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The antioxidant activity of relatively polar extracts from virgin olive oil was investigated in sunflower oil stripped of tocopherols and in tocopherol-stripped sunflower oil-in-water emulsions. The extracts were found to be effective as antioxidants in both media in the absence of added metal ions. However, the antioxidant activity was markedly reduced by the presence of added ferric chloride. In sunflower oil-in-water emulsions (pH 5.4) containing ferric chloride, all concentrations of olive oil polyphenols exhibited pro-oxidant effects. It appears that the reducing action of olive oil polyphenols accelerates oxidation of oil and especially of emulsions containing Fe (III) by reducing ferric ions to ferrous ions, which are effective pro-oxidants during storage.

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Small ‘balls’ of yogurt cheese (40 g 100 g‐1 total solids), derived by extracting moisture from concentrated yogurt (23% total solids), can be stored in retail outlets in the Middle East (20–25°C) under virgin olive oil for up to two years. The absence of over‐acidification appears to be due to the inhibitory effect of low pH (3.8), low available water (0.85) and salt (1.0 g 100 g‐1) on starter activity, while the anaerobic conditions created by the oil both reinforce these inhibitory factors and, additionally, prevent the growth of yeasts over the surface of the individual balls. The type of vegetable oil covering the balls was found to be unimportant, and sunflower, safflower and cottonseed oil were equally effective in preserving yogurt cheese inoculated with Kluyveromyces marxianus subsp marxianus and stored for three months at 25°C.

Extensive analytical characterization indicates that the most significant contaminant following dry processing of As-implanted photoresist is not a carbon-based residue, but is in fact arsenic itself. The arsenic residue is an amorphous form of elemental arsenic, relatively free of oxygen or carbon, that is stable for long periods of time. Since arsenic is not particularly soluble in sulfuric acid, hydrogen peroxide, or their mixtures, it makes sense to pose questions regarding the optimum choice for post-dry processing wet chemical cleans.