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Releasing Regular Of Flavor Compounds During Enzymolysis Of Mussel (Mytilus Edulis) And Structure Of The Flavor Peptides, Zhao Yang, Chen Haihua, Wang Yusheng, Liu Zhaolong, Zhao Chunxia

Food and Machinery

Releasing regular of flavor compounds during enzymolysis of mussel (Mytilus edulis) protein and the structure of seafood flavor peptides were investigated with amino acid analysis, ultrafiltration, gelchromatography, RP—HPLC, and UHR—Q—TOF. The results indicated that, during enzymolysis, molecular weight of peptides reduced. The amount of free flavor amino acid and TMA increased. The amount of peptidyl flavor amino acids increased then decreased. It’s advantageous for peptides with low molecular weight to be released at low pH conditions. The total carbohydrate varied little. The total acid reached the maximum in 1 h and at 50 ℃, respectively. Under the conditions that enzymolysis …

Determination Of Imibenconazole In Fruits And Vegetables By Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry, Chen Jingchun, Chen Sheng, He Yabin, Zheng Xiaoping

Food and Machinery

The sample was purifid by solid phase extraction column. A simple, fast, accurate method for determination of Imibenconazole in fruits and vegetables was developed by ultra high performance liquid chromatography-tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (UPLC—MS—MS). The linear range of the method is from 1.0 μg/L to 100 μg/L ，and the correlation coefficients were 0.998 7～0.999 6, and the detection limit is 1.0 μg/kg. The proposed method has high sensitivity and good reproducibility for determining Imibenconazole.

Analysis Of Unsafe Factors In Baked Craft Of Betel Nuts, Kang Xiaoning, Ji Jianbang, Li Liang

Food and Machinery

The unsafe factors in the products of traditional craft baked betel nuts, betel improved oven baked dry and edible betel nut pieces were analyzed. The results showed that benzopyrene were the major effect factors on the food safety of Betel nut products. And the baked methods of betel nuts had greatly influence on the content of benzopyren. An overdose of benzopyrene was found in these baked betel nuts baked by traditional ways, such as traditional smoked roasting ovens, traditional hot wind roasting ovens. However, taking the baked Betel nuts as materials to manufacture products, the content of benzopyrene in these …

Research On Quality Changes And Spoilage Mechanism Of Leisure Soybean Food During Storage, Jiang Qionghua, Zhao Liangzhong, Li Huaqiang, Bu Yufang

Food and Machinery

Investigated the changing of components in leisure soybean food during storage by using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR),and identified the contribution from these components respectively, and discussed the corruption mechanism from the microscopic view. The results indicated that leisure soybean food had three kinds of components mobility-T₂₁,T₂₂,T₂₃,corresponded bound water, free water and fat, respectively. By analyzing the component contents, the first three months was the best in quality for leisure soybeans. The oxidative rancidity of oil produced peroxide led to the oxidant of amino-acid residue, and transformed the bound water in reticulate structure into free …

Analysis Of Nutritional And Bioactive Components Of Solid-State Fermented Substrate Of Isaria Cicadae, Yu Shijun, Chai Xinyi, Fan Meizhen

Food and Machinery

In the present work, the nutritional and bioactive components of the solid-state fermented substrate of I. cicadae were studied. And the results indicated that the contents of protein, total sugar and fat acid were 16.17%, 38.87% and 1.43%, respectively. The unsaturated fat acid content was 1.18%. The amino acid profile was analyzed and lysine was the first restrictive amino acid in the FAO/WHO model. The contents of vitamin E and C were 1 833 mg/kg and 239 mg/kg, respectively. Furthermore, the fermented substrate contained adenosine, mannitol and polysaccharide. This work provided basic information for the further development of Fermented Substrate …

Identification Andoptimization Of Fermentation Conditions For Symbiotic And Epiphyte Bacterium Dnc2 From Strongylocentrotus Intermedius, Li Zhen, Zhang Fuyun, Li Wei, Zhao Yu, Lu Hang

