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Researcher
Ruth Vanderschueren
- Disciplines:Soil sciences, challenges and pollution, Agriculture, land and farm management
Affiliations
- Soil and Water Management (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → 31 Oct 2022 - Food and Microbial Technology (CLMT) (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → 31 Dec 2017 - Division of Soil and Water Management (Division)
Member
From1 Jan 2018 → 31 Jul 2020 - Centre for Food and Microbial Technology (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2017 → 19 Sep 2018
Projects
1 - 2 of 2
- Optimization and validation of postharvest mitigation strategies to reduce the Cd content in cacao-derived consumer products.From1 Jan 2022 → 31 Dec 2022Funding: IOF - mandates
- Managing cadmium concentrations in cacao products from farm to forkFrom1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
Publications
1 - 9 of 9
- Cadmium migration from nib to testa during cacao fermentation is driven by nib acidification(2022)
Authors: Ruth Vanderschueren, Jan Delcour, Erik Smolders
- Mitigating the level of cadmium in cacao products: reviewing the transfer of cadmium from soil to chocolate bar(2021)
Authors: Ruth Vanderschueren, Erik Smolders
- Managing cadmium in cacao products from farm to fork(2021)
Authors: Ruth Vanderschueren, Erik Smolders, Jan Delcour
- The impact of fermentation on the distribution of cadmium in cacao beans(2020)
Authors: Ruth Vanderschueren, Jan Delcour, Erik Smolders
- The elemental composition of chocolates is related to cacao content and origin: A multi-element fingerprinting analysis of single origin chocolates(2019)
Authors: Ruth Vanderschueren, Bart De Ketelaere, Jan Delcour, Erik Smolders
- Soil properties and agronomic factors affecting cadmium concentrations in cacao beans: A nationwide survey in Ecuador(2019)
Authors: Florian Lauryssen, Ruth Vanderschueren, Erik Smolders
Pages: 120 - 127 - Efficient removal of arsenate from oxic contaminated water by colloidal humic acid-coated goethite: Batch and column experiments(2018)
Authors: Ruth Vanderschueren, Erik Smolders
Pages: 510 - 518 - Age-related changes in upper limb motion during typical development(2018)
Authors: Cristina Simon Martinez, Ellen Jaspers, Ruth Vanderschueren, Lisa Mailleux, Katrijn Klingels, Els Ortibus, Kaat Desloovere, Hilde Feys
- Upper limb movements become faster and straighter with age in typically developing children(2018)
Authors: Cristina Simon Martinez, Ruth Vanderschueren, Ellen Jaspers, Katrijn Klingels, Kaat Desloovere, Hilde Feys
Pages: 33 - 34
Patents
1 - 2 of 2
- Cadmium removal from cacao (Inventor)
- Cadmium removal from intact cacao beans after fermentation (Inventor)