scholarly journals MAILLARD REACTIONS – AN IMPORTANT FACTOR OF THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF INFANT FORMULA

Author(s):  
I. N. Skidan ◽  
C. Prosser ◽  
I. N. Zakharova

The physicochemical properties of infant adapted milk formulae that affect their tolerability and effectiveness depend on the composition and quality of the raw ingredients, the production process, the storage conditions and the quality control of the finished products. The technology of manufacturing a powdered infant formula includes a variety of methodsfor processing componentsthat make up its composition, including raw milk. This processing is accompanied by a noticeable change in a number of physical, chemical and biological properties of the individual components of milk, their loss, the formation of fundamentally new chemical compounds. The most frequent reactions observed during the heat treatment of milk include the formation of bonds between reactive carbonyl groups of the sugar and the amino groups of amino acids, followed by the appearance of a large number of low- and high-molecular compounds, the so-called Maillard Reaction Products(MRP). The study of MRP in recent years hasincreasingly attracted the attention of medical practitioners because of the discovery of these compounds in infant formula and their potential danger to children’s health. This review provides evidence that powdered infant adapted formulae produced with an original technology based on whole goat milk with a native ratio of the main groups of milk proteins(whey – 20% and casein – 80%) have a minimum potential for unwanted effects associated with MRP.

Author(s):  
Alina NASALEAN ◽  
Laurentiu OGNEAN ◽  
Sergiu MUNTEAN ◽  
Stefana BALICI ◽  
Horea MATEI

The milk’s proteins provide nutritional and biologically active values, essential in human and animal nutrition. In the case of goat milk, the proteins’ concentration and quality represent basic indices for the evaluation of the nutritional and biologically active values. The proposal is to comparatively analyse the protein profile of milk. The milk was collected from two different breeds: French Alpine and Romanian Carpathian. During March and April 2016 there were collected samples of raw milk in hygienic and sanitation conditions. There were two lots: first lot has 10 Carpathian goats and the second lot has 10 Alpine goats. The protein composition of goat milk was established with SDS-PAGE, after the evaluation of the total proteins’ concentration with the Bradford method. The quantitative and percentage data obtained with electrophoresis revealed few differences between those 8 identified protein fractions. Between those two lots, regarding the levels of β-CN, k-CN and β-lactoglobulines there were significant differences. The other protein fractions have values almost identical. Statistical analysis of obtained data shaped the differences in the protein profile at those two breeds. Based on those differences it is to note the superior potential of the Alpine breed regarding the content in biologically active milk proteins. Regarding the obtained data, this study brings new contributions for the evaluation and analysis of protein profile as a nutritive and biologically active component of goat milk, confirming its character as a functional aliment.


1958 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy B. Taylor ◽  
L. F. L. Clegg

The determination of apparent lactic acid has been used as a basis for a rejection test for raw milk. The method consists of precipitation of milk proteins with barium chloride, sodium hydroxide and zinc sulphate, and the addition of ferric chloride to the filtrate to produce the yellow colour of ferric lactate. Lactic acid is not solely responsible for the production of the yellow colour, which, nevertheless, gives a good relationship with keeping quality of milk (measured as hours to the C.O.B. end-point at 22° C.) and the values have been expressed as ‘apparent lactic acid’.The relationship of winter and summer milks to keeping quality has been studied, and a value of 0·03% apparent lactic acid in milk is equivalent to an average keeping quality of 5¾ and 8½ hr. for winter and summer milks, respectively. A value of 0·03% is recommended as the earliest value of apparent lactic acid at which milk could be rejected.The apparent lactic acid in colostrum and late-lactation milk and in milk from cows suffering from mastitis has been determined, and only in late-lactation milk were the values found to be significantly higher than usual in fresh raw milk, and an inverse relationship between yield and apparent lactic acid is suggested.Permanent glass matching disks have been prepared for use in a Lovibond comparator. This permits the intensity of the yellow colour produced with 1% ferric chloride to be determined and the apparent lactic acid in milk estimated.Grateful acknowledgement is made to the management and staff of the Dairy Department of the Reading Co-operative Society and the Farmer's Clean Milk Dairy, Reading, and local milk producers for supplying samples for experiments; to the N.M.T.S. staff in Reading for help in finding suitable farmers, and to the Dairy Husbandry Department of the N.I.R.D. for information about and samples of abnormal and late-lactation milk. Our particular thanks are due Miss Marie Gruber for technical assistance, to Dr N. J. Berridge for the suggestion and help on the work on pH change as an indication of keeping quality (given in the appendix), and to Dr A. T. R. Mattick for the advice given in this work.


2004 ◽  
Vol 22 (SI - Chem. Reactions in Foods V) ◽  
pp. S68-S71 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Birlouez-Aragon ◽  
P. A Mas ◽  
L. Ait Ameur ◽  
N. Locquet ◽  
E. de St Louvent ◽  
...  

