Greetings from the Chair-Elect

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1 GULF COAST DIVISION IFT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFFICERS CHAIR (8/2006) Marlene Janes 130 Agricultural Chemistry Bldg. LSU Highland Rd., (225) Ext. 139; CHAIR-ELECT (8/2006) Kayanush J. Aryana 115 Dairy Science Bldg., Louisiana State University, (225) Fax: (225) SECRETARY (8/2006) Amrish Chawla 130 Agricultural Chemistry Bldg. LSU Highland Rd., (225) Ext. 122; TREASURER (8/2006) Jon Reuther Central Analytical Lab, Inc N Causeway Blvd. St 150, Metairie, LA (504) Fax: (504) jreuther@centralanalytical.com MEMBERS AT-LARGE J. Samuel Godber LSU Dept. of Food Science, 111 Food Science Bldg., (225) sgodber@agcenter.lsu.edu Witoon Prinyawiwatkul LSU Dept. of Food Science, 111 Food Science Bldg., (225) LOUISIANA Gulf Coast Section Institute of Food Technologists January 2006 No. 54 Greetings from the Chair-Elect Wishing you a Happy and Prosperous New Year! Hello everyone and welcome to this years IFT s Gulf Coast Section. We had good meetings last year under the leadership of Marlene Janes. This year we will have exciting tours, to Kleinpeter Dairy and Chef John Folse and Company. We will also have interesting presentations from distinguished speakers at our meetings. The meeting dates and times are; LA Gulf Coast Section Newsletter C/o Amrish Chawla Phone (225) Fax (225) achawla@agcenter.lsu.edu Kayanush J Aryana, Thursday Jan 25, 4:00 p.m., Visit to Kleinpeter Dairy, Dinner and Presentation at Louis De Angelo s Monday Feb 26, 1:30 Disclaimer p.m. Chef John Folse and Company March, Presentation at Faculty Club Wednesday April 04, 5:00 p.m. 4 H Mini Farm, Crawfish boil and student presentations So Please mark your calendars accordingly in advance. I encourage every member to participate in this year s activities and hope to see you all at the sectional meeting. Sincerely, Kayanush J. Aryana Chair-Elect The opinions expressed in this newsletter are the opinions of the contributors and do not necessarily represent the official position of IFT, nor of the Regional Section and should not be interpreted as such. IFT accepts and adopts the concept of diversity which views society as a mixture of all backgrounds each with a unique contribution. IFT seeks to retain and celebrate individual differences and therefore will not discriminate based on race, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, disability or veteran status.

2 PAGE 2 Food Science Students Shine!! Phi Tau Sigma Graduate Research Paper Competition, the 2006 IFT Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Semi-Finalists Darryl L. Holliday for his paper, Application of the Logit Analysis in Consumer-Oriented Product Optimization Janette E. Saidu for her paper, Consumer Acceptance and Purchase Intent of Protein-Isoflavone Enriched Soymilk Sandeep Bhale, a Ph.D. student, was honored as the 2006 Gamma Sigma Delta Graduate Student Merit Honor Roll. Carbohydrate Graduate Poster Competition, the 2006 IFT Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Finalist Seung-Wook Seo for her paper, Controlling Molecular Weight of Chitosan by Ozone Treatment Phi Tau Sigma Undergraduate Research Paper Competition, the 2006 Annual IFT Meeting, Orlando, FL. Finalist Mary E. Thomas for her research, Changes in Color and Texture Quality and Weight of Chitosan-Coated Fresh-Cut Sweet Potato Cubes During 3-Week Refrigerated Storage, Rose Marie Pangborn Memorial Graduate Paper Competition, sponsored by the Sensory Evaluation Division, the 2006 IFT Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Darryl L. Holliday won the third place for his paper, Application of the Logit Analysis in Consumer Oriented Product Optimization 2006 IFT Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Product Development Graduate Research Paper Competition, the 2006 IFT Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Janette E. P. Saidu won the first place for her paper, Consumer Acceptance and Purchase Intent of Protein-Isoflavone Enriched Soymilk Luciana Soler won the second place for her paper, Evaluating Consumer Acceptance and Market Potential of a New Non-Dairy Strawberry Cheesecake Flavored Frozen Dessert Containing Soy Protein and Coconut Milk Amporn Sae-Eaw won the third place for her paper, Consumer Acceptance and Purchase Intent of Non-Wheat Butter Cakes Made from Thai Jasmine Rice Flour Karen M. Garcia was selected as the finalist for her paper, Consumer-Oriented Product Optimization of a Novel Cholesterol- Free Mayonnaise-Type Spread Containing Rice Bran Oil Dereck Kibodeaux was selected as the finalist for his paper, Development and Consumer Acceptance of Drinkable Yogurts Containing Ginseng and Ginko Biloba

3 ISSUE 54 Food Science Students Shine!! Yen-Ping Tan, an undergraduate student, was a recipient of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Junior/Senior Scholarship ( ). She was also a recipient of the 2006 Tiger Athletic Scholarship, LSU College of Agriculture. Dairy Science Students Shine!! National Dairy Products Evaluation Contest, October 2006, Chicago IL. Abby Greenbaum, Ashley Pastorek, and Pamela Shao, represented LSU in the team competition. As a team, LSU placed 4th in yogurt and 7th overall out of 18 teams. We are on the Web May your troubles be less May your blessings be more And nothing else but happiness come through your door. COUNCILORS PAGE 3 COUNCILOR (8/2008) Kenneth W. McMillin LSU Dept. of Animal Science, (225) Fax: (225) kmcmillin@agcenter.lsu.edu ALT. COUNCILOR (8/2008) Michael W. Moody 111 Food Science Bldg., Louisiana State University, (225) Fax: (225) mmoody@agcenter.lsu.edu COMMITTEE CHAIRS (2006/2007) Membership Fatemeh Malekian Fmalekian@agcenter.lsu.edu Newsletter Amrish Chawla achawla@agcenter.lsu.edu Nominations Jon Beaulieu beaulieu@srcc.ars.usda.gov Program Jon Bell jonbell@agcenter.lsu.edu Publicity Ruth Patrick rmpatrick@yahoo.com Student Affairs Kawanda L Richardson krich23@lsu.edu Scholarships Mary An Godshall godshall@srrc.ars.usda.gov Jon Reuther jreuther@centralanalytical.com Science Fair Joan King jking@agcenter.lsu.edu Web Site Zhimin Xu zxu@agcenter.lsu.edu

4 PAGE 4 Kleinpeter Dairy was built on the current site at Airline Highway and Barringer Foreman Road in Meeting Notice!!! January 25th at 4:00 p.m. Visit to Kleinpeter Dairy Farms (14444 Airline Hwy, Baton Rouge, LA 70817) and Dinner at Louis DeAngelo s (11567 Mercantile Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70809) Dairy Farm visit and Dinner Registration Dairy Farm Time Price 4:00 p.m No Fee Louis DeAngelo s 6:00 p.m $ Student Members 6:00 p.m $ Method of Payment Check Name Address Cash Phone Mail your registration and payment to : Kayanush J. Aryana 115 Dairy Science Bldg., Louisiana State University, (225) Fax: (225) karyana@agcenter.lsu.edu LOUISIANA GULF COAST SECTION Cut along the line

5 Kleinpeter Farms Dairy Airline Hwy, Baton Rouge, LA (225)

6 Louis DeAngelo s Mercantile Drive, Baton Rouge, LA (225)