Sample | Object of investigation | Type of ANN | References |
Agricultural products | ANN method to predict the drying characteristics of agricultural products such as hazelnut, bean and chickpea | MLPFF, BP | Topuz (2010) [31] |
Carrot | Predicting properties of dried carrot based on composition, drying technique, and microstructural features | P | Kerdpiboon, et al., (2006) [32] |
Cheese | Predicting the final process time in the acidification step for cheese production. | P | Jun-ichiHoriuchi, et al., (2004) [33] |
Chicken | Predicting the final temperature of chicken carcasses in an industrial scale using ANN | MLPFF, BP | Silveira, et al. (2014) [34] |
Chicken nuggets | Developing a model to predict the mechanical textural properties of the fried breaded chicken nuggets by using image texture processing | MLPFF | Qiao et al., (2007) [35] |
Corn | Artificial neural networks to predict corn yield | MLPFF, BP | Uno et al., (2005) [36] |
Crackers | Moisture content and water activity prediction of semi-finished cassava crackers from drying process with ANN | MLPFF | Lertworasirikul and Tipsuwan, (2008) [37] |
Fresh outcrop milk cream | Discriminating season of production and feeding regimen of butters based on infrared spectroscopy and ANN | MLP | Gori et al., (2012) [38] |
Food in general | Predicting of cold spot temperature in retort sterilization of starch-based foods | BP | Llave et al., (2012) [39] |
| Predicting the internal texture characteristics from extrusion food surface images with ANN | MLPFF, BP | Fan et al., (2013) [40] |
| Predicting of thermal conductivity of food as a function of moisture content, temperature and apparent porosity. | MLPFF, BP | Sablani, and Rahman, (2003) [41] |
Grain | Predicting the moisture content of grain drying process using genetic algorithm | BP, RBF | Liu, et al., (2007) [42] |
Ice cream | Predicting total acceptance of ice cream using ANN | MLPFF | Bahramparvar, et al., (2013) [43] |
Meal of beef | Predicting shrinkage of ellipsoid beef joints as affected by water immersion cooking using image analysis and ANN | BP | Zheng et al., (2007) [44] |
Molasses vinegar | Prediction by ANN of the physicochemical quality of cane molasses vinegar by time-temperature effect of food to flash evaporator-distiller | MLPFF, BP | Vásquez and Lescano, (2010) [45] |
Oils | ANN as an alternative to other methods utilized to determine the fatty acid composition of oils. | MLPFF | Yalcin et al., (2012) [46] |
Orange juice | Predicting physical properties of orange juice powder as well as process parameters in spray dryers. | MLPFF | Chegini et al., (2008) [47] |
Orange, peach, pear | Predicting of viscosity of fruit juice as a function of concentration and temperature. | MLP | Rai et al., (2005) [48] |
Peas | Predicting maturity index peas with ANN | MLP | Higginsa et al., (2010) [49] |
Peppers | Predicting of storage quality of fresh-cut green peppers using ANN | MLPFF, BP | Meng, et al., (2012) [50] |
Processing food in general | Predicting process parameters involved in thermal/pressure food processing using ANN | BP | Torrecilla et al., (2004) [51] |
Plum juice | Predicting the permeate flux of red plum juice during membrane clarification | MLPFF | Nourbakhsh et al., (2014) [52] |
Seeds | Predicting deoxynivalenol accumulation in barley seeds contaminated with Fusariumculmorum under different conditions | MLP, RBF | Mateo et al., (2011) [53] |