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Ribeiro-Sanches MA, Martins MJN, Borges-Machado AL, de Almeida MJ, Fonseca BG, Polachini TC, Telis-Romero J. Comparative study of ultrasound application versus mechanical agitation on pork belly brining for bacon production. Meat Sci 2024; 212:109463. [PMID: 38401357 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2024.109463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024]
Abstract
Pork belly brining is a time-consuming step of bacon production that needs to be studied and enhanced through suitable technologies. In this sense, this study aimed at evaluating the impact of ultrasound (US), mechanical agitation (AG), and static brine (SB) on the kinetics of water loss (WL), solids gain (SG), and salt content (SC) of pork belly during brining under different temperatures. Mathematical models were used to estimate mass transfer rates, equilibrium parameters, and thermodynamic properties. Peleg model was chosen as the most suitable model to predict the kinetics experimental data (Radj2 ≥ 0.979 and RMSE ≤ 0.014). The increase in the brine temperature increased WL, SG, and SC for all treatments. Nonlinear effects of temperature were observed for WL, SG, and SC, following an Arrhenius-type behavior. The assistance of ultrasound significantly enhanced the velocity of WL, SG, and SC by 32-56%, while AG improved by 18-39% both compared to SB. Brining was considered an endothermic and non-spontaneous process through the thermodynamic assessment. The increase in temperature and the AG and US processes accelerated the formation of the activated complex. The application of ultrasound was considered the most suitable technology to reduce the brining time. However, significant improvements can be obtained by mechanical agitation. Therefore, both methods can be used to reduce the time processing of pork belly aiming at accelerating the bacon production process.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marcio Augusto Ribeiro-Sanches
- Food Engineering and Technology Department, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Institute of Biosciences, Humanities and Exact Sciences (Ibilce), Campus São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo 15.054-000, Brazil.
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- Food Engineering and Technology Department, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Institute of Biosciences, Humanities and Exact Sciences (Ibilce), Campus São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo 15.054-000, Brazil
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- Food Engineering and Technology Department, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Institute of Biosciences, Humanities and Exact Sciences (Ibilce), Campus São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo 15.054-000, Brazil
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- Food Engineering and Technology Department, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Institute of Biosciences, Humanities and Exact Sciences (Ibilce), Campus São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo 15.054-000, Brazil
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- Food Engineering and Technology Department, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Institute of Biosciences, Humanities and Exact Sciences (Ibilce), Campus São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo 15.054-000, Brazil
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- Food Engineering and Technology Department, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Institute of Biosciences, Humanities and Exact Sciences (Ibilce), Campus São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo 15.054-000, Brazil
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- Food Engineering and Technology Department, São Paulo State University (Unesp), Institute of Biosciences, Humanities and Exact Sciences (Ibilce), Campus São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo 15.054-000, Brazil
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Puértolas E, Pérez I, Murgui X. Potential of CO 2 laser for food processing: Applications and challenges. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2023:1-15. [PMID: 36927208 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2023.2188954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Laser food processing has the breath-taking potential to revolutionize the industry in many aspects. Among the different laser configurations, CO2 laser has received special attention due to its relative high efficiency in power generation, its high-power output and its laser beam wavelength, infrared, which is strongly absorbed by water, the main component of food materials. Over the last 50 years, different uses of CO2 laser for processing foods have been proposed so far, including cooking, broiling and browning, selective laser sintering, marking, microperforation for improving downstream mass transfer operations (e.g. infusion, diffusion, marinating, salting, drying, extraction), cutting and peeling, and microbial surface decontamination. The present work is a review of the state of the art of the use of CO2 laser for food processing that covers the main characteristics and mechanisms of this technology, as well as the most important published results regarding its applications in the agri-food sector, highlighting the main challenges to bring out its full potential in the coming years.
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- Eduardo Puértolas
- AZTI, Food Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Derio, Spain
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- AZTI, Food Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Derio, Spain
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- AZTI, Food Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Derio, Spain
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Araya E, Nuñez H, Ramírez N, Jaques A, Simpson R, Escobar M, Escalona P, Vega-Castro O, Ramírez C. Exploring The Potential Acceleration of Granny Smith Apple Drying By Pre-Treatment With CO2 Laser Microperforation. FOOD BIOPROCESS TECH 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11947-022-02763-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Ramírez N, Vega‐Castro O, Simpson R, Ramirez C, Nuñez H. Effect of pulsed vacuum and laser microperforations on the potential acceleration of chicken meat marination. J FOOD PROCESS ENG 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/jfpe.13627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Natalia Ramírez
- Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Ambiental Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María Valparaíso Chile
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- BIOALI Research Group, Faculty of Pharmaceutical and Food Science Universidad de Antioquia Medellin Colombia
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Ambiental Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María Valparaíso Chile
- Centro Regional de Estudios en Alimentos Saludables (CREAS) Conicyt‐Regional R06I1004 Valparaíso Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Ambiental Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María Valparaíso Chile
- Centro Regional de Estudios en Alimentos Saludables (CREAS) Conicyt‐Regional R06I1004 Valparaíso Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Ambiental Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María Valparaíso Chile
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