3. What is Food Preservation?
- Food preservation can be defined
as the process of treating and
handling food in such a way as to
stop or greatly slow down spoilage
and prevent foodborne illness while
maintaining nutritional value, texture
and flavor.
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Advantages
• The flavor and the texture of the milk
have improvised after pasteurizing it.
• The method kills the pathogens or
bacteria present in the raw milk and
makes is safe to consume without any
health risk.
• UHT method is the best to apply, as it
has less of an adverse effect on milk’s
nutritional value and taste.
• This method may prevent many diseases
such as diphtheria, tuberculosis, scarlet
fever and brucellosis by killing some of
the most harmful bacteria.
Disadvantages
• Milk pasteurized with HTST
method is believed to lose 1/3rd of
the thiamine present in the milk
and half of vitamin B12.
• The discovery of heat resistant
pathogens has increased the risk of
the presence of bacteria even after
pasteurizing the food.
• Due to loss of certain enzymes in
food during pasteurization, few
people consider raw milk a better
option to pasteurized milk.
9. 3 Phases
1. Freezing phase - can be done in a
freezer, a chilled bath (shell freezer)
or on a shelf in the freeze dryer.
2. Primary drying (Sublimation) -
pressure is lowered and heat is
added to the material in order for the
water to sublimate.
3. Secondary drying (Absorption) - the
ironically-bound water molecules
are removed.
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Advantages
• Great snacks
• Little to no chemical changes to
food
• Little physical changes to food
• Nutritional value is almost
completely maintained – it is
healthy
• Long-term storage — 20+ years
• Lightweight food
• No refrigeration required
Disadvantages
• Water required for reconstitution
(except for simple snacks)
• Slow process — average cycle is 24+
hours
• Some dislike the dry, Styrofoam
texture
• Not all foods can be freeze dried
• Airtight containers are required for
long-term storage
• No space savings — the food’s cellular
structure is mostly retained
• Sometimes, normal dehydration is
better
• Production cost
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Modern Methods for Food Preservation
3. Vacuum Packing
• “Vacuum packing” is a method of food
packaging that removes all air from a food-
filled, plastic film package before “sealing” it.
• By keeping oxygen out, vacuum packing
preserves food by obstructing the growth of
fungus, mold and oxygen-induced (aka
“obligate’) bacteria including mesophiles,
psychrotrophic, thermophiles, and
psychrophiles.
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Advantages
• Easy to use. The vacuum packaging
can be opened easily and safely, when
eating, open the bag and eating
without heating.
• Convenient storage and transportation.
Vacuum packaging takes up less
space, saving storage and
transportation costs.
• Long preservation time, vacuum-
packed food, which does not require
refrigeration, has a long life and is
convenient for long-term use.
Disadvantages
• Everything has two sides, the same
with vacuum packaging, the main
problem is the lack of high-speed
loading equipment, bring some
influence to mass production.
• In the packaging process, inflating
and sealing problems are critical,
some foods are perishable. In the
process of production, transportation
and sales, avoid products from
mechanical or external extrusion, and
such foods are susceptible to moisture
and oxidation.
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5. Chemical Food Preservatives
- In processed foods, anti-microbial chemical
agents are added to preserve them. These
agents are added in smaller amount since these
are mostly toxic when consumed in larger
amount. Common preservatives are benzoic
acid and benzoates which are used in acidic
foods such as jams, salad dressing, juices,
pickles, carbonated drinks, soy sauce among
others.
15. Modern Methods for Food Preservation
6. Pascalization
• In this technique, foodstuff is pressed
inside a vessel exerting very high
pressure to the tune of 70,000 lb per
square inch. This technique is good
since foodstuffs retain their
freshness, flavour, texture and
nutrients with destruction of
microbes.
16. Modern Methods for Food Preservation
7. Biopreservation
• When natural microbes or antimicrobials
are used for preservation and increasing
the shelf life of foodstuffs, it is called
biopreservation.
• Lactic acid bacteria have been used as
biopreservatives. These bacteria produce
lactic acid, acetic acid, bacteriocins and
hydrogen peroxide among others which
act as antimicrobials.
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Modern Methods for Food Preservation
9. Nonthermal Plasma
• In this technology, surface of the foodstuff
is exposed to a flame of ionized gas
molecules such as nitrogen and helium. It
helps in killing the microbes if present on
the surface of the food
• is a cutting-edge technology which has
gained much attention during the last
decade in the food-processing sector as a
promising technology for food preservation
and maintenance of food safety.
