Food Industry Today Research Articles

Microplastic Contamination in Food Processing: Role of Packaging Materials

The role of packaging materials in food processing concerning microplastic contamination is a critical concern in today's food industry. Microplastics, deriving from various packaging sources, have raised concerns about their presence in food products and their potential health implications. This review explores the sources, pathways, and entry points of microplastics into the food chain during food processing stages (production, storage, transportation) due to different types of packaging materials. It investigates how microplastics are released from packaging materials into food products. It highlights the current research landscape by emphasizing challenges and limitations in detecting and quantifying these fine particles. The examination of microplastic contamination from packaging materials in food processing reveals the widespread presence of microplastics throughout food production and consumption, posing significant risks to food safety and human health. Additionally, this paper assesses regulatory perspectives, industry initiatives, and future directions for minimizing microplastic contamination by proposing strategies and recommendations for policymakers, industry stakeholders, and consumers to mitigate the risks associated with microplastics in food processing.

Improving meat quality and safety: innovative strategies

Ensuring meat products' quality and safety is paramount in today's food industry. This extended abstract delves into innovative strategies to enhance meat quality and safety throughout the production, processing, and distribution stages. The paper explores various cutting-edge approaches, technologies, and regulatory frameworks to mitigate risks and improve consumer confidence in meat products. The discussion begins with examining advancements in meat processing techniques, such as high-pressure processing (HPP), modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), and irradiation. These techniques are instrumental in reducing microbial contamination, extending shelf life, and preserving the nutritional integrity of meat products. Furthermore, the paper explores emerging technologies like nanotechnology and blockchain, which offer novel solutions for enhancing traceability, transparency, and accountability in the meat supply chain. Much of the paper discusses the role of quality control measures in ensuring meat safety and compliance with food safety regulations. From carcass inspection and microbiological testing to chemical residue analysis and packaging standards, rigorous quality control protocols are essential for identifying and mitigating potential hazards at every stage of meat production. Moreover, the paper highlights the importance of animal husbandry practices, feed management, and genetics in influencing meat quality attributes such as flavour, texture, and tenderness. Producers can enhance meat products' overall quality and palatability by implementing improved animal husbandry practices, optimizing feed formulations, and selectively breeding animals for desirable traits. In addition to technological advancements and quality control measures, the paper emphasizes the need for regulatory compliance and government oversight to uphold food safety standards. Ensuring adherence to regulations such as Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and implementing comprehensive food safety management systems are essential for safeguarding public health and consumer trust. In conclusion, this extended abstract provides a comprehensive overview of innovative strategies for improving meat quality and safety in the food industry. By embracing advancements in processing techniques, leveraging new technologies, implementing stringent quality control measures, and adhering to regulatory requirements, stakeholders can enhance the safety, integrity, and consumer perception of meat products in the marketplace.

Sosialisasi Penerapan Halal pada Proses Produksi Es Batu Industri Rumah Tangga

Indonesia is a country with a Muslim population of 207,176,162 people, or reaching 87.21% of the total population, so the need for halal products is quite high. This encourages business actors, especially in the food and beverage sector, to develop products based on halal guarantees. Where the aim is to guarantee the halalness of the products produced as regulated in Law No. 33 of 2014 concerning Halal Product Guarantees. One product that is widely used in the food and beverage industry today is ice cubes. Frozz Jaya Group Home Industry is an ice cube manufacturer that is preparing to apply for halal certification. This activity was carried out using learning service method. In this activity, 3 stages were carried out, namely socialization, observation and discussion to improve partners' preparation in applying for halal certification. This activity's results showed that several minor findings and positive things needed to be maintained. Partners are committed to immediately improving the conclusions of this activity so that they will be ready for halal certification. This was marked by several improvements such as applying for a well drilling permit and using tools and materials that are halal certified.

