Food Engineering / Gıda Mühendisliği

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    Enzyme Production From Sourdough
    (CRC Press, 2023) Elvan, Menşure; Harsa, Şebnem
    Sourdough is a traditional fermented food well known around the world. It contains a wide variety of components, such as cereals and pseudocereals, and is rich in microflora that can potentially be used for enzyme production. Sourdough is a good source of lactic acid bacteria that have high enzyme production capability. Enzymes have different roles during sourdough fermentation: mainly, amylase and xylanase enzymes have important effects in improving texture; protease and phytase enzymes increase the nutritional value of sourdough; lipoxygenase improves the shelf life of products; and esterase plays a leading role in aroma and flavor formation. Additionally, it is possible to isolate sourdough enzymes for their potential to improve the health attributes of other foods, i.e., enzymes to break down gluten, hydrolyze phytic acid, and degrade fructans. Moreover, these enzymes may also be used to improve the technological properties of grain-based foods and beverages. Currently, there are no studies on the large-scale production of enzymes based on sourdough, although microorganisms isolated from sourdough have the potential for industrial-scale food applications as the sourdough microflora and derived enzymes have Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) and green label status. This chapter reviews sourdough enzymes and their importance for improving the quality and shelf life of foods in different food industries and products. © 2024 selection and editorial matter, Marco Garcia-Vaquero and João Miguel F. Rocha.
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    Discovery, Characterization, and Databases of Enzymes From Sourdough
    (CRC Press, 2023) Ağırbaşlı, Zeynep; Harsa, Şebnem
    Sourdough enzymes have not been investigated in wide scale yet. Therefore, this chapter summarizes the main strategies and techniques used for the identification of sourdough enzymes together with the compilation of this information in databases for a wide variety of applications. The chapter describes a panel of methods based on different approaches, such as biochemical and molecular techniques for the identification of several key microbial enzymes emerged from sourdough or a combination thereof. Review includes information on the enzymes in carbohydrate metabolism, protein metabolism, phenolic metabolism, and stress metabolism together with enzymatic formation of bioactive compounds in sourdough. © 2024 selection and editorial matter, Marco Garcia-Vaquero and João Miguel F. Rocha.
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    Enzyme Technology in Value Addition of Wine and Beer Processing
    (Elsevier, 2022) Uzuner, Sibel
    Some endogeneous and exogeneous enzymes participate in the brewery and winery technologies. Industrial enzymes provide quantitative advantages (increased juice yields) and qualitative advantages (enhanced extraction and flavor) for processing (shorter maceration, settling, and filtration time). This review aims to explain the flow process of brewing and wine-making, discuss different enzymes used in brewery and wine-making industry. Also, this chapter summarizes the key enzymes used at different stages of wine-making and brewing, and the challenges of the exogeneous, commercial and immobilized enzymes. Finally, the use of immobilized enzymes is presented as a significant strategy to improve catalyst during brewing and wine-making.
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    Exopolysaccharides in Food Processing Industrials
    (Springer, 2021) Arserim-Uçar, Dilhun Keriman; Konuk Takma, Dilara; Korel, Figen
    Microbial exopolysaccharides are a class of extracellular carbohydrates based on biopolymeric materials produced and secreted by bacteria, yeast, molds, and microalgae. Cellulose, pullulan, xanthan gum, dextran, kefiran, curdlan, emulsan, alginate, gellan, carrageenans, hyaluronic acid, levan, colanic acid, welan, glucuronides, succinoglycans, and mutan are the exopolysaccharides (EPSs) of different microbial origin. Most of the available EPSs are non-toxic, biocompatible, biodegradable, and obtain from renewable resources. Microbial EPSs display unique functional properties due to their nature and structural composition. The demand for natural microbial EPSs utilization in the food industry due to their unique properties, including emulsifier, gelling agent, and stabilizers. Microbial EPSs and their derivatives have found a wide range of applications in food systems, including fermented dairy products, bakery products, cereal-based products, beverages, delivery of active agents, coatings, and films. This chapter will present a comprehensive overview of the recent developments of EPSs and their potential utilization in the food industry.
