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Red onion — Ingredient · Foodgeist
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Red onion
Red onions are cultivars of the onion (Allium cepa) with purplish-red skin and white flesh tinged with red.These onions tend to be medium to large in size and have a mild flavor.Red onions are available throughout the year and are high in flavonoids and fibre (compared to white a
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Red onions are cultivars of the onion (Allium cepa) with purplish-red skin and white flesh tinged with red.These onions tend to be medium to large in size and have a mild flavor.Red onions are available throughout the year and are high in flavonoids and fibre (compared to white and yellow onions).
“A 75% methanolic red onion peel extract (75M) yielded a high total phenolic content, total flavonoid, and antioxidant activity using β-carotene bleaching and 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging.”
75% methanolic red onion peel extract→yields→high total phenolic content, total flavonoid, and antioxidant activity
“During storage at 25 °C, the alginate microparticles +5 and + 20% extract stood out, whereas the most prolonged period of viability was reached by alginate alone and alginate microparticles +5% extract at 7 °C.”
red onion peel extract→maintains→probiotic viability