Publications by authors named "Sameh A Awad"

Background: Nanoparticles are regarded as magical bullets because of their exclusive features. Recently, the usage of nanoparticles has progressed in almost all aspects of science and technology due to its ability to revolutionize certain fields. In the field of food science and technology, the application of nanoparticles is being researched in many various areas thus provides the dairy industry with a variety of new attitudes for developing the quality, prolong shelf life, ensure the safety and healthiness of foods.

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  • The study explored how different coating techniques impact the properties of Ras cheese over a six-month aging period, comparing uncoated cheese to three coatings: paraffin wax, vacuum-plastic film, and natamycin-treated plastic film.
  • None of the coatings significantly changed the salt content, but the natamycin-treated cheese had slightly lower moisture and higher ash content, with no major effects on fat, nitrogen, or acidity compared to control.
  • The study identified 35 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the cheeses, with paraffin wax-coated cheese having the highest variety of VOCs and distinct profiles for natamycin and vacuum-coated cheeses, influenced by both the coating material and ripening
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Ras cheese is the main Egyptian hard cheese that is well-known worldwide. Herein, we investigated how different salting techniques affect the physio-chemical properties, sensory properties, and volatile compounds of Ras cheese over a six-month ripening period. Five Ras cheese treatments were made from pasteurized cow's milk using various salting techniques: traditional salting of Ras cheese, salting by applying all of the salt to the curd after the entire whey drainage, salting by applying all of the salt to the curd after half to two-thirds of the whey drainage, salting in a brine solution for 24 h without dry salting, and salting in a brine solution for 12 h and then dry salting.

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