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    Uv Processing and Storage of Liquid and Solid Foods: Quality, Microbial, Enzymatic, Nutritional, Organoleptic, Composition and Properties Effects
    (Elsevier, 2021) Hakgüder Taze, Bengi; Pelvan Akgün, Merve; Yıldız, Semanur; Kaya, Zehra; Ünlütürk, Sevcan
    Non-thermal food processing technologies have been explored extensively in recent years in order to develop food products with extended shelf life as well as preserved nutritional and organoleptic characteristics in accordance with the changing consumer demands (Falguera et al., 2011a; Sanchez-Moreno et al., 2009). Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation is one of the non-thermal processes that can be applied to reduce the microbial load in liquid foods and surfaces, and to sterilize food packages and packaging materials, and environments involved in food processes (Jimenez-Sanchez et al., 2017a; Bintsis et al., 2000). UV light is subdivided into three regions as short-wave UV (UV-C, 200 and 280 nm), medium-wave UV (UV-B, 280 to 315 nm), and long wave UV (UV-A, 315 to 400 nm). The different types of effects on microorganisms can be caused by UV light of different wavelengths. The effectiveness of UV light on microorganisms results primarily from the fact that DNA molecules absorb UV photons between 200 and 300 nm, with peak absorption around 260–265 nm. This causes DNA damage by altering the nucleotide base pairing, thereby creating new linkages between adjacent nucleotides, particularly between pyrimidine bases, on the same DNA strand and ultimately results in cell death (Zimmer and Slawson, 2002). Peak et al. (1984) proposed that the dimer formation is not the only requirement to damage the DNA. Absorption of different wavelength photons by different molecular groups in the long DNA molecule can damage or destroy these bond groups. Thus, different bonds in the DNA can be affected with photons of different energy (Neister, 2014).
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    Bacteria: Arcobacter
    (Elsevier, 2014) Atabay, Halil İbrahim; Corry, Janet E.L.; Ceylan, Çağatay
    The genus Arcobacter currently comprises many phenotypically different species isolated from diverse niches. Although some Arcobacter spp. (particularly, Arcobacter butzleri, Arcobacter skirrowii, and Arcobacter cryaerophilus) are associated with various diseases in humans and animals, their exact epidemiological and pathological role is not completely understood, and few cases of human infection are reported. The primary mode of Arcobacter transmission is thought to occur via contaminated water and food and contact with pets. As some species are difficult to cultivate and all are difficult to identify using conventional biochemical tests, nucleic acid-based techniques such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and real-time PCR are increasingly used for their simultaneous detection, identification, and quantification. Their tendency to be resistant to antibiotics, and their ability to colonize food processing environments indicate that they could cause serious disease in the human population, particularly in susceptible individuals with impaired immune response. © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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    Quality Assessment of Aquatic Foods by Machine Vision, Electronic Nose, and Electronic Tongue
    (Wiley, 2010) Korel, Figen; Balaban, Murat Ömer
    The increase in demand for seafood products has catalyzed the desire for higher standards regarding safety and quality issues. Since seafoods are perishable, freshness is a major quality parameter to be considered [1,2]. There is no unique freshness or spoilage indicator for seafood, therefore combinations of selected indicators need to be used to evaluate freshness [3,4]. An important and widely used method to determine freshness is sensory evaluation [5]. The Quality Index Method (QIM) uses a demerit point scoring system [6] based on the evaluation of the important sensory attributes (odour, texture, and appearance) of fish and other aquatic foods. The sensory quality is expressed by the sum of the demerit points, and a linear correlation between these points and the storage time is used to predict the freshness of the target seafood [5,7,8]. The QIM has been developed for various seafood species and products, such as Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus), horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus), European sardine (Sardina pilchardus) [9], gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) [10], farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) [11,12], and cod (Gadus morhua) [13], etc. Even though QIM is fast and reliable in determining the freshness of seafood, it still requires experts to evaluate the quality attributes. Alternatively, appearance, odour, and taste can be measured by machine vision system (MVS), electronic nose (e-nose), and electronic tongue (e-tongue), respectively.
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    Strategies for Controlling Major Enzymatic Reactions in Fresh and Processed Vegetables
    (Taylor & Francis, 2016) Yemenicioğlu, Ahmet
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    Impact of Irradiation on the Microbial Ecology of Foods
    (Wiley, 2016) Ünlütürk, Sevcan; Ünlütürk, Sevcan
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    Basic Strategies and Testing Methods To Develop Effective Edible Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Coating
    (Elsevier, 2018) Yemenicioğlu, Ahmet
    Due to the continuous increase in microbial outbreaks originated form minimally processed and ready-to-use food [1,2], the active food packaging has become one of the top research topics in food science. A properly designed active packaging might increase the microbial safety or delay the spoilage of food (antimicrobial packaging), it might delay oxidative changes in food (antioxidant packaging), or it might help increasing functional properties of food by delivery of nutrients or bioactive substances to food surface in bioavailable form (bioactive packaging)