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Food & Beverage - Process Technology, Ingredients, Functional Foods, Food Safety

Impact of storage time and temperature on thermal inactivation of Salmonella enteritidis PT 30 on oil-roasted almonds

  Whole Nonpareil variety almonds were inoculated with Salmonella Enteritidis PT 30 and stored at 4 or 23 °C for up to 48 wk. At 1, 12, 24, 37, and 48 wk of storage, almonds were heated by immersion in 121 °C oil. After heating for 0.5 to 2.5 min, almonds were drained, transferred to...
Shirin J. Abd
Kathryn L. McCarthy
Linda J. Harris
Journal of Food Science

Control de Cierres en Conservas

El mantenimiento de la esterilidad en conservas alimenticias depende de la hermeticidad del cierre, ocurriendo las alteraciones por fugas principalmente por defectos en el mismo. Por ello, en la industria conservera es de obligado cumplimiento el control de calidad de los cierres. Para evaluar su...
Jesús Pérez Aparicio
Vanesa Rodríguez Partida
Junta de Andalucía. Instituto de Investigación y Formación Agraria y Pesquera

Nutritional aspects of six quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) ecotypes from three geographical zones of Chile

This study explored the diversity of the quinoa crop in Chile from a nutritional perspective. Nutritional properties, minerals, vitamins, and saponin content were assessed in seeds of six Chilean quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) ecotypes grown in three main production areas with distinctive...
Margarita Miranda
Antonio Vega-Galvez
Issis Quispe-Fuentes
María José Rodríguez
Hector Maureira
Enrique A. Martínez
Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research

Improvement of Efficiency and Environmental Impact of a Low-Cost Food Dehydrator

  Energy use and carbon emissions are important factors in food industry and in food dehydration in particular. A low-cost, small-scale dehydrator was tested to determine the impact of ventilation waste heat recovery (VHR) on its energy efficiency and carbon footprint. Cilantro, an important...
Timothy J. Bowser
R. Scott Frazier
Raghavendra Rao Kakarala
The Open Food Science Journal

Comparación entre el secado convectivo y osmoconvectivo en la pérdida de vitamina C de Aguaymanto (Physalis peruviana) con y sin pre-tratamiento de NaOH

  En el presente estudio se evaluó la perdida de vitamina C en el secado de aguaymanto, para eso las muestras fueron separadas en dos grupos sumergiendo a uno de estos en una solución de 1.5% NaOH por 5 segundos a 80°C y al otro grupo en agua a las mismas condiciones, luego...
Victor Aredo
Ana Arteaga
Ckristhian Benites
Wagner Gerónimo
Agroindustrial Science - Universidad Nacional de Trujillo

Antimicrobial Resistance: Challenges and Perspectives

In 2006, the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) published an Expert Report entitled “Antimicrobial Resistance: Implications for the Food System” (IFT 2006). That report summarized current scientific knowledge pertaining to the public-health impact of antimicrobial use in the food...
Michael P. Doyle
Guy H. Loneragan
H. Morgan Scott
Randall S. Singer
Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Ethanolic extract from leaves of Bixa orellana L.: a potential natural food preservative

This paper reports the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of ethanolic extract from leaves of Bixa orellana L. against bacteria and fungi of interest in the food industry, such as Escherichia coli, Bacillus cereus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhimurium, Shigella...
Gelmy Ciro Gómez
Juan Carlos Quintana Castillo
Juan Carlos Alarcón Pérez
José Edgar Zapata Montoya
Interciencia

Fouling and Cleaning Studies in the Food and Beverage Industry Classified by Cleaning Type

Fouling of food process plant surfaces and the subsequent cleaning needed is a significant industrial problem, and as the cost of water and chemical disposal increases, the problem is becoming more significant. Current literature on water-based cleaning is reviewed here according to the...
Kylee R. Goode
Konstantia Asteriadou
Phillip T. Robbins
Peter J. Fryer
Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Efecto de la proporción de naranja (Citrus sinensis), papaya (Carica papaya) y piña (Ananas comosus) en la aceptabilidad sensorial de un néctar mixto

  Se evaluó el efecto de la proporción del jugo de naranja, jugo de papaya y jugo de piña en las características sensoriales de un néctar mixto, utilizando el Diseño de Mezclas. Mediante la prueba sensorial realizada se obtuvo una mayor aceptabilidad...
Carlos Gordillo Silva
Neiver Guerrero Medina
Nardy Izáziga Luna
Brenda Laguna Pajilla
María Lázaro Saavedra
Julio César Rojas Naccha
Agroindustrial Science - Universidad Nacional de Trujillo

Antioxidant properties and color of Hibiscus sabdariffa extracts

Liquid extracts of dried Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) calyces obtained using ethanol:water (50:50 and 70:30%, v/v), water, ethanol:1.5 N HCl (85:25%, v/v), and ethanol (96%) to evaluate selected antioxidant characteristics (phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity), color parameters (L, a, and...
Claudia Salazar-González
Fidel T. Vergara-Balderas
Ana E. Ortega-Regules
José Á. Guerrero-Beltrán
Ciencia e Investigación Agraria