Food and Machinery

To explore the Symbiotic and Epiphyte bacterium DNC₂ from Strongylocentrotus intermedius, the morphological, biochemical and physiological characteristics of the strain were researched and the 16S rDNA sequences of it were analyzed. The univariate experiment and orthogonal test of L₁₆(4⁵) were carried out to optimize the fermentation conditions for antibacterial activity. Symbiotic and Epiphyte bacterium DNC₂ was identified as Bacillus subtilis. The optimal fermentation conditions were obtained as fermentation at 35 ℃ for 120 h with initial pH 9, and the optimum fermentation medium was determined as beef extract 0.3% and peptone 0.6%. The optimized …

Optimization On Ultrasonic Extraction Technology Of Tannin From Gallnut, Li Qianyun, Zhang Shuangling, Zhou Guoyan

Food and Machinery

Gallic tannins have extensive bioactivities functions，including antioxidant，antitumor and anticancer. In order to investigate the extraction technology of Chinese gallnut tannin by ultrasonic, the effect factors，including the volume fraction of HCl , the volume fraction of ethanol, ultrasonic temperature and the ratio of material were optimized through orthogonal tests L₉（3⁴）on the basis of single factor experiment . The result showed the optimal extracting conditions were as follows: hydrochloric acid volume fraction 1.0%, ethanol volume fraction 50%, ultrasonic temperature 40 ℃, the ratio of material to liquid was 1∶30(m∶V). Under the optimal conditions，the extraction rate of Chinese gallnut …

Experience And Enlightenment Of Food Safety Supervision In United States And The European Union, Gu Guiqin

Food and Machinery

In recent years, food safety accidents arise endlessly in our country, and it exposed the safety supervision system in our country is still need further perfection. Some countries and regions outside of our country started exploration and practice in the field of food safety regulation earlier, and many of them have accumulated rich experience. The United States, the European Union and other countries and regions in the food regulatory reforms, food safety information transparency, security regulatory legislation food authentication, etc., has accumulated rich experience. Our country can analyze their food safety regulatory experience and summarize to our enlightenment, further reflection …

Antioxidant Activity Of Hydrolysate From Corn Glutelin By Protamex, Liu Yue, Liu Xiaolan, Zheng Xiqun, Zhou Limin

Food and Machinery

The molecular weight distribution and antioxidative activities of corn glutelin hydrolysate by Protamex during hydrolysis process, corn glutelin as raw material, were investigated. The results showed that the highest antioxidant activities was exhibited at the hydrolysis time of 120 min, with molecular weight distribution among 6 511.51~307.32 Da and peptides component 94.36%. DPPH radical scavenging activity, superoxide anion scavenging activity, hydroxyl radical scavenging activity, reducing power and Fe²⁺-chelating activity of hydrolysate were 58.86%, 82.64%, 37.21%, 0.236 and 29.92%, respectively.

Optimization On Technology Of Potato Yogurt, Wu Jianmin, Liu Shaojun, Shao Songlin

Food and Machinery

To reseach technology of the potato yogurt，the technology and formulation of potato yogurt inoculation of the ferment,fermentation time,temperature and other parameters were studied. The optimum technological conditions of potato yogurt were optimized.The optimum formulation was as followed: potato juice to milk 20∶70(V∶V), sugar 4%(m/V), Starter cultures 8%（V/V）, ferment time 6 h.

Study On Stability Of Rice Beverage, Guo Jieli, Lu Shengmin, Xing Jianrong, Chen Jianbing, Tu Kang

Food and Machinery

Eleven kinds of different stabilizers and emulsifiers were applied to the research on the stability of rice beverage. Among which, four kinds with better stability effect were selected and used in the orthogonal test to improve the stability of rice beverage. The results indicated that the rice beverage had the highest stability with its precipitation rate 0.87% only and without stratification occurred after 3 weeks at room temperature when the amount of pectin, xanthan gum and monoglyceride were added 0.60%, 0.165% and 0.60% respectively. In addition, xanthan gum and pectin had significant（P<0.01 and P<0.05, respectively）, while monoglyceride and Span 40 did not have significant（P>0.05）effect on the stability of rice beverage. Comparatively, …

Advances In Heat And Mass Transfer Models Of Microwave Freeze-Drying, Yan Shasha, Duan Xu, Ren Guangyue, Liu Wei

Food and Machinery

Microwave freeze-drying is a rapid dehydration technique that can be applied to certain foods, particularly to seafoods, and fruits and vegetables. MFD involves much less drying time and energy consumption than conventional freeze-drying methods, and also improves product quality. The article presents the principles of microwave freeze-drying, the research progress of heat and mass transfer mathematical simulation at home and abroad, the detection technology online, and the dielectric properties of materials taken into account in the drying process simulation. After analyzing the problems, the trend of numerical simulation of freeze-drying is predicted.