Types and Characteristics of Food Additives and Their Impacts on Human Health

Given how frequently food additives are used in the food industry today, questions have been raised regarding how they affect human health and the environment. The impact of food additives on the environment and human health are examined in this paper. By preventing microbial growth and oxidation processes, food preservatives and antioxidants increase the shelf life of foods, guarantee their safety, and maintain their quality. Whether made naturally or chemically, food colourants give colour stability to guarantee uniform food look. Although there are problems, notably with regard to the potential carcinogenicity of saccharin, sweeteners provide a choice for enhancing sweetness with chemical stability and minimal calories. Food stabilisers and coagulants enhance mouthfeel, prevent component separation, and improve texture and stability. Whether natural, like the polyphenols in tea and ascorbic acid, or artificial, like BHA and BHT, antioxidants prevent the oxidation of lipids and dietary ingredients. Food additives raise health issues like allergies and cancer risks despite governmental control. By 2023, the World Health Organization wants to completely ban trans fats from industrial production. To guarantee customer safety and high-quality products, China implements strict rules through the Food Safety Law that includes the manufacturing, importation, use, and management of food additives.

PSVIII-9 Consumer Acceptance of Corn Fermented Protein Compared with Traditional Yeast and Dried Distillers Grain in Extruded Dog Food

Abstract Sustainability is one of the trending keywords in the pet food industry today. Utilizing protein-rich fermented co-products such as corn fermented protein (CFP) can promote sustainable pet food. However, co-product ingredients have been avoided in pet food due to negative consumer perception. Unlike traditional dried distillers grain, corn fermented protein (CFP) contains 50% protein due to a substantial yeast component, which may improve consumer perception. The objective was to evaluate the effect of CFP inclusion in dry dog food on consumer acceptance. Treatments included a control diet (CON, no fermented co-products), a brewer’s dried yeast diet (BDY, 3.5% brewer’s dried yeast), a distillers dried grains with solubles plus brewer’s dried yeast diet (DDGS+BDY, 17.5% DDGS + 2.5% brewer’s dried yeast), and a corn fermented protein diet (CFP, 17.5% corn fermented protein). The consumer acceptance data were collected from 104 dog owners who purchased dry dog food and feed their dogs during a central location test. Data were collected using RedJade software and analyzed by one-way ANOVA (Sensory XLStat package) to determine significant differences among overall appearance, color, aroma, and assumed dog liking. The effects were assessed using Fisher’s Least Significant Difference with significance at P < 0.05. All treatments were equally liked (P > 0.05) based on 9-point scale. More consumers showed liking in aroma for yeast containing treatments (CFP, n = 51; DDGS+BDY, n = 46; BDY, n = 45) than CON (n = 37). Consumer opinion of pet food ingredients were also evaluated. Chicken and salmon were considered most appropriate (> 85%) by consumers, while brewer’s dried yeast, corn meal, yeast, and corn gluten meal were considered appropriate from less than 10% of consumers. The most inappropriate ingredients according to consumers were corn gluten meal (>50%), corn meal, brewer’s yeast, dry yeast, and yeast. In conclusion, consumers liked the kibble that contained BDY, DDGS, or CFP at the same level as the control diet when evaluated based on sensory perceptions. However, there is a need to improve consumer perception of corn and yeast ingredients to promote sustainable pet foods.

Protein-Stabilized Emulsion Gels with Improved Emulsifying and Gelling Properties for the Delivery of Bioactive Ingredients: A Review.

In today's food industry, the potential of bioactive compounds in preventing many chronic diseases has garnered significant attention. Many delivery systems have been developed to encapsulate these unstable bioactive compounds. Emulsion gels, as colloidal soft-solid materials, with their unique three-dimensional network structure and strong mechanical properties, are believed to provide excellent protection for bioactive substances. In the context of constructing carriers for bioactive materials, proteins are frequently employed as emulsifiers or gelling agents in emulsions or protein gels. However, in emulsion gels, when protein is used as an emulsifier to stabilize the oil/water interface, the gelling properties of proteins can also have a great influence on the functionality of the emulsion gels. Therefore, this paper aims to focus on the role of proteins' emulsifying and gelling properties in emulsion gels, providing a comprehensive review of the formation and modification of protein-based emulsion gels to build high-quality emulsion gel systems, thereby improving the stability and bioavailability of embedded bioactive substances.

