Tree Nuts and Peanuts as a Source of Beneficial Compounds and a Threat for Allergic Consumers: Overview on Methods for Their Detection in Complex Food Products
Consumption of tree nuts and peanuts has considerably increased over the last decades due to their nutritional composition and the content of beneficial compounds. On the other hand, such widespread consumption worldwide has also generated a growing incidence of allergy in the sensitive population....
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| description | Consumption of tree nuts and peanuts has considerably increased over the last decades due to their nutritional composition and the content of beneficial compounds. On the other hand, such widespread consumption worldwide has also generated a growing incidence of allergy in the sensitive population. Allergy to nuts and peanuts represents a global relevant problem, especially due to the risk of the ingestion of hidden allergens as a result of cross-contamination between production lines at industrial level occurring during food manufacturing. The present review provides insights on peanuts, almonds, and four nut allergens—namely hazelnuts, walnuts, cashew, and pistachios—that are likely to cross-contaminate different food commodities. The paper aims at covering both the biochemical aspect linked to the identified allergenic proteins for each allergen category and the different methodological approaches developed for allergens detection and identification. Attention has been also paid to mass spectrometry methods and to current efforts of the scientific community to identify a harmonized approach for allergens quantification through the detection of allergen markers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b9c51aa48e2b45a99196b5d87af50ab32023-11-23T23:01:33ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582022-03-0111572810.3390/foods11050728Tree Nuts and Peanuts as a Source of Beneficial Compounds and a Threat for Allergic Consumers: Overview on Methods for Their Detection in Complex Food ProductsAnna Luparelli0Ilario Losito1Elisabetta De Angelis2Rosa Pilolli3Francesca Lambertini4Linda Monaci5Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council (ISPA-CNR), Via G. Amendola, 122/O, 70126 Bari, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via E. Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, ItalyInstitute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council (ISPA-CNR), Via G. Amendola, 122/O, 70126 Bari, ItalyInstitute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council (ISPA-CNR), Via G. Amendola, 122/O, 70126 Bari, ItalyBarilla G. R. F.lli SpA, Analytical Food Science Research, Via Mantova 166, 43122 Parma, ItalyInstitute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council (ISPA-CNR), Via G. Amendola, 122/O, 70126 Bari, ItalyConsumption of tree nuts and peanuts has considerably increased over the last decades due to their nutritional composition and the content of beneficial compounds. On the other hand, such widespread consumption worldwide has also generated a growing incidence of allergy in the sensitive population. Allergy to nuts and peanuts represents a global relevant problem, especially due to the risk of the ingestion of hidden allergens as a result of cross-contamination between production lines at industrial level occurring during food manufacturing. The present review provides insights on peanuts, almonds, and four nut allergens—namely hazelnuts, walnuts, cashew, and pistachios—that are likely to cross-contaminate different food commodities. The paper aims at covering both the biochemical aspect linked to the identified allergenic proteins for each allergen category and the different methodological approaches developed for allergens detection and identification. Attention has been also paid to mass spectrometry methods and to current efforts of the scientific community to identify a harmonized approach for allergens quantification through the detection of allergen markers.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/5/728food allergyhidden allergensnutspeanutsliquid chromatography-mass spectrometrymarkers |
| spellingShingle | Anna Luparelli Ilario Losito Elisabetta De Angelis Rosa Pilolli Francesca Lambertini Linda Monaci Tree Nuts and Peanuts as a Source of Beneficial Compounds and a Threat for Allergic Consumers: Overview on Methods for Their Detection in Complex Food Products Foods food allergy hidden allergens nuts peanuts liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry markers |
| title | Tree Nuts and Peanuts as a Source of Beneficial Compounds and a Threat for Allergic Consumers: Overview on Methods for Their Detection in Complex Food Products |
| title_full | Tree Nuts and Peanuts as a Source of Beneficial Compounds and a Threat for Allergic Consumers: Overview on Methods for Their Detection in Complex Food Products |
| title_fullStr | Tree Nuts and Peanuts as a Source of Beneficial Compounds and a Threat for Allergic Consumers: Overview on Methods for Their Detection in Complex Food Products |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tree Nuts and Peanuts as a Source of Beneficial Compounds and a Threat for Allergic Consumers: Overview on Methods for Their Detection in Complex Food Products |
| title_short | Tree Nuts and Peanuts as a Source of Beneficial Compounds and a Threat for Allergic Consumers: Overview on Methods for Their Detection in Complex Food Products |
| title_sort | tree nuts and peanuts as a source of beneficial compounds and a threat for allergic consumers overview on methods for their detection in complex food products |
| topic | food allergy hidden allergens nuts peanuts liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry markers |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/5/728 |
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