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The food industry, along with the consumers, is interested in plant‐based diet because of its health benefits and environmental sustainability. Vicia faba L. (V. faba) is a promising source of pulse proteins for the human diet and can yield potential nutritional and functional ingredients, namely, flours, concentrates, and isolates, which are relevant for industrial food applications. Different processes produce and functionalize V. faba ingredients relevant for industrial food applications, along with various alternatives within each unit operation used in their production. Processing modifies functional properties of the ingredients, which can occur by (i) changing in overall nutritional composition after processing steps and/or (ii) modifying the structure and conformation of protein and of other components present in the ingredients. Furthermore, V. faba limitations due to off‐flavor, color, and antinutritional factors are influenced by ingredient production and processing that play a significant role in their consumer acceptability in foods. This review attempts to elucidate the influence of different ways of processing on the functional, sensory, and safety aspects of V. faba L. ingredients, highlighting the need for further research to better understand how the food industry could improve their utilization in the market.

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The effect of pre-heating fresh strawberries (hot break) and the use of refrigerated temperatures prior to pasteurization on the stability of anthocyanins, vitamin C, color and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity during storage (42 days at 35 ºC) of strawberry puree was studied. Hot break resulted in 20% residual PPO activity and caused 10% anthocyanin degradation, whereas vitamin C was unaffected. After mashing, purees were stored at 4 ºC and 25 ºC for 3 hours. During this period, anthocyanins and PPO activity remained constant independently of the processing history but ascorbic acid was oxidized faster at 25 ºC.Pasteurization caused complete inactivation of PPO, reduction of anthocyanins (25%), of a* value (6%) and of vitamin C (50%). Neither partial inactivation of PPO early in the processing (hot break) nor the use of refrigeration prior to pasteurization had a positive effect on color and anthocyanin stability of strawberry puree during subsequent storage, suggesting that PPO-derived reaction products formed during processing have a very limited impact on color degradation during shelf-life. Highlights• Different strawberry puree manufacturing processing conditions were evaluated • Hot break did not improve color stability during further processing and storage• Refrigeration prior to pasteurization prevented ascorbic acid oxidation • PPO reactions before pasteurization do not affect color degradation during storage

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