Frequently Used Additives in the Food Industry and Their Toxicological Effects on Human Health

Food additives are chemicals added to foods to keep foods fresh, improve their flavor andtexture, and extend shelf life by preventing the growth of microorganisms. Many additives used for thesepurposes are considered safe by international organizations and are carefully regulated. It is thought thatthe intensive use of food additives, which contributes to the rapid growth of today's food industry, bringswith its undesirable health consequences that directly affect public health. Recent clinical findings andanimal experiments have shown that additives such as artificial sweeteners, food dyes, sodium nitrite, andmonosodium glutamate can cause health problems such as heart problems, diabetes, obesity, and insulinresistance. Therefore, it is necessary to monitor both the use and risk assessments of food additives. Thisreview, it is aimed to evaluate the harmful effects and toxic potentials of some commonly used foodadditives on human health.

Global Food Production and Distribution Analysis using Data Mining and Unsupervised Learning.

Today's food industry is extensive and complicated, encompassing anything from subsistence agriculture to multinational food corporations. The mobility of food and food elements in food systems has a major impact on biodiversity preservation and the overall sustainability of our fragile global ecosystem. Identifying the human and livestock consumption patterns across regions and territories will optimize the dietary standards of the habitually undernourished and the expanding population without substantially increasing the amount of land under cultivation. Food preservation is the basis for economic advancement and social sustainability, so the food industry, both local and global, is fundamental to everyone. As a primary mechanism for ensuring global food preservation, there is currently a strong emphasis on accelerating food supply and decreasing waste. Thus, analyzing the production and distribution of food supply will boost economic sustainability. In this paper, we present a quantitative analysis of global and regional food supply to reveal the flow of food and feed products in various parts of the world. Using data mining and machine learning-based approaches, we seek to quantify the production and distribution of food elements. The study aims to employ artificial intelligence-based methods to comprehend the shift and change in supply and consumption patterns with timely distribution to meet the global food instability. The method involves using statistical-based approaches to identify the hidden factors and variables. Feature engineering is used to uncover the interesting features in the dataset, and various clustering-based algorithms, like K-Means, have been utilized to group and identify the similar and most notable features. The concept of data mining and machine learning-based algorithms has helped us in identifying the global food production and distribution subsystem. The identified elements and their relationship can help stakeholders in regulating various external and internal factors, including urbanization, urban food needs, the economic, political and social framework, food demand, and supply flows. The exploratory analysis helps in establishing the efficiency and dynamism of food supply and distribution systems. The outcome demonstrates a pattern indicating the flow of currently grown crops into various endpoints. Few countries with massive populations have shown tremendous growth in their production capacity. Despite the fact that only a few countries produce a large portion of food and feed crops, still it is insufficient to feed the estimated global population. Significant changes in many people's socioeconomic conditions, as well as radical dietary changes, will also be required to boost agricultural credit and economic foundations.

On how people deal with industrialized and non-industrialized food: A theoretical analysis.

“Canned, frozen, processed, ultra-processed, functional” etc. Two hundred years after the beginning of the food industry, industrialized food has evolved with many labels. Every person in the world eats and has different experiences with food that are connected to culture and social relationships which permeate our daily lives in many kinds of situations. Food evokes feelings, beliefs, desires, and moral values. For many people, food not only satisfies hunger and sustains life, but it also brings a delicious pleasure that is with their history, culture, and ancestry. Today's food industry pushes products through its marketing, which promotes a plethora of claims that have now trended proportionally with neophobic dimensions. In reality, the general public lacks objective knowledge about the complex science of modern food technology because of its low transparency, and this has resulted in the appearance of misleading ideas that can prejudice the correct analysis of food values. Given this, education about food is an urgent need. Notably, food scientists, technologists, and engineers must look at eaters through the prism of consumers who are human beings in all their rich social/anthropological diversity. The objective of this article is to explore the elemental anthropologic aspects of foods and how they can affect consumer's trust in the food industry's role.

