LILIAN DANIEL KAALE

Senior Lecturer , College Of Agricultural Sciences And Food Technology
Education:

Academic Qualifications 2014, PhD. Food Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Norway 2008, MSc., Chemical Engineering, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2006, B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of Dar e

Teaching:

Food Processing and Preservation, Food Chemistry, Beverage Technology,Sugar Technology, Postharvest Technology

Research:

Food Nutrition, Food Processing (value addition) and antimicrobial substances for food preservation and safety.

Projects:

  1. On Farm Produce Safe Handling and Postharvest Technology.
  2. Extraction and evaluation of natural antifungal compounds from plants and their effectiveness on prevention of mycotoxins in cereals and groundnuts in Tanzania.
  3. Commercialization of Bamboo Wine Produced Locally from Bamboo Beverage in Tanzania.
  4. Development of an Online Detection System of Aflatoxins in Foods.
  5. Investigation on Acrylamide levels in Selected Fried Foods, its Mitigation Strategies and Membrane Permeability Studies.
  6. Investigation on Bioavailability of Iron from Rice Bran in Prevention of Iron-Deficiency Anaemia.
  7. Control of A. flavus and A. parasiticus growth and Subsequence Aflatoxin B1 Production in Maize and Groundnuts by using Microbial Extracts as a Binder

Publications:

Prissillah Antelm, Ibrahim Jum, Leonard M.P. Rweyemamu and Lillian Daniel Kaale (2023). Effects of Vacuum Packaging and Chilling Storage on the Microbiological Changes of the Superheated Steam Dried Sardines. Tanzania Journal of Science, 49(1): 140-151.

Lilian D. Kaale, Muhammad Siddiq and Sharon Hooper (2022). Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik) as nutrient-rich and versatile food legume: A review. https://doi.org/10.1002/leg3.169.

Ashura Katunzi-Kilewela, Richard J. Mongi, Lillian Daniel Kaale, Oscar Kibazohi, Roman Mmanda Fortunatus andLeonard MP Rweyemamu (2022). Sensory Profile, Consumer Acceptability and Preference Mapping of Cassava Chia Seeds Composite Porridges. Applied Food Research, 2(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afres.2021.100038. Lilian Daniel Kaale (2022). Determination of sugars in bamboo beverage by using high performance liquid chromatography, alcohol content and pH. Tanzania Journal of Science, 48(4): 927-941.

Christian Brayson Tarimo and Lilian Daniel Kaale (2022). The potentiality of yeasts in traditional alcoholic beverages in Tanzania. Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists. https://doi.org/10.1080/03610470.2021.2013677.

Noela Kilenga, Oscar Kibazohi and Lilian Daniel Kaale (2022). Phytochemical traits of various parts of Artemisia afra collected at different seasons and under different extraction methods. Tanzania Journal of Science, 48(3): 537-547.

Lilian Daniel Kaale (2022). Antifungal activity of Azadirachta indica (Neem), Tephrosia vogelii (Utupa) and Diospyros shimbaensis extracts against Aspergillusflavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. Under review since April 16 2022 – Measurement - Food - Elsevier.

Lilian Daniel Kaale and Christian Brayson Tarimo (2022). Effect of serial re-pitching of S. cerevisiae isolated from papaya peels and bamboo sap on fermentation performance. Under review since June 20 at Scientific Africa – Elsevier.

Lilian Daniel Kaale, M.E. Kimanya, Innocent Jacob Macha and Nichrous Mlalila (2021). Aflatoxin contamination and recommendations to improve its control: a review. World Mycotoxins Journal, Article in press. 14 (1)- Pages: 27 – 40.

Severino Alphonce, Lilian Daniel Kaale, Leonard M. P. Rweyemamu, Francis Millinga (2020) Enrichment of fermented cassava meal “mchuchume” with micronutrient rich ingredients namely Soya bean flour and Moringa oleifera leaves powder. Journal of Food Science and Agriculture, 101(9), 3575 – 3581.