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Modern Methods for Food Preservation
10. Modified Atmosphere
• is a packaging system that involves changing the
gaseous atmosphere surrounding a food product
inside a pack, and employing packaging materials
and formats with an appropriate level of gas barrier
to maintain the changed atmosphere at an
acceptable level for preservation of the food.
• Improvement in visual appeal of
packed products
• Decreased risk of food spoilage
• Prolonged the shelf life of the product
A process by which certain foods are prevented from getting spoilt for a long period of time.
By preserving food it can reduce spoilage of specific food by considering the methods that will be use such as traditional or modern food preservation.
Why is Food Preserved?
The ultimate goal of food preservation is to prevent food from spoiling before consumption. Our food is contaminated with microorganisms that sometimes produce toxic substances. This result in food poisoning that is harmful to our health and can even be fatal.
Pasteurization is a process where certain foods are quickly heated for a short time to kill bacteria that can make you sick. Pasteurization keeps foods safe and does not affect the nutrients found in foods.Â
Why is pasteurization important?Â
Pasteurization is important because the bacteria naturally found in some foods can make you very sick. Eating unpasteurized foods can lead to fever, vomiting and diarrhea. In some cases it can lead to conditions like kidney failure, miscarriage and even death.
Children, pregnant women, older adults and people with a weakened immune system are most at risk from getting sick from unpasteurized foods. It is best for people in these groups to avoid unpasteurized foods because they can get sick more easily.
Foods that can be pasteurize other than milk
Canned goods
water
low alcoholic beverages
juices
LTLT stands for low temperature long-time pasteurization. This process involves heating the food to a temperature around 62.5 °C for 20-30 minutes.
HTST stands for high temperature short-time pasteurization. It is also known as flash pasteurization. This is a method of heat pasteurization in which perishable beverages such as fruit and vegetable juices, beer, wine, and milk undergo a thermal process where their color and flavor are maintained. However, some types of cheese respond to this process differently.
This method is important in killing spoilage microorganisms before filling the food into the container. This makes the food safe and extends the shelf life. However, we need to use aseptic processing in order to prevent post-pasteurization contaminations.
HTST and LTLT are two types of pasteurization methods. HTST stands for high-temperature short-time pasteurization while LTLT stands for long temperature long-time pasteurization. Therefore, the key difference between HTST and LTLT is that HTST method uses a high temperature and a short time for the pasteurization, whereas LTLT method uses a low temperature and a long time for the pasteurization.
Ultra-high-temperature (UHT) pasteurization involves heating milk or cream to 138–150 °C (280–302 °F) for one or two seconds. Packaged in sterile, hermetically sealed containers, UHT milk may be stored without refrigeration for months.
Ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) pasteurization is the same heating process as ultrapasteurization (138 °C or 280 °F for two seconds), but the milk then goes into a more substantial container—either a sterile five-layer laminated “box” or a metal can. This milk can be stored without refrigeration and has a shelf life of six months to a year. Products handled in this manner do not taste as fresh, but they are useful as an emergency supply or when refrigeration is not available.
Freeze-drying is commonly used for coffee, fruit, juice, vegetables, herbs, food flavorings, fish, seafood, eggs, and dairy. Individual food types can be freeze-dried, as can dishes with multiple ingredients, such as stews or soups.
liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point
Primary drying (sublimation) is the portion of the process in which the pressure is lowered and heat is added to the material in order for the water to sublimate. For this sublimation to occur the combination of temperature/pressure must fall within the triangular region described in the phase diagram.
Secondary drying (adsorption) removes the bound water molecules. The temperature is slowly raised to higher than that in the primary drying phase. Bonds are broken between the material and the bound water molecules. The temperature for this process is usually between 10°C and 50°C and usually requires a long duration.
Vacuum packing is a packaging process that preserves food for longer by creating a vacuum that removes the air before sealing, preventing the growth of micro-organisms.
Vacuum packaging refers to the technique of removing air from a pack prior to sealing and it predates the use of gases as a means of food preservation. Its principal purpose is to remove oxygen by pulling the packaging material into intimate contact with the product.
Vacuum packaging refers to the technique of removing air from a pack prior to sealing and it predates the use of gases as a means of food preservation. Its principal purpose is to remove oxygen by pulling the packaging material into intimate contact with the product. It works particularly well for frozen poultry such as turkeys, where the exclusion of air helps to reduce freezer burn, and for fatty fish such as salmon. Hand and semi-automatically operated vacuum packaging chamber machines are available, offering a relatively low cost option (vs. MAP gas packaging), for small- and medium-sized companies such as farms selling their own fresh meat and bacon.