Development and characterization of edible biofilms based on mucilage of Opuntia ficus-indica and Locust Bean Gum from Tissemsilt region in Algeria

The development of biodegradable edible films/food packaging is in the core of the new management strategies of food handling. The great challenge facing the food industry today is innovation in terms of ecological and effec-tive edible coatings, with improved mechanical and sensory qualities but at lower cost. The current study intends to develop and characterize edible films by combining crude and pure Opuntia cladode mucilage and Locust Bean Gum (LBG), then evaluate their coating effect on stored strawberry fruits. The films were formulated using the two polymers at the same con-centration (2% mucilage / 2% LBG) and glycerol as plasticizer, and they were compared for their physicochemical and mechanical properties like thick-ness, moisture content, water vapor transmission and transparency. The pH, weight loss and sensorial qualities of coated strawberries stored at 4°C were assessed during 14 days. The obtained results have shown that for the crude composite films CM-CLBG the thickness, moisture and water solubility were higher compared to those of PM-PLBG where water vapor permeability (WVP), transparency and surface contact angle (hydrophobicity) displayed the highest values. Weight loss and drop in pH of strawberries soaked in the CM-CLBG and PM-PLBG coating solutions and stored at 4°C were less signifi-cant than those of uncoated strawberries. Otherwise, coated fruits pre-served a marketable visual appearance and texture, but lost their redness and gloss after the storage period. Despite the promising potential of Opun-tia mucilage/LBG formulated films, some improvements are still needed to solve the problem of fruit appearance and meet marketing standards.

IMPACT OF SODIUM NITRITE AND PONСEAU 4R ON RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: THEORETICAL GROUNDING AND SIGNIFICANCE

Nowadays, food industry is growing quite rapidly. Today food industry uses hundreds of food additives in order to obtain new products and achieve certain technological goals. In most European countries, food industry applies more than 540 known food additives; in the United States their number, including the corresponding mixtures, exceeds 1.500, in Russia – 450 positions, in Ukraine until 2019, 300 food additives were allowed to be applied. At present, a large number of complex food additives are getting more and more in use. They are the mixtures of additives for a single peculiar or different technological purpose. The main requirement for food additives is their safety, non-toxicity, non-carcinogenicity, non-mutagenicity, no teratogenic effects (on the foetus) and no allergic effects. The safety of a food supplement depends on its dose, i.e., the amount of food additive substance that enters the body per day. Dangerous dietary supplements that should be avoided include sodium nitrite, monosodium glutamate, and ponceau 4 R. These supplements are strictly prohibited in many countries because of their potential risks and fatal outcomes for the human health. In recent years, the consumption of food supplements has increased significantly, therefore the study of the effects of sodium nitrite and ponсeau 4R on the respiratory system is one of an urgent clinical and dietary problem. The aim of this study is to highlight the theoretical aspects of the effects of sodium nitrite and ponceau 4 R on the respiratory system, as well as to collect, analyse and synthesise literature data on the issue of food additives and their detrimental effect on human health. Numerous studies show that consumption of sodium nitrite and ponceau 4 R increases the potential risk of cancer, diabetes, lung disease, and Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. These supplements increase the hyperactivity of children; they can also provoke allergic reaction and cause anaphylactic shock, or trigger asthma attacks or breathing problems in people with aspirin intolerance, therefore, the study of the effects caused by food additives is appropriate, clinically and socially relevant.

