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Biology and Biochemistry
Brazil
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
26779
World Ranking
2138
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2021 - Journal of Dairy Science Highly Cited Awards, American Dairy Science Association
  • 2020 - Journal of Dairy Science Highly Cited Awards, American Dairy Science Association
  • 2019 - Journal of Dairy Science Highly Cited Awards, American Dairy Science Association
  • 2015 - Journal of Dairy Science Highly Cited Awards, American Dairy Science Association

Overview

Adriano G. Cruz is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Their research spans multiple fields, including Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broad areas, Cruz's work covers subfields such as Food Science, Biotechnology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Animal Science and Zoology, and Molecular Biology.

Their research topics include Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Microbial Inactivation Methods, Meat and Animal Product Quality, Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods, Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology, Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides, and Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling.

Cruz has contributed to several frequently published venues, such as Food Research International, Journal of Sensory Studies, Trends in Food Science & Technology, International Journal of Dairy Technology, and Current Opinion in Food Science.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Cruz include:

  • Functional Foods: Product Development, Technological Trends, Efficacy Testing, and Safety (2020, Annual Review of Food Science and Technology)
  • Probiotic: conceptualization from a new approach (2020, Current Opinion in Food Science)
  • Apple Pomace as a Functional and Healthy Ingredient in Food Products: A Review (2020, Processes)
  • Ultraviolet radiation: An interesting technology to preserve quality and safety of milk and dairy foods (2020, Trends in Food Science & Technology)
  • Plant-based milk substitutes as emerging probiotic carriers (2020, Current Opinion in Food Science)

Frequent co-authors include Erick A. Esmerino, Tatiana Colombo Pimentel, Mônica Q. Freitas, Jonas T. Guimarães, and Ramon S. Rocha.

Cruz has published books with Agron Food Academy eBooks, including the title Pesquisas e avanços em Segurança de Alimentos (2023).

The researcher has received the Journal of Dairy Science Highly Cited Awards from the American Dairy Science Association multiple times, including in 2015, 2019, 2020, and 2021.

Best Publications

  • Functional Foods and Nondairy Probiotic Food Development: Trends, Concepts, and Products.

    Daniel Granato;Gabriel F. Branco;Filomena Nazzaro;Adriano G. Cruz

  • Functional Foods: Product Development, Technological Trends, Efficacy Testing, and Safety.

    Daniel Granato;Francisco J. Barba;Danijela Bursać Kovačević;José M. Lorenzo

  • Probiotic Dairy Products as Functional Foods

    Daniel Granato;Gabriel F. Branco;Adriano Gomes Cruz;José de Assis Fonseca Faria

  • Ice-cream as a probiotic food carrier

    Adriano G. Cruz;Adriane E.C. Antunes;Ana Lúcia O.P. Sousa;José A.F. Faria

  • Treatment and utilization of dairy industrial waste: A review

    Talha Ahmad;Rana Muhammad Aadil;Haassan Ahmed;Ubaid ur Rahman

  • Sheep Milk: Physicochemical Characteristics and Relevance for Functional Food Development

    C.F. Balthazar;T.C. Pimentel;L.L. Ferrão;C.N. Almada

  • Trends in Chemometrics: Food Authentication, Microbiology, and Effects of Processing

    Daniel Granato;Predrag Putnik;Danijela Bursać Kovačević;Jânio Sousa Santos

  • Probiotic cheese: health benefits, technological and stability aspects

    Adriano Gomes da Cruz;Flávia Carolina Alonso Buriti;Cínthia Hoch Batista de Souza;José Assis Fonseca Faria

  • Cold plasma processing of milk and dairy products

    Nathalia M. Coutinho;Marcelo R. Silveira;Ramon S. Rocha;Jeremias Moraes

  • Probiotic: conceptualization from a new approach

    Fatemeh Zendeboodi;Nasim Khorshidian;Amir M Mortazavian;Adriano G da Cruz

  • Viability of probiotic microorganisms in cheese during production and storage: a review

    Reza Karimi;Amir Mohammad Mortazavian;Adriano Gomes Da Cruz

  • Aflatoxin in foodstuffs: Occurrence and recent advances in decontamination.

    Amir Ismail;Bruna L. Gonçalves;Diane V. de Neeff;Bárbara Ponzilacqua

  • The occurrence and effect of unit operations for dairy products processing on the fate of aflatoxin M1: A review

    Fernanda Bovo Campagnollo;Karina C. Ganev;Amin Mousavi Khaneghah;Jéssica B. Portela

  • Strategies to improve the functionality of probiotics in supplements and foods

    Claude P Champagne;Adriano Gomes da Cruz;Monica Daga

  • Probiotic Delivery through Fermentation: Dairy vs. Non-Dairy Beverages

    Chaminda Senaka Ranadheera;Janak K. Vidanarachchi;Ramon Silva Rocha;Adriano G. Cruz

  • Paraprobiotics and postbiotics: concepts and potential applications in dairy products

    Cássia P Barros;Jonas T Guimarães;Erick A Esmerino;Maria Carmela Kh Duarte

  • Sensory analysis: relevance for prebiotic, probiotic, and synbiotic product development.

    Adriano G. Cruz;Rafael S. Cadena;Eduardo H.M. Walter;Amir M. Mortazavian

  • Interactions between probiotics and pathogenic microorganisms in hosts and foods: A review

    Amin Mousavi Khaneghah;Khadijeh Abhari;Ismail Eş;Mariana B. Soares

  • The addition of inulin and Lactobacillus casei 01 in sheep milk ice cream.

    Celso F. Balthazar;Hugo L.A. Silva;Erick A. Esmerino;Ramon S. Rocha

  • Probiotic ice cream: viability of probiotic bacteria and sensory properties

    Reza Mohammadi;Amir Mohammad Mortazavian;Roya Khosrokhavar;Adriano Gomes da Cruz

Frequent Co-Authors

Mônica Q. Freitas
Mônica Q. Freitas Fluminense Federal University
Anderson S. Sant'Ana
Anderson S. Sant'Ana State University of Campinas
Daniel Granato
Daniel Granato University of Limerick
M. Angela A. Meireles
M. Angela A. Meireles State University of Campinas
Amir Mohammad Mortazavian
Amir Mohammad Mortazavian Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Rosiane Lopes da Cunha
Rosiane Lopes da Cunha State University of Campinas
Sueli Rodrigues
Sueli Rodrigues Universidade Federal do Ceará
Susana Marta Isay Saad
Susana Marta Isay Saad Universidade de São Paulo
Fabiano A.N. Fernandes
Fabiano A.N. Fernandes Universidade Federal do Ceará
Glaucia Maria Pastore
Glaucia Maria Pastore State University of Campinas

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