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- Title
Investigation of the use of ultrasonication followed by heat for spore inactivation.
- Authors
Ansari, Jawaad Ahmed; Ismail, Marliya; Farid, Mohammed
- Abstract
Conventional thermal sterilization is the most commonly used technique to inactivate microbial spores in low acidic liquid food products. In recent years, food researchers have investigated ultrasonication in combination with heat as an alternate technology for the reduction of microbial spores. However, the competitive advantage of this process over conventional thermal sterilization has not been properly assessed. In this study, energy delivered by ultrasound was used to provide the heating needed, which fulfils 55% of the thermal energy requirement in addition to the effect caused by cavitation. The effect of pre-treatment with ultrasonication (20 kHz, 750 W) on decimal reduction time (D values) of Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis) spores ATCC 6633 was evaluated in three different suspending media (water, whole milk and rice porridge) and were compared with thermal treatment. Among these, pre-treatment with ultrasonication (114 pm, 1.1W/m 1, 5 min) of whole milk resulted in 35% reduction in D-value compared to thermal only treatment at 100 C whereas under the same treatment conditions, water and rice porridge gave only 18% and 4% reduction respectively. These reduction in D values through the use of combined technology is minimal unless excessive ultrasonication is used, which is commercially not viable.
- Subjects
FOOD microbiology; BACTERIAL spores; MICROBIAL inactivation; MICROBUBBLES; CAVITATION; EFFECT of heat on food; HEAT sterilization; ULTRASONIC waves
- Publication
Food & Bioproducts Processing: Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers Part C, 2017, Vol 104, p32
- ISSN
0960-3085
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.fbp.2017.04.005