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Organic Acids and Food Preservation book cover

1st Edition

Organic Acids and Food Preservation

By Maria M. Theron, J. F. Rykers Lues Copyright 2010
340 Pages
by CRC Press

340 Pages
by CRC Press

340 Pages
by CRC Press
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Although organic acids have been used to counteract pathogens in food for many years, there is a glaring need to assess and improve their continued effectiveness and sustainability. There is also a growing demand for foods that are produced using milder treatments (e.g., less heat, salt, sugar, and chemicals) and newer technologies to prevent the growth of dangerous bacteria. Organic... Read more

Introduction. Nature and composition of organic acids. Application of organic acids in food preservation. Microbial organic acid producers. Mechanisms of microbial inhibition. Problems associated with organic acid preservation. Large-scale organic acid production. Resistance to organic acids. Acid tolerance. Modeling organic acid activity. Legislative aspects. Incidental and natural organic acid occurrence. Biopreservation. Novel applications for organic acids. Detection of organic acids. References.

Biography

Maria Theron is a full-time researcher in the Unit for Applied Food Science and Biotechnology (UAFSB) at the Central University of Technology (CUT), Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. She holds a Ph.D in Medical Microbiology from the University of the Free State (UFS). She is currently steering a project on "Organic Acids as Antimicrobials in Food Preservation" within the research niche area of the UAFSB.





Ryk Lues is currently full professor and head of the Programme Environmental Health at the Central University of Technology (CUT), Free State, South Africa. He also heads the Unit for Applied Food Safety and Biotechnology at the CUT. Lues holds an MSc (Microbiology) and a Ph.D (Food Science) from the University of the Free State and his field of specialization comprises organic acid biotechnology and social–behavioral aspects affecting food microbiology and hygiene.

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