通过脉冲电场调节酸奶发酵,以及牛奶脂肪含量的影响
Graciela A Miranda-Mejía1, Anaberta Cardador-Martínez2, Viridiana Tejada-Ortigoza1
1Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey 64849, NL, Mexico.
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
|June 13, 2025
概括
脉冲电场 (PEF) 可以通过刺激乳酸细菌来加速酸奶发酵. 这项技术提高了营养素的吸收和酸化,减少了发酵时间,而不会影响最终产品的质量.
科学领域:
- 食品科学与技术 食品科学与技术
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 生物技术是生物技术.
背景情况:
- 酸奶生产依赖乳酸细菌进行发酵,影响营养和益生菌质量.
- 优化酸奶发酵时间对于高效的加工和保持产品质量至关重要.
- 脉冲电场 (PEF) 显示出在食品加工中刺激微生物活动的潜力.
研究的目的:
- 研究低强度PEF处理对牛奶中的酸奶初始培养的效果.
- 评估PEF处理的注射剂对酸奶发酵动力学和关键质量参数的影响.
- 确定最佳的PEF参数,以提高酸奶发酵效率.
主要方法:
- 在牛奶中悬浮的酸奶初始注射剂 (IM) 含有不同脂肪含量 (0.5-2.8%) 被PEF处理 (1kV/cm,800-1600μs).
- 通过在6小时内测量pH值,可溶性固体,乳糖,乳酸和 рибофлавин度来监测发酵动力学.
- 用PEF处理的IM (PEF-IM) 与未处理的IM (C-IM) 在注射牛奶中进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,PEF处理减少了发酵时间4.3-20.4分钟.
- 最短的发酵时间 (5.1小时) 是通过PEF-IM (2.8%脂肪) 以1kV/cm处理1600微秒的时间获得的.
- 与C-IM相比,PEF-IM增加了乳糖消耗 (1.6-3.1%) 和增加了乳酸产量 (7.2%).
结论:
- 产品环保剂促进微生物细胞中的可逆电穿孔,增强营养吸收和酸化.
- 酸奶注射剂的PEF处理是一种有前途的辅助发酵方法,可以提高酸奶生产效率.
- 这项技术提供了一种减少发酵时间的方法,而不会影响酸奶质量.
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