Efficacy Of Ultraviolet Radiation To Control Lactic Acid Bacteria In Wine Must, Brian D. Williams

All Master's Theses

The use of shortwave ultraviolet (UV_c) radiation to control lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in wine production was studied. A simulated wine sterilizer was built using a commercially sourced ultraviolet (UV) sterilizer commonly used in aquariums and ponds. After growing cultures in test tubes, samples of five different species of LAB were introduced into white grape juice adjusted for brix and pH to match that of wine must commonly found in the Yakima Valley American Viticultural Area. The mixture was then agitated and allowed time to evenly distribute the bacteria throughout the juice. The juice was sent through the …

Bridging The Food Gap: Addressing The Feasibility And Applicability Of Three Key Traditionally Western Food Preservation Techniques To Improving Household Food Security And Reducing Malnutrition In Uganda., Eva K. Baguma

Capstone Collection

Food wastage is the leading cause of food insecurity and malnutrition in the world today. A huge amount of food gets wasted along the food supply chain from the time it is harvested to the time it gets to our plates. A significant amount of the food wasted happens in the home as well as on farms, in restaurants and supermarkets across the globe.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, many families and communities are facing severe food shortages due to lack of electricity for refrigeration, poor storage facilities and limited access to markets.

However for many centuries, different cultures around the world …

Effectiveness Of A Farm Field Trip, Bonnie S. Sigmon

Theses and Dissertations--Community & Leadership Development

The annual Sigmon Farm Tour was started in 1992 as an agricultural education program where students could experience being on a farm with the goal of increasing the agricultural literacy levels of the participants. Every year the entire 4th grade student population of Rockcastle County spends the day touring the farm and participating in experiential mini lessons given by the cooperating farm service and health agencies. The program has continued for 20+ years without an evaluation as to whether it is achieving its objectives. This evaluation will also exhibit the programs strengths and weakness so it can continue to improve. …

The Cost Of Affordable Food, Candice L. Cobuzzi

SURGE

When someone puts a piece of food in front of me, I don’t just see a piece of food.

Instead, I see an innocent cow being cornered by a forklift and slaughtered, its limp, moist tissue hung on a long conveyer belt with hundreds of others.

I see hundreds of chemically-injected chickens packed into a dark barn with no hope of seeing sunlight in their lifetime.

I see immigrants pulled from their houses like criminals, taken away from the lives they’ve spent years building for themselves and their families, working for the same food company that courted them into the …

An Educational Video And Research Experiment On The Longevity Of Chicken Eggs, Kyle Patrick Mcdonald

Agricultural Education and Communication

The purpose of this project was to create a video designed to educate the public about chicken egg storage and refrigeration. The information in the video was based on a research experiment performed by the author, which was designed to measure the chronological decline of internal egg quality over a ten-week period. By creating an educational video about the longevity of chicken eggs, it is hoped that consumers will learn to keep their eggs past their sell-by dates. This project includes an educational video as well as an outline for a research project.

