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Application Of Radio Frequency Heating In Food Industry, Li Yulin, Jiao Yang, Wang Yifen

Food and Machinery

The radio frequency (RF) heating is a novel technology in food industry which has the advantages of fast and volumetric heating. The potential application of the radio frequency technology has been gradually developed in many fields including food drying, sterilization/pasteurization, dis-infestation, thawing and etc. However, there are still problems like non-uniform heating problem needs further research. It was reviewed the fundamentals, applications, and mathematical modeling techniques of radio frequency heating processes in this study, and the future research needs of it were also prospected.

Research Progress On Extraction Technology Of Active Components From Corn Bran, Zhao Erlao, Wang Minghua, Gao Ziyi, Zhao Sanhu

Food and Machinery

Corn bran was the major byproducts of corn processing, which contained a variety of functional and active components. Based on the literature learning method and summarization, the Chinese research progresses on the extraction technology of corn bran active components in recent ten years were reviewed in this article. The research prospect of the corn bran active components had also been presented, which provided a reference for its overall and further research and development.

Structure And Properties Of Acetylated Corn Starch Prepared Under Ultra High Pressure (Uhp), Pu Huayin, Ma Yun, Huang Meng, Xu Yao, Fan Fan, Liu Shuhan, Huang Junrong

Food and Machinery

The acetylated starches from corn were prepared under ultra high pressure (UHP) by acetic anhydride as reaction reagent, and NaCl as the reaction medium. The structure and properties of acetylated starches were analyzed by using light microscope, X-ray diffractometer and rapid viscosity analyzer. The results indicated that the granular acetylated starch showed a similar crystallite structure as that of native starch. In addition, the acetylated starches were gelatinized when treated at 600 MPa and the structure of starch granules was gradually destroyed, whereas the crystal structure was transformed from the A-type crystallite to the V-type crystallite. However the gelatinization negatively …

The Analysis And Evaluation Of Nutrients Of Sansui’S Characteristic Sheldrake Duck Eggs, Shen Changxuan, Wang Xiujun, Huang Shan

Food and Machinery

The eggs of Sansui’s characteristic sheldrake duck were researched to enrich its foundation and deepen the objective evaluation. Moisture content, crude protein content, amino acid composition and its content, crude fat content, composition and content of fatty acids, cholesterol content and the content of calcium, zinc, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, lead and selenium of 3 kinds of egg samples in Guizhou were determined by the methods of China national standard, chromatography of gases, Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry and spectrofluorimetry. Amino acid and fatty acids were scientifically evaluated by the method WHO/FAO Amino Acid Scoring Model, the chemical score …

Study On Impact Characteristics Of Rubber Seeds, Li Zihao, Wang Tao

Food and Machinery

It is an important method to break rubber seeds with the principle of collision. In order to study the breaking mechanics of rubber seeds in the collision process, the instantaneous impact force of rubber seeds was measured by RFP data acquisition system. In this experiment, single factor method was adopted to select the height, angle and initial velocity factors to analyze the influence of various factors on the impact force of rubber seeds. The experimental results showed that (the perspective of the range is 0° to 90°) : When height increased from 0.5 m to 2.0 m, the collision force …

Effects Of 60Co Γ Ray Irradiation On Sterilization And Quality Of Sauced Chicken Claw, Peng Ling, Xu Yuanfang, Zhang Qiling, Zhou Yiji, Mao Qingxiu, Li Wenge

Food and Machinery

The effects of the ⁶⁰Co γ ray irradiation preservation on the sauced chicken claw were investigated by using different irradiation doses. The relationship was analyzed between the irradiation dose and the total bacterial count, nutrients, the composition of amino acids and fatty acids, AC, POV, TVB-N, nitrite as well as chroma. The results showed that the ⁶⁰Co γ ray irradiation was effective on sterilization, and while the sample was irradiated at the dose of 4.09 kGy, with the total bacterial count reduced to no more than 4.09 kGy. However, no significant effect of the ⁶⁰Co γ ray …

Optimization On Mixed Fermentation Process With Brown Rice Ferment, Zhang Xupu, Bai Junyan, Liu Tengyun, Wu Rongrong, Cheng Shumei

Food and Machinery

The mixed fermentation process of enzymatic brown rice was optimized by the response surface method. In order to optimize the growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Lactobacillus plantarum in short-term mixed fermented brown rice, the fermentation medium components of the traditional brown rice enzyme were optimized and the interaction between the constituent components was analyzed. Firstly, the main factors were analyzed by pre-experiemntal. The vital influencing factors of biomass, such as honey, brown rice and NaCl, were determined by Plackett-Burman test. The direction and step size of the steepest climbing test are set according to the three important factors effect intensity. …

Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad: How Slaughterhouse Safety Hasn’T Kept Up With The Times, Emily Ziemski

Capstones

From legal loopholes and outdated rules to undetectable infections and understaffing, the United States Department of Agriculture may not be doing all it can to make sure the American public’s health isn't at risk. As the people of the United States consume over 500 million pounds of beef a year, food safety policy and slaughterhouses are falling behind in proper procedural measurements in the beef industry.