ROLE OF CONSUMPTION OF COMPOSITE FLOUR IN MANAGEMENT OF LIFESTYLE DISORDERS

Composite flour is a combination of only either various grains or both various grains and vegetables it is a storehouse of various nutrients like vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and dietary fiber. In the present day, there has been an increased demand for nutritional and health-based variants of food due to changes in lifestyle and socio-economic status. There is no surprise in saying that people are seeing the food being consumed on a day-to-day basis as a status symbol and are striving to get better quality of health through the food they consume and are ready to spend huge amounts of money on the products which are so-called healthy and are being commercially marketed in a smart manner capturing both peoples mind and attention knowing to bring down various lifestyle disorders like Diabetes, Cardiovascular diseases, Hypertension, Cancer, Atherosclerosis, Ischemic stroke, Obesity, Coeliac disease, Alzheimer’s and many other diseases and disorders when consumed frequently in long run. The foods which fall under such category especially are composite flours and ready-to-cook mixes occupying more than 70% of both the food and health industry today being recommended by most of the nutritional experts. This paper is a review-based article collected from various papers focusing on role of consumption of composite flours in management of lifestyle disorders such as diabetes, hypertension, cancer etc.

STUDIES ON THE QUALITATIVE INDICATORS OF AFRICAN OSTRICH HAM WITH VEGETABLE ENZYMES

Expanding the food products range is one of the most promising challenges in the food industry today. The production of whole meat products has always determined the technological level of the enterprise, reflecting its ability to improve consumer nutrition. Using the same type of raw meat, by changing the modes and conditions of its preparation, impact on the tissue structure, directional autolysis and variation of thermal processes, they produce products with different nutritional characteristics. Research of chemical composition has established that penetration of salting active substances into the meat fabrics and their interaction with proteins changes physical and chemical composition of a product, determining the basic properties of salted meat (swelling, consistence, viscosity, etc.). Change in meat proteins during salting is accompanied by an increase in bound moisture in the product and causes an increase in a product yield. The protein content in the control sample is 26.17 %, in the experimental samples № 1, 2 - 26,88 -27,64 % due to the introduction of a functional additive and plant enzyme papain, which has a positive effect on the taste of the developed semi-finished products and makes them more juicy. Organoleptic evaluation of products is important in determining the quality of meat products, since a person's reaction depends on the appearance, color, smell, taste, consistency of the finished product. It has been established that organoleptic characteristics of meat products vary depending on the chemical composition, product, degree of biochemical changes (meat maturation), technological processing (cooking, smoking, etc.), the use of spices, food and flavorings. Results of the study on the organoleptic parameters show that the use of the enzyme papain improves the taste and aroma, as the experimental sample differs from the control one with increased juiciness and tenderness, without foreign odors and tastes.

Diseño de un envase para alimentos sostenible, inteligente e interconectado siguiendo los principios de la cuna a la cuna y utilizando el Análisis del Ciclo de Vida para la evaluación de impactos ambientales

The main objective of the present work is to help combat food waste, which is one of the main problems of the food industry today, incorporating also sustainability concepts. According to the FDA each year about 1,300 million tons of food are thrown. Food is wasted mainly at household levels, which is why the choice of the sustainable design of an intelligent interconnected packaging for domestic use is made. To achieve this, the exploration of different technologies, materials, methodologies and innovative frameworks is carried out. Regarding materials, the possibility of using biodegradable, recycled, recyclable and bioplastics was studied, along with the research of the intelligent technology to use, which ended up being sensors. As to methodologies, Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and Cradle to Cradle philosophy (C2C) are deeply studied. Intelligent packaging systems are an option to contribute to minimization of food waste. The correct use of tools such as the LCA, along with the principles of the C2C, and the research on materials and technologies to be used can help designers to reach an optimal solution, minimizing environmental impacts.

INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY MILK-RAW MATERIALS

The most pressing problems of the food industry today are the quality of food. The main factors influencing this indicator are the quality of raw materials, the technical and technological level of enterprises, the quality management system and food safety. Milk quality cannot be improved in the processing process, at best it can be stabilized, so the milk quality management system should focus on the technological processes of its production and primary treatment using a preventive approach. The sanitary and hygienic quality of milk production is a complex problem that is determined by a number of factors that combine the notion of "technology and culture of production". General bacterial contamination of milk raw materials should be considered as a collection of sources of ingress of microorganisms into the technological environment, in particular the microflora of the surface of the udder and lobes; microflora of udder channels; microorganisms of milking equipment, milk lines, milk packaging; microflora of personnel and environment. The traditional scheme of primary milk treatment provides a consistent picture of the quality and safety of raw milk obtained from its production. Measures to improve the quality and safety of raw milk through additional use of the decontamination process are proposed. The use of ultrasonic cavitation technologies for milk disinfection allows to increase the quality of milk and to get more money for the farm, to provide quality raw materials for dairy enterprises.