Food Defense Among Meat Processing And Food Service Establishments In Kentucky, Morgan Webb-Yeates

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Agroterrorism is the deliberate introduction of a plant or animal disease with the
goal of causing fear, economic instability, illness, or death. After the 2002 terrorist
attacks on the World Trade Center, the security of the food supply is of increasing
concern to the United States. A major incidence of agroterrorism or food tampering would have far reaching impacts on the economy and public health. The first objective of this project was to determine knowledge and concern of agroterrorism in meat processing facilities in Kentucky, and to determine knowledge and concern of food tampering and food defense in food service …

Measuring The Energy Required To Dry Rice In Commercial Rice Dryers, Maria Alejandra Billiris

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The objective of this research was to quantify and assess the energy use and efficiency of commercial cross-flow dryers when drying rice using a range of drying and ambient conditions. First, equations that predict the theoretical energy required to dry rice from any given initial moisture content to a desired final moisture content were developed for several rice cultivars using a semi-theoretical approach to obtain a basis for comparison to calculate energy efficiency. Theoretical energy requirements, expressed as the energy required per unit mass of water removed, increased exponentially as initial moisture content decreased. Additionally, medium-grains required more energy to …

A Portrait Of A Farm: A Short Film Documenting Small-Scale Livestock Production On Hayters Hill Farm In Byron Bay, Noah Throop

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Over the past two-hundred years, the industrialization and mechanization of agriculture has slowly dissolved the centuries-old bond between human beings, the land and their food. Today, this disconnect threatens to exacerbate wide scale environmental degradation and a wide array of chronic diseases. However small, local farms that sell their produce directly to consumers are in a position to reverse this trend and reconnect consumers with their food. Small-scale farmers are able to see the health of the environment as instrumental to their economic and personal wellbeing and are able to be held accountable for their farming practices by their customers. …

Production, Culture, And Representation: An Anthropological Exploration Of Food In Kathmandu, Nepal, Blair Brady

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This paper explores various food-­‐related narratives, including meat production in Kathmandu, organic farming, the separate experiences of American researchers and American missionaries, "haute cuisine" in a luxury hotel, and a nutritional rehabilitation clinic for malnourished children. Accompanying these narratives are my own experiences that are made communicable through making, or watching food being made. The result of these narratives is a growing picture of the various roles food plays within our lives-­‐ generated by what was communicated by the people who source, cook, and eat food, but also infused by my own observations. Included narratives primarily concern food's ability to …

Effect Of Post Manufacture Thermal Dip Treatment On Proteolysis Of Commercial String Cheese During Storage, Melissa Karen Hsu

Master's Theses

String cheese, a Mozzarella cheese, has the unique ability to string in fibrous strands when pulled apart. Graders judge string cheese by its stringy texture; samples with copious amounts of string are awarded high ratings. But just as the texture of natural cheeses softens with time, the stringy texture of string cheese can diminish with age too.

Age related softening in cheese is due primarily to an important biochemical event known as proteolysis, which is attributed to inherent milk proteinases, residual coagulant activity, and enzymes from the lysis of starter culture microorganisms. It is hypothesized that a post manufacture heat …

Evaluating Food Safety Systems Development And Implementation By Quantifying Haccp Training Durability, Marienne A. Anandappa

Theses and Dissertations--Animal and Food Sciences

HACCP-based food safety programs have been widely acclaimed, accepted and implemented as an effective means of managing food safety risks. While HACCP training is a cornerstone of managing HACCP programs, there is little information about the effectiveness of HACCP training and the durability of HACCP knowledge. Findings reveal a link between involvement level in HACCP activities and the accuracy of HACCP knowledge over time. Opportunities for peer training in HACCP, irrespective of overall experience in the food industry provide favorable circumstances for maintaining accuracy of HACCP knowledge. The optimal window for engaging employees in HACCP is directly following the completion …

The Effect Of Chlorine And Ozone In Controlling Microbes On Organically Grown Cilantro And Carrots, Adam Holtz

BioResource and Agricultural Engineering

This senior project investigates the relative efficacy of ozonated water and chlorinated water for the purpose of sanitizing freshly-harvested organic produce. The aim of this study was to assist the Cal Poly Organic Farm in deciding whether or not to invest in an ozone generator. The crops used for testing were grown organically in the same field. Carrots and cilantro were harvested and promptly treated with 5 ppm ozone solution or 25 ppm sodium hypochlorite solution. Carrots were sampled at 0, 7, and 14 days storage to determine microbial populations. Cilantro was similarly tested at 0, 6, and 12 days …

Improvement Of Farmers' Incomes Through Improved Processing Of Sorghum And Millets In West Africa, Ababacar Sadikh N'Doye, Bruce Hamaker, Roy L. Whistler

INTSORMIL Presentations

Purdue University and ITA are very active in the USAID INTSORMIL CRSP Program for promoting the production and the consumption of millet and sorghum in West Africa. Countries involved in this program are : Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Sénégal.

