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Processing of selected species of edible insects for food purposes
Masár, Martin ; Lacina,, Lubor (oponent) ; Svěrák, Tomáš (vedoucí práce)
This diploma thesis is focused on nutritional evaluation of selected insect powders from house crickets, yellow mealworms and lesser mealworms and of one insect-based food product, which was also developed as one of the aims of this work. In addition to basic nutritional analyzes, also ICP-OES for mineral composition and GC-FID for fatty acid composition were used. Also, the crude protein content, using CHNSO analyzer and content of EAA was determined. Using PCA analysis, samples of individual insect powders were successfully distinguished, which confirmed the diversity of individual insect species, and thanks to the projection into the plane of the principal components, it is possible to see in terms of which nutritional parameters they differ the most. Sensory analysis of the newly developed insect-based product with addition of lesser mealworm powder was also performed in comparison to competing products. The work also includes an extensive consumer survey on a sample of 2,019 participants, concerning the perception of entomophagy in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which was conducted online.
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Study of macerates of selected plant materials in oily bases
Masár, Martin ; Pořízka, Jaromír (oponent) ; Zemanová, Jana (vedoucí práce)
The aim of this thesis was in terms of literary research describe the composition, production, impact on human health and diverse uses of vegetable oils and their herbal macerates in human life. Herbal oil macerates are actually a blend of oils and herbs, created to produce a product that combines the beneficial effects of oils with therapeutic effects of herbs. Avocado and almond oil were used in combination with herbs such as black elder, chinese tea tree and ginger. Each herb also affects to some extent the quality of oil, which was observed in the time dependence of acid number in herbal macerates compared to pure oils. The acidity of the oil is also significantly influenced by temperature and therefore one set of samples was macerated at room temperature and the other in a thermostate at 35°C. The time dependencies of the acidity number of the individual oils and macerates were plotted into graphs and compared. In most cases, the thermostate-stored oils and macerates obtained higher acidity than those stored at room temperature. The effect of the herbs on the acidity of the oil varied in the different types of macerates, with the highest acidity values being taken by macerates with black elder flowers and the lowest, most similar to pure oils, by macerates with black elder fruits. At the end of the experiment, total and free fatty acids from the last sampling (after 77 days of extraction) of macerates and oils at room temperature were analysed by gas chromatography. Again, there were some differences in the composition of total and free fatty acids in herbal macerates compared to pure oils. Some herbs affect the composition of individual fatty acids more, others do not affect it almost at all.
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Processing of selected species of edible insects for food purposes
Masár, Martin ; Lacina,, Lubor (oponent) ; Svěrák, Tomáš (vedoucí práce)
This diploma thesis is focused on nutritional evaluation of selected insect powders from house crickets, yellow mealworms and lesser mealworms and of one insect-based food product, which was also developed as one of the aims of this work. In addition to basic nutritional analyzes, also ICP-OES for mineral composition and GC-FID for fatty acid composition were used. Also, the crude protein content, using CHNSO analyzer and content of EAA was determined. Using PCA analysis, samples of individual insect powders were successfully distinguished, which confirmed the diversity of individual insect species, and thanks to the projection into the plane of the principal components, it is possible to see in terms of which nutritional parameters they differ the most. Sensory analysis of the newly developed insect-based product with addition of lesser mealworm powder was also performed in comparison to competing products. The work also includes an extensive consumer survey on a sample of 2,019 participants, concerning the perception of entomophagy in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which was conducted online.
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Study of macerates of selected plant materials in oily bases
Masár, Martin ; Pořízka, Jaromír (oponent) ; Zemanová, Jana (vedoucí práce)
The aim of this thesis was in terms of literary research describe the composition, production, impact on human health and diverse uses of vegetable oils and their herbal macerates in human life. Herbal oil macerates are actually a blend of oils and herbs, created to produce a product that combines the beneficial effects of oils with therapeutic effects of herbs. Avocado and almond oil were used in combination with herbs such as black elder, chinese tea tree and ginger. Each herb also affects to some extent the quality of oil, which was observed in the time dependence of acid number in herbal macerates compared to pure oils. The acidity of the oil is also significantly influenced by temperature and therefore one set of samples was macerated at room temperature and the other in a thermostate at 35°C. The time dependencies of the acidity number of the individual oils and macerates were plotted into graphs and compared. In most cases, the thermostate-stored oils and macerates obtained higher acidity than those stored at room temperature. The effect of the herbs on the acidity of the oil varied in the different types of macerates, with the highest acidity values being taken by macerates with black elder flowers and the lowest, most similar to pure oils, by macerates with black elder fruits. At the end of the experiment, total and free fatty acids from the last sampling (after 77 days of extraction) of macerates and oils at room temperature were analysed by gas chromatography. Again, there were some differences in the composition of total and free fatty acids in herbal macerates compared to pure oils. Some herbs affect the composition of individual fatty acids more, others do not affect it almost at all.
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