High pressure processing is a novel food preservation technology, applied for over 15 years in the food industry to inactivate spoilage and pathogenic microorganisms. Many studies have shown the differential resistance of bacterial cells to high pressure. Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium able to grow at refrigerated temperature and to survive for a long time in minimally processed foods such as raw smoked fish.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh-pressure processing is finding a growing interest in the food industry. Among the advantages of this emerging process is the ability to favorably freeze and thaw food. This study aims at comparing the effect of different freezing and thawing processes on the quality of Atlantic salmon fillets.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present contribution is dedicated to experimental and theoretical assessment of microbiological process heterogeneities of the high-pressure (HP) inactivation of Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris MG 1363. The inactivation kinetics are determined in dependence of pressure, process time, temperature and absence or presence of co-solutes in the buffer system namely 4 M sodium chloride and 1.
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February 2006
High pressure processing is recently applied in the food industry to inactivate spoilage and pathogenic microorganisms. Bacterial cells exhibit various barosensibility, and the role of pressurization, depressurization and constant pressure stage remain unknown. We investigated the effect of high pressure processing on Salmonella typhimurium and Listeria monocytogenes cells at 400 and 500 MPa respectively in buffer pH 7 at 20 degrees C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh-pressure treatment represents a potential method to stabilize microbiologically agricultural raw materials that are sensitive to heat treatments. Low-density lipoproteins (LDL), the main contributors to the exceptional emulsifying properties of yolk, are particularly sensitive to heat treatment. In this study, high-pressure treatments have been performed on LDL, and their impact on LDL physicochemical and emulsifying properties has been assessed.
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