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Experimental Simulation Of A Cross-Flow Rice Dryer, Sangeeta Mukhopadhyay

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

After harvest, rough rice is dried, then dehulled and typically milled before consumption. A broad objective of the “rice drying process”, which comprises drying and tempering, is to maximize the yield of “whole, intact milled kernels”, quantified by the “head rice yield” (HRY). Since rough rice is commonly dried using cross-flow (CF) dryers in the United States of America, the aim of this research was to assess the effect of drying and tempering treatments on milling yields when rice was dried in an experimentally-simulated CF drying column. First, because airflow rate was found to be the least-studied “drying variable”, its …

Whole Grain Processing And Effects On Carbohydrate Digestion And Fermentation, Sandrayee Brahma

Department of Food Science and Technology: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Whole grains are a major source of dietary fibers in the human diet that provide specific nutrients to the gut microbiota and thereby plays a major role in modulating microbiota composition and increasing diversity of the gut ecosystem. A common approach of consuming whole grains is in the form of ready-to-eat extruded breakfast cereals. Studies reported herein established that extrusion conditions not only affected the physicochemical properties but also in vitro starch digestibility, β-glucan extractability and in vitro fermentation characteristics of whole grain oats. Moderate screw speed (300 rpm) led to higher slowly digestible starch (SDS) with an accompanying decrease …

Radiofrequency Processing For Inactivation Of Salmonella Spp. And Enterococcus Faecium Nrrl B-2354 In Whole Black Peppercorn And Ground Black Pepper, Xinyao Wei

Department of Food Science and Technology: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Black pepper has been implicated in several foodborne illness outbreaks and food product recalls due to Salmonella contamination. Conventional decontamination methods for black pepper are challenged by harmful residues or quality deterioration. Radiofrequency (RF) heating reduces the come-up time which allows to design a high-temperature short-time processing to inactivate Salmonella with minimal deterioration in product quality. The objectives of this study were to investigate RF heating for inactivation of Salmonella in whole black peppercorn and ground black pepper samples, evaluate Enterococcus faecium NRRL B-2354 as a surrogate for Salmonella, and assess quality deterioration during RF heating of whole black peppercorn …

Increasing Cis-Lycopene Content Of The Oleoresin From Tomato Processing Byproducts Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide And Assessment Of Its Bioaccessibility, Lisbeth Vallecilla Yepez

Department of Food Science and Technology: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

In recent years, health- and wellness-promoting foods have been one of the major focus of consumers; therefore, the food industry is increasing its efforts in developing these food products. Tomatoes, tomato-food products and their byproducts have gained special attention in virtue of the carotenoids-rich source that they represent, especially lycopene (~90%). The role of lycopene in human diet has been highlighted as a result of its direct relationship with the decrease of chronic diseases. Nevertheless, lycopene is water-insoluble making its extraction simple with organic-toxic solvents; in addition, lycopene degrades easily with light, time, and storage. Lycopene exist in nature mostly …

Effects Of Pre-Chiller Temperature On The Microbial Ecology Of Whole Bird Carcass Rinses, Rachael Elizabeth Blevins

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Upon entering a poultry processing facility, birds are already contaminated with a variety of microorganisms. It is the responsibility of the processor to reduce these numbers to deliver a wholesome product to customers. This is not an easy task as there are ample opportunities for further microbial contamination. Some of these opportunities are obvious. For example, any areas where contaminants could be washed off one bird and onto another are always an area for concern, i.e. the scalder or the chiller. There are numerous opportunities for contamination that are not so obvious. These incidents of contamination are not necessarily due …

Experimental Approaches To Understand And Control Salmonella Infection In Poultry, Yichao Yang

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Salmonella is a major foodborne pathogen around the world and chickens are the major reservoir to transmit Salmonella into the human food chain. For decreasing the infection of Salmonella, we developed six attenuated live vaccines based on Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) and Typhimurium (ST) for testing the cross-serovar and cross-serogroup protection from the challenge of Salmonella Heidelberg and Campylobacter jejuni. One of the constructed vaccine strain showed ability to protect against challenge from Salmonella Heidelberg. Even though some preventive approaches are able to decrease Salmonella colonization in the gastrointestinal tract of chickens or other farm animals, Salmonella transmission mechanisms remain unclear. …

