Photonics (Nov 2021)

Role of Pascalization in Milk Processing and Preservation: A Potential Alternative towards Sustainable Food Processing

  • Muhmmad Farhan Jahangir Chughtai,
  • Muhammad Adil Farooq,
  • Syeda Aiman Ashfaq,
  • Sonia Khan,
  • Adnan Khaliq,
  • Sergey Antipov,
  • Maksim Rebezov,
  • Mars Khayrullin,
  • Alla Vorobeva,
  • Elena Nelyubina,
  • Muthu Thiruvengadam,
  • Mohammad Ali Shariati

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8110498
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 11
p. 498

Abstract

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Renewed technology has created a demand for foods which are natural in taste, minimally processed, and safe for consumption. Although thermal processing, such as pasteurization and sterilization, effectively limits pathogenic bacteria, it alters the aroma, flavor, and structural properties of milk and milk products. Nonthermal technologies have been used as an alternative to traditional thermal processing technology and have the ability to provide safe and healthy dairy products without affecting their nutritional composition and organoleptic properties. Other than nonthermal technologies, infrared spectroscopy is a nondestructive technique and may also be used for predicting the shelf life and microbial loads in milk. This review explains the role of pascalization or nonthermal techniques such as high-pressure processing (HPP), pulsed electric field (PEF), ultrasound (US), ultraviolet (UV), cold plasma treatment, membrane filtration, micro fluidization, and infrared spectroscopy in milk processing and preservation.

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