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Hessel V, Escribà-Gelonch M, Schmidt S, Tran NN, Davey K, Al-Ani LA, Muhd Julkapli N, Abdul Wahab Y, Khalil I, Woo MW, Gras S. Nanofood Process Technology: Insights on How Sustainability Informs Process Design. ACS Sustain Chem Eng 2023; 11:11437-11458. [PMID: 37564955 PMCID: PMC10410668 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c01223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
Abstract
Nanostructured products are an actively growing area for food research, but there is little information on the sustainability of processes used to make these products. In this Review, we advocate for selection of sustainable process technologies during initial stages of laboratory-scale developments of nanofoods. We show that selection is assisted by predictive sustainability assessment(s) based on conventional technologies, including exploratory ex ante and "anticipatory" life-cycle assessment. We demonstrate that sustainability assessments for conventional food process technologies can be leveraged to design nanofood process concepts and technologies. We critically review emerging nanostructured food products including encapsulated bioactive molecules and processes used to structure these foods at laboratory, pilot, and industrial scales. We apply a rational method via learning lessons from sustainability of unit operations in conventional food processing and critically apportioned lessons between emerging and conventional approaches. We conclude that this method provides a quantitative means to incorporate sustainability during process design for nanostructured foods. Findings will be of interest and benefit to a range of food researchers, engineers, and manufacturers of process equipment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Volker Hessel
- School
of Chemical Engineering, The University
of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, SA, Australia
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- School
of Chemical Engineering, The University
of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, SA, Australia
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- School
of Chemical Engineering, The University
of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, SA, Australia
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- School
of Chemical Engineering, The University
of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, SA, Australia
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- Nanotechnology
and Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), Institute for Advanced Studies, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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- Nanotechnology
and Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), Institute for Advanced Studies, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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- Nanotechnology
and Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), Institute for Advanced Studies, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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- Healthcare
Pharmaceuticals Limited, Rajendrapur, Gazipur 1741, Bangladesh
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- Department
of Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology
Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Australia
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Bialik M, Wiktor A, Witrowa-Rajchert D, Gondek E. The Influence of Osmotic Dehydration Conditions on Drying Kinetics and Total Carotenoid Content of Kiwiberry (Actinidia Arguta). International Journal of Food Engineering 2020. [DOI: 10.1515/ijfe-2018-0328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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AbstractKiwiberries (Actinidia arguta var. Geneva) were osmotically dehydrated in sucrose, xylitol and maltitol 60 % water solutions at 30 and 50 °C. After pre-treatment, the samples were dried using convective method at 70 °C until fruits have reached a dimensionless moisture ratio (MR) of 0.02. Osmotic pre-treatment significantly improved drying kinetics during the first stage of the process. All the pre-treated samples reached water activity level (aw) less than 0.6 after 7 h of drying. When maltitol or xylitol was used as an osmotic agent at 30 °C, the time required for drying was reduced by 23 and 32 %, respectively. In turn, dehydration performed at 50 °C had no positive effect on the drying kinetics. The shortest drying time was obtained for the samples dehydrated in xylitol at 30 °C. In the case of these samples target MR was reached after 542 min whereas in the case of untreated samples drying lasted 810 min. The highest retention of carotenoid was observed for the samples osmotically pre-treated in maltitol solution at 30 °C and sucrose solution at 50 °C.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michał Bialik
- Department of Food Engineering and Process Management, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 166, Warsaw02-787, Poland
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- Department of Food Engineering and Process Management, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 166, Warsaw02-787, Poland
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- Department of Food Engineering and Process Management, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 166, Warsaw02-787, Poland
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- Department of Food Engineering and Process Management, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 166, Warsaw02-787, Poland
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Qiu L, Zhang M, Tang J, Adhikari B, Cao P. Innovative technologies for producing and preserving intermediate moisture foods: A review. Food Res Int 2019; 116:90-102. [PMID: 30717022 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2018.12.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Revised: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Intermediate moisture foods (IMF) or semi-dried foods (SDF) have gained more attention worldwide having features very similar to fresh food products, but with a longer shelf life. This review presents the recent developments in novel technologies and methods for the production and preservation of IMF. These include new drying methods, using agents to reduce water-activity, innovative osmotic dehydration technologies, electro-osmotic dewatering, thermal pasteurization, plasma treatments (PT), high pressure processing (HPP), modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), edible coating, active packaging (and energy efficiency, improve quality and extend the shelf life of the final food AP) and hurdle technologies (HT). Innovative methods applied to producing and preserving IMF can enhance both drying products. Yet more systematic research is still needed to bridge knowledge gaps, in particular on inactivation kinetics and mechanisms related to thermal and non-thermal pasteurization technologies for control of pathogens and spoilage micro-organisms in IMF.
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Bialik M, Wiktor A, Latocha P, Gondek E. Mass Transfer in Osmotic Dehydration of Kiwiberry: Experimental and Mathematical Modelling Studies. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23051236. [PMID: 29786667 PMCID: PMC6099394 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23051236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 05/12/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of osmotic solutions and temperature on the osmotic dehydration (OD) of two cultivars of kiwiberry. OD was carried out in sucrose, xylitol and maltitol solutions at 30 °C and 50 °C, respectively. The process of osmotic dehydration was described by the means of water loss (WL), solid gain (SG), weight reduction (WR), and water content changes. Moreover, dehydration was described by mathematical models often used in the literature. The highest WL, WR and SG values were observed for samples treated by xylitol and maltitol at 50 °C. The statistical analysis of the mathematical modelling of the process showed that in most cases, the Peleg’s equation exhibits better fitting for the experimental data.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michał Bialik
- Faculty of Food Sciences, Department of Food Engineering and Process Management, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159c, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Faculty of Food Sciences, Department of Food Engineering and Process Management, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159c, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Faculty of Horticulture, Biotechnology and Landscape Architecture, Department of Environmental Protection, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Faculty of Food Sciences, Department of Food Engineering and Process Management, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159c, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland.
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