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alfalfa sprout — Ingredient · Foodgeist
Ingredient
alfalfa sprout
Aroma profile
Derived from this ingredient’s flavor compounds
phenolic×2
green
grassy
grassygreen_sharp
no aroma
lime
apple
cocoa
Taste profile
Derived from this ingredient's compounds · measured taste classes
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Molecular affinity
Pairs well with — ingredients that share aroma compounds
“This reaffirms the FDA recommendation that raw alfalfa sprouts should be considered potentially contaminated and avoided by persons at high-risk such as the elderly, young children, and immunocompromised persons.”
raw alfalfa sprouts→should be avoided by→high-risk individuals
“The aqueous PPE extracts at 25 mg/mL applied on alfalfa sprouts reduced psychrophilic bacteria (1.12 Log CFU/100 g) and total coliforms (1.23 Log CFU/100 g) and increased the antioxidant capacity of the treated sprouts (55.13 µmol TE/100 g (DPPH) and 126.56 µmol TE/100 g (ABTS)) compared to untreated alfalfa.”
aqueous pomegranate peel extract (PPE)→increases→antioxidant capacity of treated alfalfa sprouts
“The aqueous PPE extracts at 25 mg/mL applied on alfalfa sprouts reduced psychrophilic bacteria (1.12 Log CFU/100 g) and total coliforms (1.23 Log CFU/100 g) and increased the antioxidant capacity of the treated sprouts (55.13 µmol TE/100 g (DPPH) and 126.56 µmol TE/100 g (ABTS)) compared to untreated alfalfa.”
aqueous pomegranate peel extract (PPE)→reduces→psychrophilic bacteria and total coliforms in alfalfa sprouts
“ASEA significantly reduced IL-6 and IL-1beta production and the NF-kappaB trans-activation activity of mitogen-stimulated RAW264.7 cells. ... The ASEA and PDTC groups had significantly lower serum TNF-alpha, IL-6, and IL-1beta levels at 9 hr after LPS challenge, and significantly higher survival rates than the control group.”
“This reaffirms the FDA recommendation that raw alfalfa sprouts should be considered potentially contaminated and avoided by persons at high-risk such as the elderly, young children, and immunocompromised persons.”
alfalfa sprouts→ caused →Salmonella stanley infections
year: 1995cases: 242+location: United States and Finland
“Alfalfa sprouts grown from contaminated seed caused an international outbreak of > or =242 S. stanley infections in > or =17 US states and Finland.”
