of Agricultural Practices for Controlling Fusarium and Mycotoxins Contamination on Maize Grains: Exploratory Study in Maize Farms. Toxins, 15(2), 136. doi:10.3390/toxins15020136
Sousa IG, Oliveira J, Mexia A, Barros G, Almeida C, Brazinha C, Vega A, Brites C (2023). Advances in Environmentally Friendly Techniques and Circular Economy Approaches for Insect Infestation Management in Stored Rice Grains. Foods, 12(3), 511. doi:10.3390/foods12030511
2022
CARBAS B, Soares A, Barros S, Carqueijo A, Freitas A, Silva AS, Simões D, Pinto T, de Andrade E, Brites C (2022) Evaluation of Biobased Solutions for Mycotoxin Mitigation on Stored Maize. Chem. Proc. 2022, 10, 22. doi: 10.3390/IOCAG2022-12306
GUARDIANELLI LM, Salinas MV, Brites C, Puppo MC (2022) Germination of White and Red Quinoa Seeds: Improvement of Nutritional and Functional Quality of Flours. Foods, 11, 3272. doi: 10.3390/foods11203272
OHTSUBO K, Brites CM, Rosell CM (2022) Editorial for the Special Issue, Quality Assay, Processing and Bio-Function of Rice Products. Foods 11, 1755. doi: 10.3390/foods11121755
REIS N, Castanho A, Lageiro M, Pereira C, Brites CM, Vaz-Velho M (2022) Rice Bran Stabilisation and Oil Extraction Using the Microwave-Assisted Method and Its Effects on GABA and Gamma-Oryzanol Compounds. Foods,11(7). doi: 10.3390/foods11070912
SANTOS AR, Carreiró F, Freitas A, Barros S, Brites C, Ramos F, Sanches Silva A (2022) Mycotoxins Contamination in Rice: Analytical Methods, Occurrence and Detoxification Strategies. Toxins,14(9). doi: 10.3390/toxins14090647
Sampaio PN, Calado C (2022) Antimicrobial evaluation of the Cynara cardunculus extract in Helicobacter pylori cells using mid-infrared spectroscopy and chemometric methods. Journal of Applied Microbiology, June 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.15679
2021
SAMPAIO PS, Almeida AS, Brites CM (2021) Use of Artificial Neural Network Model for Rice Quality Prediction Based on Grain Physical Parameters. Foods, 10(12), p.3016. DOI: 10.3390/foods10123016
BENTO-SILVA A, Duarte N, Belo M, Mecha E, Carbas B, Brites C, Vaz Patto MC, Bronze MR (2021) Shedding Light on the Volatile Composition of Broa, a Traditional Portuguese Maize Bread. Biomolecules, 11(10), p.1396. DOI: 10.3390/biom11101396
CARBAS B, Machado N, Pathania S, Brites C, Rosa EA, Barros AI (2021) Potential of Legumes: Nutritional Value, Bioactive Properties, Innovative Food Products, and Application of Eco-friendly Tools for Their Assessment. Food Reviews International, pp.1-29. DOI: 10.1080/87559129.2021.1901292
CARBAS  B, Simões D, Soares A, Freitas A, Ferreira B, Carvalho AR, Silva AS, Pinto T, Diogo E, Andrade E, Brites C (2021) Occurrence of Fusarium spp. in Maize Grain Harvested in Portugal and Accumulation of Related Mycotoxins during Storage. Foods, 10(2), p.375. DOI: 10.3390/foods10020375
MECHA E, Natalello S, Carbas B, da Silva AB, Leitão ST, Brites C, Veloso MM, Rubiales D, Costa J, Cabral MDF, Figueira ME (2021) Disclosing the Nutritional Quality Diversity of Portuguese Common Beans—The Missing Link for Their Effective Use in Protein Quality Breeding Programs. Agronomy, 11(2), p.221. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy11020221
Other Selected Publications
SAMPAIO PS, Castanho A, Almeida AS, Oliveira J, Brites C (2020) Identification of rice flour types with near-infrared spectroscopy associated with PLS-DA and SVM methods. Eur Food Res Technol. 246, 527–537. DOI: 10.1007/s00217-019-03419-5
LAGEIRO MM, Castanho A, Pereira C, Calhelha RC, Ferreira ICFR, Brites C (2020) Assessment of gamma oryzanol variability, an attractive rice bran bioactive compound. Emir. J. Food Agric. 32(1), 38-46. DOI: 10.9755/ejfa.2020.v32.i1.2056
