Lecture 4 Flashcards
When did canning start?
1795, the idea for food preservation started
1874 Retort for pressure canning was developed in the U.S.
What is the purpose of canning?
Canning involves heat treatment of foods to destroy enzyme actions and spoilage microorganisms
Food is sealed in sterile, airtight containers to prevent it from contamination by new sources
What is an acid food, what could contaminate it and how do we process those cans?
Acid Foods (pH < 4.5)
Fruits, tomatoes, pickles, sauerkraut, jams, jellies
Yeast and Molds : Heat Sensitive
Process in boiling water bath
What is a low acid food, what could contaminate it and how do we process those cans?
Low Acid Foods (pH> 4.5)
Meat, seafood, chicken, milk, fresh vegetables
Bacteria grow well
C. botulinum (spore former): Heat Resistant
Pressure Canner (120C)
What is the purpose of heat processing?
Safety
Preservation (increase shelf life)
Increase sensory and nutritional quality
Why is safety important in heat processing?
Micro-Organisms ↓
Natural Toxic Factors ↓
Trypsin Inhibitor (Raw Soy Beans) -Protein inhibits action of trypsin that helps with the digestin of protien
Avidin (Raw Eggs bind with Biotin)
-Biotin B vitamin, whn cook eggs avidin is inactiavted and no loner available for binding
How can heat processing preserve milk?
Fresh Milk – 3 days
Past. Milk – 10- 14 days
Sterilized Milk – 1 year
Which is more effective in killing microorganisms dry or wet heat processing?
Wet Heat
- Moisture is a good conductor of heat
- Water penetrate into microbial cells and spores
What are the Effects of Fats and Oils on Heat Processing of Foods?
Mocroorganism overed by a layer of fat
High fat food dry heat is more effective
What is conduction?
Heat is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature between adjoining region
What is convection?
The movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under which consequently results in transfer of heat.
What are the Effects of Starch on Heat Processing of Foods?
When starch is heated in presence of water= geletanization (liquid to semi liquid)
When starch is in the system, and presense of water, becomes more viscous, moree dense and would slow down the heat transfer because the heat condiction is by conduction and not convextion (convection is faster but it turns to conduction bwhich is slower)
What is blanching?
Heating food in steam or hot water
Until the temperature of food reaches
82-87 0C
Then lowering temp. by adding cold water
What is the purpose of blanching?
Shrinks the product and provides a better fill of the container
Removes gases and provides a better vacuum after sealing
Destroys enzymes in foods
Fixes the natural colour of vegetables (Chlorophyll)
What does blanching inactivate?
Lipoxygenase: Off-Flavour
Polyphenol Oxidase: Browning Rxn
Ascorbic Acid Oxidase