Nowadays, the reduction of food waste, as well as protection of the nutritional value, are significant trends in domestic and catering food processing. Among the trends are innovations in food technology like sous-vide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of sous vide cooking on the technological, nutritional, and microbiological quality of the chicken breast as well as to compare it to conventional methods (boiling and steaming). Meats after low-temperature sous-vide heat treatment were characterized by a significantly higher yield (p ≤ 0.05) and water content than those prepared with conventional methods. The energy and time consumption of sous-vide preparation was 5–10 times higher than other methods. The examined heat treatments resulted in a good microbiological quality of samples. The nutritional value of sous-vide products depended on the process parameters. A higher temperature and sous-vide processing time resulted in a higher content of dry matter, protein, and fat in the meat and was close to that of conventional methods. Low parameters of the process resulted in the least changed profile of fatty acids in meat. The use of the sous-vide method protects the nutritional value and allows for the extension of the shelf life of the meat which ultimately reduces food waste. The sous-vide heat treatment method is more suitable for foodservice than use in home conditions because of high energy consumption, despite the protection of nutrition value.
The pale Pilsener-style lager beers produced on a massive and craft scale were taken to analyse their basic physicochemical properties (alcohol content, pH, haze, real degree of fermentation) and volatile compounds profiles. The research was carried out using a beer analyser equipment and a headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method (HS/GC-MS). The findings showed that in terms of physicochemical and flavour attributes, the quality of craft beers differed to a higher degree from the standard Pilsener beer quality than in the case of industrial beers.
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