Development And Characterization Of Rice Genotypes For Water Use Efficiency And Drought Resistance, Anuj Kumar

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Rice, the second largest staple food crop, uses 30% of global fresh water to complete its life cycle worldwide. Water deficits worldwide have become a serious problem affecting rice growth and ultimately grain yield. To solve the water problem globally, improvement of water use efficiency (WUE) and other drought resistance (DR) traits in rice genotypes would be a useful strategy using advanced genomics tools. In this study, our objectives were to 1) analyze phenotypes of the USDA rice mini-core collection (URMC) for WUE and DR related traits, 2) correlate drought response phenes for physiological traits and grain yield in the …

Research On Detection For The Storage Quality Of Orange Juice Based On The Electronic Tongue, Shi Qingrui, Guo Tingting, Yin Tingjia, Wang Zhiqiang, Li Caihong, Guo Yemin, Sun Xia

Food and Machinery

The aim of this work was to fulfill the objective and rapid assessment of quality and flavor of fresh orange juice with different storage time. An electronic tongue system that based on virtual instrument technology was developed and used to the qualitative and quantitative analysis of fresh orange juice samples with six kinds of storage time. According to the characteristics of electronic tongue respond signal, it was first preprocessed by the principal component analysis (PCA) method and discrete wavelet transform (DWT) method, respectively. According to the classification result, the DWT was selected as a recommended feature extraction method. Then the …

Graded Ethanol Method Extraction And The Antioxidant Activity Comparison Of Flavonoids From Crude Propolis, Jiang Hongyu, Pan Xue, Li Muwu, Wang Zongcheng

Food and Machinery

The active ingredients of crude propolis from Yongzhou were extracted by graded ethanol method and investigated the scope of their activity. With flavonoids content as index, content and the antioxidant activity of them in the crude propolis from different extraction conditions was evaluated. The results showed that the quality and content of flavonoids in the crude propolis extracted with 40%～60% ethanol were higher. The content of flavonoids in the extracts by graded ethanol method reached 41.2% and the extraction yield of flavonoids was 25.81%. The antioxidant activity of flavonoids of crude propolis extracted with 50% and 60% ethanol were better …

Effect Of High Humidity Preconditioning On Hot Air Drying And Its Rehydration Of Chinese Yam, Lu Xuezhong, Liu Yanan, Zhang Debang, Guo Guixia, Li Heng, Ren Guangyue

Food and Machinery

The effect of the drying properties on hot air drying by relative humidity control of Chinese yam was studied. The test material was treated with high humidity after the hot air drying, and factors on the drying characteristics and rehydration characteristics were investigated, including the treatment time of humidity, slice thickness, dying temperature, and drying air velocity. The L9(3⁴) orthogonal test was used to get the best drying process parameters on energy consumption. the content of polysaccharide and the color of two kind of yam (prepared by the best drying process parameters on energy consumption and hot air …

Effects Of Different Drying Methods On The Quality And Antioxidant Activity Of Seedless Purple Grape, Li Xiaoli, Wang Cheng, Tao Yongxia, Chen Jiluan, Quan Longfeng, Qiao Kunyun, Yan Shuyun, Liu Fengjuan

Food and Machinery

The effects of different drying methods on the quality and antioxidant properties of seedless purple grapes were investigated in this study. Four different drying techniques including natural drying, hot-air drying, drying in the shade and vacuum freeze drying was used to dry fresh seedless purple grapes. Moreover, the total sugar, reducing sugar, fructose glucose, total acid, vitamin C, total phenol, total phenolics, total flavonoid, total flavanols, anthocyanins and sensory indicators, antioxidant capacity were detected, in order to compare the effects of different drying methods. The results showed that different drying methods obviously influenced the quality and antioxidant properties of the …

Study On Extraction And Toxicity Of Lipopolysaccharide From Aeromonas Hydrophila, Jiang Donglei, Liu Yan, Ge Panwei, Wu Mangang, Ge Qingfeng, Fang Weiming

Food and Machinery

To study the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Aeromonas hydrophila, LPS was extracted by hot phenol-water method, purified by enzymatic hydrolysis and chloroform/methanol precipitation. The yield of LPS and the contents of protein, DNA were determined. The purity of LPS was analyzed by SDS-PAGE and silver staining．Ana-1 cell model was established to evaluate the toxicity and biological activity of LPS samples. The results showed that the yield of LPS was 1.22%, and the contents of protein and nucleic acid were 1.53% and 0.79% respectively. The main bands of SDS-PAGE were clear and located at same position as the LPS standard. After LPS …