Undersized crawfish have little economic value and are often discarded.Producing crawfish minced meat(CMM)from undersized crawfish and using an appropriate freezing technique may enable an economically viable market.T...Undersized crawfish have little economic value and are often discarded.Producing crawfish minced meat(CMM)from undersized crawfish and using an appropriate freezing technique may enable an economically viable market.The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of the energy removal rate using two techniques,cryogenic freezing(CF)and air blast freezing(BF),on CMM’s quality during frozen storage.CMM was separated into two batches;one batch was cryogenically frozen with liquid nitrogen and the other batch was frozen with an air blast freezer.CMM batches were frozen and stored at−18℃.They were analyzed for moisture content,color,pH,and lipid oxidation during 180 days of storage.The CMM yield was 64.67%of the total crawfish weight.Cryogenic freezing achieved the highest freezing rate.Cryogenically frozen CMM showed 22%less lipid oxidation than CMM frozen by air blast freezing at 180 days of storage.This study showed that CMM could be mechanically produced from undersized crawfish and freezing techniques with high energy removal rate could better maintain quality attributes for CMM during frozen storage.展开更多
The objectives of this study were to develop a probiotic milk powder containing Lactobacillus plantarum NCIMB 8826 immobilized with prebiotic Hi-maize starch and to analyze cell viability after spray drying and exposu...The objectives of this study were to develop a probiotic milk powder containing Lactobacillus plantarum NCIMB 8826 immobilized with prebiotic Hi-maize starch and to analyze cell viability after spray drying and exposure to simulated gastric and intestinal conditions.Milk powders containing free L.plantarum and cells immobilized with Hi-maize starch were assessed.Powders were evaluated during storage at 4°C for 15 days.After spray drying,at 0 and 15 days of storage both treatments had over 8 log CFU/g of viable cells and there were higher viable counts found for immobilized cells compared to free cells after 120 min in simulated gastric fluid.At 15 days of storage,immobilized cells had higher viable counts than free cells after exposure to simulated intestinal fluid for 120 min.The combined probiotic and prebiotic milk powder had stable viable cell counts at refrigerated storage conditions and under simulated gastric and intestinal transit.展开更多
文摘Undersized crawfish have little economic value and are often discarded.Producing crawfish minced meat(CMM)from undersized crawfish and using an appropriate freezing technique may enable an economically viable market.The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of the energy removal rate using two techniques,cryogenic freezing(CF)and air blast freezing(BF),on CMM’s quality during frozen storage.CMM was separated into two batches;one batch was cryogenically frozen with liquid nitrogen and the other batch was frozen with an air blast freezer.CMM batches were frozen and stored at−18℃.They were analyzed for moisture content,color,pH,and lipid oxidation during 180 days of storage.The CMM yield was 64.67%of the total crawfish weight.Cryogenic freezing achieved the highest freezing rate.Cryogenically frozen CMM showed 22%less lipid oxidation than CMM frozen by air blast freezing at 180 days of storage.This study showed that CMM could be mechanically produced from undersized crawfish and freezing techniques with high energy removal rate could better maintain quality attributes for CMM during frozen storage.
文摘The objectives of this study were to develop a probiotic milk powder containing Lactobacillus plantarum NCIMB 8826 immobilized with prebiotic Hi-maize starch and to analyze cell viability after spray drying and exposure to simulated gastric and intestinal conditions.Milk powders containing free L.plantarum and cells immobilized with Hi-maize starch were assessed.Powders were evaluated during storage at 4°C for 15 days.After spray drying,at 0 and 15 days of storage both treatments had over 8 log CFU/g of viable cells and there were higher viable counts found for immobilized cells compared to free cells after 120 min in simulated gastric fluid.At 15 days of storage,immobilized cells had higher viable counts than free cells after exposure to simulated intestinal fluid for 120 min.The combined probiotic and prebiotic milk powder had stable viable cell counts at refrigerated storage conditions and under simulated gastric and intestinal transit.