Irradiation is the process of applying radiation to a matter
Food irradiation is the process of exposing food to controlled levels of ionizing radiation to kill harmful bacteria,pest,parasites . Irradiation breaks chemical bonds to stop bacteria and other pathogens from multiplying.
Food irradiation (the application of ionizing radiation to food) is a technology that improves the safety and extends the shelf life of foods by reducing or eliminating microorganisms and insects. Like pasteurizing milk and canning fruits and vegetables, irradiation can make food safer for the consumer.
Irradiation has the same objectives as other food processing methods - the reduction of losses due to spoilage and deterioration and control of the microbes and other organisms that cause food- borne diseases.
Beef and Pork.
Crustaceans (e.g., lobster, shrimp, and crab)
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables.
Lettuce and Spinach.
Poultry.
Chemical food preservatives are widely used in the food industry and are invariably cheap ingredients that are effective against a wide range of spoilage organisms. Chemical food preservatives include compounds such as sodium benzoate, benzoic acid, nitrites, sulfites, sodium sorbate and potassium sorbate. Forced by public opinion the demand for natural or label-friendly alternatives has increased.
Modern and industrial levels of preserving food, like canning and meat curing, typically involve three types of chemical preservatives: Benzoates (such as sodium benzoate) Nitrites (such as sodium nitrite) Sulphites (such as sulphur dioxide)
There are three classes of chemical preservatives commonly used in foods: example : Pancake syrup
Benzoates (such as sodium benzoate)
Nitrites (such as sodium nitrite)
Sulphites (such as sulphur dioxide)
If you look at the ingredient labels of different foods, you will frequently see these different types of chemicals used. Another common preservative that you will commonly see on food labels is sorbic acid. All of these chemicals either inhibit the activity of bacteria or kill the bacteria.
Pascalization is a non-thermal processing technique used widely in food Industries to knockdown pathogenic microorganism by inactivating them. Further, it also helps in reducing the count of vegetative spoilage microbes.Â
Today food industries are demand driven rather than supply driven hence need for non-thermal processing was felt. Thermal processing at high temperature can develop burnt flavour, inactivate essential enzymes or can also denature the proteins, whereas processing on lesser temperature then required can be ineffective in making the product contamination free. Adverse effect of chemical preservatives used are not hidden. Consumer awareness towards healthy eating they are giving up on foods that have chemical preservatives in them that led to identification of preservation process that can be substitute the thermal processing and chemical preservatives completely or partially.
Biopreservation is the use of natural or controlled macrobiotics or antimicrobials as a way of preserving food and extending product shelf life. Desirable bacteria or the fermentation products produced by these bacteria are used in biopreservation to control spoilage and to inactivate pathogens in food. This is a benign ecological approach that is gaining increasing attention. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB), which have antagonistic properties that make them useful as biopreservatives, are the organisms mostly used. When LAB compete for nutrients, their metabolites often include active antimicrobials, such as lactic and acetic acids, hydrogen peroxide, and peptide bacteriocins. Some LAB produce the antimicrobial nisin, which is an effective preservative.
Hurdle technology is a set of methods used for inactivation of microorganisms in food preservation. The hurdle technology, also called combined methods or combined processes, is an integrated approach of basic food preservation methods for making the food more safe, stable and nutritious. Hurdles are food preservation factors, which are combined to achieve certain food quality and stability, in terms of the temperature, pH, redox potential, water activity, preservatives, and competitive microorganisms.Â
Example: fermented seafood products common in Japan, provide a typical example of hurdle technology. Fermentation of sushi employs hurdles that favour growth of desirable bacteria but inhibit the growth of pathogens
Non-thermal plasma (NTP) is a neutral ionized gas that comprises highly reactive spices including, positive ions, negative ions, free radicals, electrons, excited or non excited molecules and photons at or near room temperature. NTP can be generated at atmospheric pressure that makes it more applicable. Moreover, it could be employed in inactivation of microorganisms on the surface of fresh and processed foods.
Nonthermal plasma or cold plasma is an emerging tool for sterilization of food. It is based on the generation of highly reactive species like ions, free radicals, and photons to inactivate foodborne pathogensÂ
Modified Atmosphere Packaging (or MAP) is the practice of manipulating the atmosphere inside packaging containing perishable foods (for example, beef, pork, chicken, and fish). The goal of the process is to increase the shelf life of the product contained within. Â
MAP improves the shelf life and freshness of many foods. These include cheese, meats, fish, and other perishable food items. These foods are commonly packaged with oxygen, which is removed via MAP.
Advantages of Modified Atmosphere Packaging
Prolonged shelf life compared to other conventional storage methods.
Improvement in visual appeal of packed products.
Preservation of food nutrients.