CARBAS B, Machado N, Oppolzer D, Ferreira L, Queiroz M, Brites C, Rosa EAS, Barros AIRNA (2020) Nutrients, antinutrients, phenolic composition and antioxidant activity of common bean cultivars and their potential for food applications. Antioxidants 9(2), 186. DOI: 10.3390/antiox9020186
CARBAS B, Machado N, Oppolzer D, Queiroz M, Brites C, Rosa EAS, Barros AIRNA (2020) Prediction of phytochemical composition, in vitro antioxidant activity and individual phenolic compounds of common beans using MIR and NIR spectroscopy. Food Bioprocess Technology 13(6), 962-977. DOI: 10.1007/s11947-020-02457-2
CARBAS B, Machado N, Oppolzer D, Ferreira L, Brites C, Rosa EAS, Barros AIRNA (2020) Comparison of near-infrared (NIR) and mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy for the determination of nutritional and antinutritional parameters in common beans. Food Chem. 306:125509. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125509
ALVES ML, Bento-Silva A, Carbas B, Gaspar D, Paulo M, Brites C, Mendes-Moreira  P, Brites  CM,  Bronze  MR, Malosetti  M, Eeuwijk  F, Patto  MCV (2020) Alleles to Enhance Antioxidant Content in Maize-A Genome-Wide Association Approach.  J Agric Food Chem. 68(13):4051-4061. DOI:10.1021/acs.jafc.9b07190
ALVES ML, Carbas B, Gaspar D, Paulo M, Brites C, Mendes-Moreira P, Brites CM, Malosetti M, van Eeuwijk F, Vaz Patto MC (2019) Genome-wide association study for kernel composition and flour pasting behavior in wholemeal maize flour. BMC Plant Biol. 19(1):123 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-1729-7
CASTANHO A, Lageiro M, Calhelha RC, Ferreira ICFR, Sokovic M, Cunha LM, Brites C (2019) Exploiting the bioactive properties of γ-oryzanol from bran of different exotic rice varieties. Food Funct. 10, 2382-2389. DOI: 10.1039/C8FO02596G
SANTOS CS, Carbas B, Castanho A, Vasconcelos MW, Vaz Patto MC, Domoney C, Brites C (2019) Variation in Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Seed Quality Traits Defined by Physicochemical Functional Properties. Foods. 8(11):570-570. DOI: 10.3390/foods8110570
MECHA E, Leitão ST, Carbas B, Serra AT, Moreira PM, Veloso MM, Gomes R, Figueira ME, Brites C, Vaz Patto MC, Bronze MR (2019) Characterization of Soaking Process’ Impact in Common Beans Phenolic Composition: Contribute from the Unexplored Portuguese Germplasm. Foods. 8(8):296. DOI: 10.3390/foods8080296
CUNHA LM, Fonseca SC, Lima RC, Loureiro J, Pinto AS, Vaz Patto MC, Brites C (2019) Consumer-Driven Improvement of Maize Bread Formulations with Legume Fortification. Foods. 8(7):235. DOI: 10.3390/foods8070235
CARBAS B, Salinas MV, Serrano C, Passarinho JÁ, Puppo MC, Ricardo CP, Brites C (2019) Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of commercial flours from Ceratonia siliqua and Prosopis spp. Food Measurement and Characterization. 2019; 13, 305–311. DOI: 10.1007/s11694-018-9945-7
FREITAS A, Barros S, Brites C, Barbosa J, Silva AS (2019) Validation of a Biochip Chemiluminescent Immunoassay for Multi-Mycotoxins Screening in Maize (Zea mays L.). Food Anal. Methods. 12, 2675–2684. DOI: 10.1007/s12161-019-01625-1
SANCHES-SILVA A, Brites C, Vila Pouca AS, Barbosa J, Freitas A (2019) UHPLC-ToF-MS method for determination of multi-mycotoxins in maize: development and validation. Current Research in Food Science.1, 1-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.crfs.2019.07.001
MARQUES V, Cunha B, Couto A, Sampaio P, Fonseca LP, Aleixo S, Calado CRC (2019) Characterization of gastric cells infection by diverse Helicobacter pylori strains through Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular & Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 210:193-202. DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.11.001.
