Derya Arslan is a Professor in the  Division of Food Sciences, Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Necmettin Erbakan University in Konya, Turkey

Salim Ok is an Researcher at the  Petroleum Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research in Safat, Kuwait

Tapas K. Mal is a Associate Research Professor in the  Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, in University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

 Emmanuel Hatzakis is a Professor in the  Department of Food Science and Technology, The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, USA