Market-oriented objectives of the INTSORMIL Program on millet and sorghum in West Africa:

Objective 1: Increase the supply of high quality grain through the introduction of new production technologies at the farmer level in West Africa.

Objective 2: Contribute to the development of the processing sector through technologies improvement , more effective technology transfer to processors, and better links …

Sensory Evaluations Of Usda Select Strip Loin Steaks Enhanced With Sodium And Potassium Phosphates And Usda Choice Strip Loin Steaks For Comparable Palatability Factors, Lindsey Reynolds

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The cyclic nature of the beef industry is dependent on the supply and demand transaction initiated by consumers’ acceptability of quality meat products. When purchasing beef at the grocery store, consumers are dependent on USDA grades and visual appraisal; consumers expect consistency in products. Upon this appraisal, quality is determined by the color, marbling content, and texture of a particular retail cut, as well as cooked characteristics of tenderness, flavor, and juiciness. Variability in meat tenderness is a major quality defect of beef (Morgan et al., 1991b; Smith et al., 1992). A common practice used by beef processors to extend …

Sorghum Clear Beer Value Chain, Bernadette C. Chimai

INTSORMIL Presentations

The markets and industrial utilization of agricultural commodities have undergone considerable change in the last few decades.

In Zambia, sorghum was considered a traditional crop with limited industrial uses.

Research and transformations in consumer tastes and preferences have led to the development of new uses for sorghum.

Potential markets for industrial utilization of sorghum have been identified as food processing, beer brewing, feed concentrates and energy production.

One of the success stories in industrial utilization of sorghum has been Eagle, a sorghum based clear beer produced by Zambian breweries.

The study reported in this paper aims to examine the main …

Market Development In Support Of Sorghum And Millet Farmers In Tanzania And Zambia, J. Mark Erbaugh, Emmanuel R. Mbiha, Fredy T.M. Kilima, Precious Hamukwala, Gelson Tembo, Donald W. Larson

INTSORMIL Presentations

Problem: Sorghum and millet productivity, production and consumption have been stagnant or declining for 20 years.

Challenge: How to increase the productivity and incomes of sorghum and millet farmers to improve food security and accelerate economic growth.

Solution: Better technology and linking producers to markets are important parts of the solution to the problem.

Objectives

Examine the effects of new production and marketing technology on sorghum and millet producers’ income and productivity in Tanzania and Zambia.

Identify better technologies, enhance market linkages between producers and buyers, improve quality and diversify utilization to ensure food security and increase farm income.

Conclusions: …

Virtues Of Sorghum: Utilization And Supply Chain Management, Lloyd W. Rooney

INTSORMIL Presentations

Discusses the consumer demands, value-added supply chain, strategy for value-added products, functionality of sorghums and millets, sorghum food use in Central America, plant breeding and improvement of grain quality, sorghum image, special sorghums as a particularly healthy food item, food utilization, improving sorghum quality, effect of molds, insects, and weathering on grain quality, and mycotoxins.

Developing Entrepreneurship, The Tanzania Experience: Sua-Intsormil Project, Joseph J. Mpagalile, Wenceslaus R. Ballegu

INTSORMIL Presentations

Project Title: Building a Sustainable Infrastructure for Product Development and Food Entrepreneur/Industry Technical Support: A Strategy to Promote Increased Use of Sorghum and Millet in East Africa.

Long Term Program Objectives: Development of successful entrepreneurial businesses that add-value to sorghum and millet such that:

~Farmers have an established outlet for cash sales of high-quality sorghum and millet

~Small businesses or cooperatives develop processing capabilities enabling the incorporation of sorghum and millet into a wide variety of food products

~Markets and market channels for sorghum and millet-based products develop.

Further develop research, extension and marketing expertise of National Agricultural Research Institutes …