Abstract:
There are provided methods of treating edible matter comprising applying a composition comprising performic acid to the edible matter or a substrate therefor. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
Abstract:
In one aspect, the present invention relates to a method of disinfecting an eggshell surface. In various embodiments, the method may include wetting the eggshell surface with a disinfecting agent and exposing the eggshell surface to ultraviolet light after wetting with the disinfecting agent occurs. The combination of wetting the eggshell surface with the disinfecting agent and exposing the eggshell surface to ultraviolet light reduces a number of microbes on the eggshell surface.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a composition for coating fruits, vegetables, fowl eggs, and especially for organically-grown produce, useful for protection and extension of the shelf life of said fruits, vegetables and fowl eggs, wherein said composition is an aqueous dispersion comprised of: (a) a hydrophobic component comprising at least one member of the following group consisting of natural wax, or vegetable oil; (b) an alkali agent; (c) water;wherein components (a) and (b) are derived from natural biological sources.The invention also relates to a method for application of the composition.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for treating foods characterised in that it comprises a step which consists in contacting said food with a solution having an OH-concentration ranging between 0.02 and 0.2 and in that said solution further comprises a tribasic salt of orthophosphoric acid such that the ratio of the initial OH-ion concentration, expressed in equivalent per litre, to the orthophosphate concentration is not less than 1/4, advantageously 1/3. The invention is useful for bacterial decontamination of foodstuffs.
Abstract:
An in-line shell egg pasteurizer has a clean-in-place system. Empty shell egg carriers are placed in the water bath for multiple cleaning cycles. The cleaning solution level is lowered to expose the shell egg carriers and the top parts of the water bath walls. An air perturbation is used to agitate cleaning solution held in the bottom of the water bath and clean heating coils and other components located in the bottom of the water bath. Sprayers (e.g., nozzles, cleaning spray balls, etc...) mounted on a hood over the water bath clean the top parts of the water bath walls and the empty shell egg carriers placed in the water bath.
Abstract:
The food product of the present invention is within an aqueous solution, the solution includes: at least one edible acid; and at least one osmotic agent, wherein after the solution reaches equilibrium with the food product, the pH of the solution is between about 1 and 5.
Abstract:
The present invention provides formulations comprising one or more compounds derived from natural sources that act to reduce the dose of irradiation required to inhibit the growth of micro-organisms in food. The present invention further provides for the use of the formulations in conjunction with low doses of irradiation to increase the safety and prolong the shelf life of food without adversely affecting its organoleptic qualities. The present invention also provides methods of applying the formulations to food products.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to environmentally friendly processes and compositions for prevention of qualitative deterioration and quantitative loss of plant matter and foodstuffs, during all stages of storage and handling, including pre- and post-harvest, pre- and post-planting, distribution and marketing. The processes and compositions of the present invention can also be used to prevent sprouting and rooting, and to promote fecundity of certain plant matter. The processes and compositions of the present invention can also be used to eliminate or reduce quantities of harmful organisms and substances from soil, other growth media and substrates, equipment, materials, water, workspaces and surfaces.
Abstract:
Methods of treating liquid, semiliquid and solid foods to make them safer to eat and/or to improve the keeping quality of the product. Among the steps that can be employed are: the use of a biocidally active form of oxygen to reduce the population of indigenous microbes, the removal from the food of indigenous gases which may cause spoilage, the replacement of gases removed from the product with gases which are chemically inert or biologically sterile or both, and the asceptic packaging of the treated product. The selected process steps are carried out for a time and at a temperature sufficient to facilitate production of substantially more natural and safer foods than can be obtained if traditional methods of pasteurization are employed.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to antimicrobial compositions which can be used in food preservation. The compositions according to the invention are based on the lactoperoxidase system (LPS), and comprise very low concentrations of lactoperoxidase, glucose oxidase, thiocyanate, and optionally glucose. The invention further relates to the use of such compositions, in particular in synergistic combination with heat treatment, in food preservation, methods for food preservation, and food products comprising these compositions.