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Thiobarbituric acid‐reactive substances (TBARS) values, hexanal content, and sensory analysis were used to evaluate the effectiveness of selected natural antioxidants to reduce warmed‐over flavor (WOF) development in cooked ground beef. The control without added antioxidant showed the highest TBARS value, hexanal content, and WOF scores. Grape seed extract (ActiVinTM) and pine bark extract (Pycnogenol®) significantly improved the oxidative stability of cooked beef. Compared to the control, ActiVinTM, Pycnogenol®, and oleoresin rosemary reduced the hexanal content by 97%, 94% and 73% after 3 d of refrigerated storage, respectively. WOF scores showed a similar pattern as TBARS values and hexanal contents. TBARS values, WOF scores, and hexanal contents were all well correlated.

Bifidobacteria are probiotic organisms that improve the microbial balance in the human gut. They can be incorporated as live cultures in fermented dairy foods, including yogurt, for transmission to humans. Because bifidobacteria are sensitive to high acidity, their viability in yogurt is limited. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of microencapsulation on the viability of bifidobacteria in yogurt during refrigerated storage for 30 d. Live bifidobacterial cells were encapsulated in kappa-carrageenan. Cell enumeration, determination of titratable acidity and pH, quantitation of lactic and acetic acids, and sensory evaluation (consumer test) were carried out on the yogurt samples. Microbiological results showed a decline of 78 and 70.5% in the population of Bifidobacterium longum B6 and B. longum ATCC 15708, respectively, for the treatments containing nonencapsulated cells. No difference in bifidobacterial population was observed in the encapsulated treatments. The acetic acid content in the yogurt with nonencapsulated bifidobacteria was higher than that in the plain yogurt (control) and encapsulated treatments. The increase in lactic acid content during storage was not different among the various treatments for B. longum B6, but was greater for nonencapsulated than encapsulated B. longum 15708 and the control. Consumers judged the nonencapsulated treatment as the most sour, which was likely due to the higher acetic acid content. Consumers preferred the control and nonencapsulated treatments over the encapsulated treatment. Microencapsulation appears to increase the viability of bifidobacteria in yogurt. This technique can be used to transmit bifidobacteria via fermented products provided that sensory characteristics of the product are improved or maintained.

Inhibition of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Listeria monocytogenes by grape seed extract (ActiVin) and pine bark extract (Pycnogenol) and the effect of these natural extracts on the oxidative stability of raw ground beef were studied. In an agar dilution test, the MICs of ActiVin and Pycnogenol were determined to be 4.0 mg/ml for 4.43 log CFU per plate of E. coli O157:H7 and 4.0 mg/ml for 4.38 log CFU per plate of L. monocytogenes. In an inhibition curve test, populations of E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella Typhimurium, and L. monocytogenes fell to below the detection limit (10 CFU/ml) after 16 h of incubation. The numbers of E. coli O157:H7, L. monocytogenes, and Salmonella Typhimurium declined by 1.08, 1.24, and 1.33 log CFU/g, respectively, in raw ground beef treated with 1% Pycnogenol after 9 days of refrigerated storage. ActiVin (1%) and oleoresin rosemary (1%) resulted in an approximately 1-log CFU/g reduction in the populations of all three pathogens after 9 days. The addition of 1% ActiVin and Pycnogenol contributed to the maintenance of an acidic pH of 5.80 and 5.58, respectively, in raw ground beef. Compared to the control, all treatments increased in L* (lightness), with the exception of ActiVin. ActiVin and oleoresin rosemary had the highest a* (redness) and b* (yellowness) values, respectively. ActiVin most effectively retarded lipid oxidation, followed by Pycnogenol. The results suggest that these natural extracts have potential to be used with other preservative methods to reduce pathogenic numbers, lipid oxidation, and color degradation in ground beef.

Profiles of genistein, daidzein, genistin, daidzin, and their acetyl- and malonyl-beta-glycosides were determined in tofu as affected by temperature and time. Tofu was heated in water at 80, 90, and 100 degrees C for 0 (control), 10, 20, 30, and 40 min, and the contents of the isoflavones of interest were quantified using reversed-phase HPLC. Total isoflavone content decreased most likely due to leaching of isoflavones into the water. Because the content of the isoflavones of the genistein series was little affected by the treatments, the decrease in the total isoflavone content was almost exclusively due to a decrease of the daidzein series. Changes in the profile of the daidzein series suggest little decarboxylation of the malonylglycoside to the acetylglycoside, but considerable de-esterification of the malonyl- and acetylglycoside to the beta-glucoside. Strongly temperature dependent decreases of the aglycon suggest possible thermal degradation of daidzein in addition to losses due to leaching.

The organic acids profile in femented dairy foods is an indicator of the metabolic activity of added bacterial cultures. These acidr act as natural preservatives and contribute to the characteristic sensory properties. This study was done to determine the fleet of encapsulation on the metabolic activity of probiotic supplements, i. e. bifidobmeria, in plain yogurts. Metabolically active bijidohcteria may increase the concentration of certain organic acids, mainly acetic and propionic acids, which might lead to decreased acceptability of the product. Changes in the proBles of organic acids were determined in plain set and stirred-type yogurts containing the starter culture and microencapsulated and nonencapsulated probiotic strains of either Bifidobacterium longum B6 or B . longum ATCC 15708. Ion-exchange high-pevormance liquid chromatography was used for the separation and quantification of the organic acih. Concentrations of acetic and lactic acid increased during storage, while those of citric and uric acid remained stable. No particular pattern was observed for propionic or butyn'c acid, while pyruvic acid initial& decreased and then increased during storage.

Live cells of Bifidobacterium longum, microencapsulated in k-carrageenan, were added to stirred yogurt after fermentation (pH 4.6) and stored at 4.4 °C for 30 d. Cell enumeration indicated no decline of encapsulated cell number in yogurt samples, while there was significant reduction in nonencapsulated cell population (89.3% for B. longum B6 and 91.8% for B. longum ATCC 15708). Ion-exchange high-performance liquid chromatography showed comparable amounts of lactic and acetic acids in all samples, indicating little metabolic activity by bifidobacteria in experimental yogurts. Consumer sensory analysis of blackberry-flavored yogurts revealed that samples containing encapsulated bifidobacteria had a grainy texture. Results suggested that microencapsulation protected bifidobacteria from the low pH of yogurt.

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