Recent advances of immunosensors for detecting food allergens

Sensitive detection of allergens in a large variety of food samples has become increasingly important considering the emergence of functional foods and new food manufacturing technologies. Safety and quality are key issues of today's food industry. In this review, we highlight the success achieved in the design of electrochemical immunosensors towards detection of protein allergens. Different methodologies employed for immobilization of bioreceptors on transducer surface and strategies for signal amplification will be discussed.

Temperature performance and food shelf-life accuracy in cold food supply chains – Insights from multiple field studies

A challenge in perishable food industry today is variable and unknown food quality caused by different temperature conditions. This sometimes leads to unreliable printed shelf lives (best before dates) and food waste. Hence, temperature monitoring and control along cold food supply chains (FSCs) are essential for maintaining food quality and safety of perishable food products. This paper evaluates the temperature performance of cold food supply chains in relation to dynamically predicted shelf life and printed shelf life. Based on an in-depth study of actual temperature conditions of food products collected from field tests made in Swedish FSCs (from production to retail cold storage and retail displays), complete FSC scenarios were created. The results showed a significant difference in product shelf life between the most and least efficient FSCs, and between dynamically predicted and printed shelf life. Overall, the distribution from production to retail represents an efficient part of the FSC, in contrast to retail display storage. This study emphasizes the importance of a full-time temperature monitoring system to confirm food quality. A temperature monitoring system can be used to enable dynamic shelf life prediction, increase FSC transparency, and support food producers to proactively improve printed shelf lives.

Raman Microspectroscopy and Its Role in Solving Today's Food Industry Challenges

Raman Microspectroscopy and Its Role in Solving Today's Food Industry Challenges

НАПРЯМИ І МЕХАНІЗМИ ПІДВИЩЕННЯ ІННОВАЦІЙНОГО ПОТЕНЦІАЛУ ХАРЧОВОЇ ПРОМИСЛОВОСТІ РЕГІОНІВ КАЗАХСТАНУ

У статті розглянуті пріоритетні напрями та механізми підвищення інноваційного потенціалу харчової промисловості регіонів Республіки Казахстан на сучасному етапі. Визначено загальносистемні проблеми низької інноваційної активності в цілому в пострадянському просторі, в регіонах і окремо по харчовій промисловості, що дозволило виробити напрями розвитку інноваційного потенціалу. Встановлено, що головними умовами ефективності регіональної інноваційної інфраструктури має стати комплексність надання послуг і орієнтація на комерціалізацію інноваційної діяльності в пріоритетних галузях регіональної спеціалізації.

Sensory study of different sodium chloride substitutes in aqueous solution

SummaryThe reduction of salt (sodium chloride) in food is one of the major challenges facing the food industry today and is motivated by the positive association between dietary salt intake and some diseases. Thus, the objectives of this study were to determine the equivalent amount of different sodium chloride replacements required to promote the same degree of ideal saltiness in aqueous solution and to study the sensory profile of sodium chloride and its substitutes using temporal dominance of sensations (TDS) analysis. The relative potencies of potassium chloride, monosodium glutamate, potassium phosphate, calcium lactate and potassium lactate compared to an aqueous solution with 0.75% sodium chloride were 74.75%, 59.52%, 60.48%, 11.40% and 4.96%, respectively. An evaluation of the sensory profiles of potassium chloride, potassium phosphate, calcium lactate and monosodium glutamate revealed saltiness as well as other tastes, including bitterness, sourness, umami and an unidentified undesirable taste as being dominant. The potassium chloride was the only one which showed temporal sensory profile similar to sodium chloride.