ORTIZ-ROMERO C, Almeida AS, Pathania S, Silva C, Oliveira J, Brites C (2018) Rice Plant Pattern As Predictor of the Milling and Cooking Quality in Breeding Programs. Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture. 30 (6), 463-481. DOI:10.9755/ejfa.2018.v30.i6.1727
SANTOS CS, Carbas B, Castanho A, Bronze MR, Serrano C, Vasconcelos MW, Patto MCV, Brites C (2018) Relationship between seed traits and pasting and cooking behaviour in a pulse germplasm collection. Crop and Pasture Science. 69, 892-903. DOI: 10.1071/CP18205
SAMPAIO PS, Soares A, Castanho A, Almeida AS, Oliveira J, Brites C (2018) Optimization of rice amylose determination by NIR-spectroscopy using PLS chemometrics algorithms. Food Chemistry. 242, 196-204. DOI:10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.09.058
CARBAS B, Pathania S, Castanho A, Lourenço D, Veiga IM, Patto MCV, Brites C (2018) Elucidating potential utilization of Portuguese common bean varieties in rice based processed foods. J Food Sci Technol. 55:1056. DOI:10.1007/s13197-017-3019-4
SAMPAIO P, Soares A, Castanho A, Almeida AS, Oliveira J, Brites C (2017) Dataset of Near-infrared spectroscopy measurement for amylose determination using PLS algorithms. Data in Brief. 15, 389-396. DOI:10.1016/j.dib.2017.09.077
FERREIRA A, Oliveira J, Pathania S, Almeida AS, Brites C (2017) Rice quality profiling to classify germplasm in breeding programs. J. Cereal Science. 76, 17–27. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2017.05.007
SERRANO C, Carbas B, Castanho A, Soares A, Patto MCV, Brites C (2017) Characterisation of nutritional quality traits of a chickpea (Cicer arietinum) germplasm collection exploited in chickpea breeding in Europe. Crop and Pasture Science. 68 (10-11):1031-1040. DOI:10.1071/CP17129
CORREA MJ, Salinas MV, Carbas B, Ferrero C, Brites C, Puppo MC (2017) Technological quality of dough and breads from commercial algarroba–wheat flour blends. J Food Sci Technol. 54 (7), 2104–2114. DOI:10.1007/s13197-017-2650-4
ALVES ML, Belo M, Carbas B, Brites C, Paulo M, Mendes-Moreira P, Brites C, Bronze MR, Šatović Z, Patto MCV (2017) Long-term on-farm participatory maize breeding by stratified mass selection retains molecular diversity while improving agronomic performance. Evol Appl. 00:1–17. DOI:10.1111/eva.12549
ALVES ML, Brites C, Paulo M, Carbas B, Belo M, Mendes-Moreira P, Brites C, Bronze MR, Gunjaca J, Šatović Z, Patto MCV (2017) Setting up decision-making tools towards a quality-oriented participatory maize breeding program. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 8, 2203. DOI:10.3389/fpls.2017.02203
SAMPAIO PN, Calado CRC (2017) Comparative analysis of different transformed Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains based on high-throughput Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Biotechnology. 260: 1–10. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.08.020
SAMPAIO PN, Sales KK, Rosa F, Lopes MB, Calado CRC (2017) High-throughput FTIR-based bioprocess analysis of recombinant cyprosin production. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 44:49-61. DOI: 10.1007/s10295-016-1865-0.
SALES KK, Rosa F, Cunha, BR, Sampaio PN, Lopes MB, Calado CRC (2017) Metabolic profiling of recombinant Escherichia coli cultivations based on high-throughput FT-MIR spectroscopic analysis. Biotechnology Progress. 33(2):285-298. DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2378