Raw material safety as one of the factors of sustainable development of the food industry

Abstract

One of the trends in the development of the public catering market in the Ural region is the emergence of new “players”, which leads to increased competition. The use of crushed sprouted grain in public catering products can increase the competitiveness of enterprises, because in the field of public catering, the trend towards healthy eating continues, one of the directions of which is grain germination. The seeds germinate in a humid environment. They have a high content of carbohydrates (in particular starch) and are not always under the lights, which contributes to the reproduction of microorganisms. To suppress the growth of the number of microorganisms, it is proposed to use cold plasma radiation. Such a non-thermal physical effect will reduce the microbiological parameters of raw materials without affecting the physical and chemical processes during germination of the sprout. The optimal value of settings at which the required level of microbiological contamination is achieved has been determined. With increasing exposure, microbiological parameters change slightly, while the cost of processing increases.