Alimentos funcionais são uma tendência de mercado devido a possibilidade de fabricação de produtos processados mais saudáveis, com benefícios à saúde e sensorialmente agradáveis, agregando assim valor aos produtos. Essa pesquisa teve como objetivo revisar as propriedades funcionais dos compostos bioativos β-glucanas, inulina, psyllium, quitosana e licopeno, demonstrando as possibilidades de utilização pela indústria de alimentos no desenvolvimento de novos produtos, apresentando suas composições, aplicações tecnológicas e características funcionais. Tais compostos bioativos possuem grandes possibilidades de uso em produtos da panificação, produtos lácteos, cárneos e bebidas. Do ponto de vista tecnológico, a indústria de alimentos brasileira pode explorar suas aplicações na reformulação de produtos mais saudáveis, com diferentes texturas e apelos de mercados.
Lipases are enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the ester linkage in a triacylglycerol oil-water interface, while in non-aqueous environments they catalyze reverse reactions (esterification, transesterification and interesterification). They can be produced by a solid state fermentation (SSF) process adding value to agro-industrial residues as alkaline soapstocks that can be used as a lipid substrate for lipase production. The objective of this study was to characterize the soapstocks of canola, sunflower and corn and use these byproducts for fungal lipase production using the mutant strain 11T53A14 of Aspergillus niger. The work was carried out following 2 4-1 and 2 3 experimental designs in the presence and absence of inducers, respectively, aiming to evaluate the influence of some variables in the lipase production. The production by SSF was carried out in aerated columns incubated at 32°C. Among the soapstocks evaluated, the sunflower soapstock was the best inducer for enzyme production, with 201 U/g dm (gram of dry medium) using 10 8 spores/g m (gram of medium) inoculated on wheat bran humidified with 80 mL of liquid (ammonium sulfate solution) that corresponds to a final concentration of 0.5% nitrogen, and 3% inducer. The best lipase activity obtained without soapstock was 182 U/g dm under the same processing conditions as the experiment using soapstock. Although the results with the highest lipase activity with sunflower soapstock and without inducer are close, the Tukey test showed a significant difference of these results, which proves the importance of lipid substrate to improve the lipase activity.
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