Foods are complex mixtures of macro- and micronutrients, which interact leading to oxidation, glycation and hydrolysis upon heating (sterilization, cooking) and storage. The nutritional quality and safety is consequently affected justifying the need for accurate monitoring of the evolution of the food composition during processing and in product shelf life. Classical chromatographic analysis as well as newly proposed rapid methods based on fluorescence spectrometry analyses are applied in the present study on (i) fresh and stored carrots, (ii) infant formula resembling model, (iii) heated rapeseed oil, and (iv) wheat biscuits. Fluorescence fingerprints addressing modifications in the product composition during processing were recorded and analyzed by means of chemometric methods. Fluorescence, recorded in a front-face mode on intact and crushed food, or product extracts, is very sensitive to pertinent physicochemical changes induced by heat treatment or storage. Results show the potential of non-destructively applied fluorescence spectrometry for measuring vitamin E in carrots, carboxymethyllysine in powdered infant formula models, polar compounds in rapeseed oil and hydroxymethylfurfural in biscuits. This paper presents the potential of fluorescence as a global approach of the quality of processed food.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-55
Author(s):  
Quoc Le Anh ◽  
Phu Dang Van ◽  
Duy Nguyen Ngoc ◽  
Hien Nguyen Quoc ◽  
Nghiep Ngo Dai

Maillard reactions between chitosan and glucosamine were induced by Co-60 gamma irradiation method and the antibacterial and antioxidant activities of resulting products were investigated. Briefly, a mixture of chitosan (1%) - glucosamine (0.5%) was irradiated with a dose range of 0-100 kGy. The Maillard reaction products of chitosan and glucosamine (CTS-GA MRPs) were analyzed by UV spectrophotometry, and residual glucosamine was determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Antibacterial and antioxidant activities of the CTS-GA MRPs were investigated with radiation dose and pH by using directly contacted and ATBS•+ free radical scavenging methods. The results indicated that the CTS-GA MRPs formed at 25 kGy exhibited high antibacterial activity at both pH 5 and 7. On the other hand, antioxidant activity of CTS-GA MRPs increased with the increase of dose. The results also revealed that CTS-GA MRPs with high antimicrobial and antioxidant activities are potential candidates as preservative agents in food processing and cosmetics.


Foods ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1841
Author(s):  
Michele Wölk ◽  
Sanja Milkovska-Stamenova ◽  
Ralf Hoffmann

Bovine milk contains a variety of endogenous peptides, partially formed by milk proteases that may exert diverse bioactive functions. Milk storage allows further protease activities altering the milk peptidome, while processing, e.g., heat treatment can trigger diverse chemical reactions, such as Maillard reactions and oxidations, leading to different posttranslational modifications (PTMs). The influence of processing on the native and modified peptidome was studied by analyzing peptides extracted from raw milk (RM), ultra-high temperature (UHT) milk, and powdered infant formula (IF) by nano reversed-phase liquid chromatography coupled online to electrospray ionization (ESI) tandem mass spectrometry. Only unmodified peptides proposed by two independent software tools were considered as identified. Thus, 801 identified peptides mainly originated from αS- and β-caseins, but also from milk fat globular membrane proteins, such as glycosylation-dependent cell adhesion molecule 1. RM and UHT milk showed comparable unmodified peptide profiles, whereas IF differed mainly due to a higher number of β-casein peptides. When 26 non-enzymatic posttranslational modifications (PTMs) were targeted in the milk peptidomes, 175 modified peptides were identified, i.e., mostly lactosylated and a few hexosylated or oxidized peptides. Most modified peptides originated from αS-caseins. The numbers of lactosylated peptides increased with harsher processing.


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhonghui Han ◽  
Jianxin Gao ◽  
Xiaomin Wang ◽  
Wenxiang Wang ◽  
Jing Dong ◽  
...  

To improve the quality and safety of brown fermented milk (BFM), the formation and alterations of potentially harmful Maillard reaction products (MRPs), including 3-deoxyglucosone (3-DG), methylglyoxal (MGO), 5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-furfural (HMF), acrylamide and flavour components were investigated during the browning, fermentation and commercial storage. MRPs were shown to be produced mainly during the browning stage. The levels of different substances varied during the fermentation and commercial storage stage. The proportion and type of carboxylic acids in the flavour components significantly increased during the fermentation stage. Browning index of milk during the browning stage was shown to be positively associated with the 3-DG (Pearson’s r = 0.9632), MGO (Pearson’s r = 0.9915), HMF (Pearson’s r = 0.9772), and acrylamide (Pearson’s r = 0.7910) levels and the total percentage of the flavour components from four different categories (Pearson’s r = 0.7407). Changes in physicochemical properties of BFM during production not only contribute to predict the formation of potentially unhealthy MRPs, but also Lactobacillus species used for the fermentation should be carefully selected to improve the quality of this product.


2020 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 534-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIO PARRA-FLORES ◽  
EDUARD MAURY-SINTJAGO ◽  
ALEJANDRA RODRIGUEZ-FERNÁNDEZ ◽  
SERGIO ACUÑA ◽  
FABIOLA CERDA ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Cronobacter is a bacterial genus that includes seven species, and the species Cronobacter sakazakii is most related to meningitis and septicemia in infants associated with powdered infant formula (PIF). The objectives of this study were to evaluate the presence of C. sakazakii and to determine the microbiological quality of PIF for infant consumption. To do this, a total of 128 PIF samples were analyzed in four brands and countries (Chile, Mexico, Holland, and Brazil), considering three types of PIF: premature (PIF1), infant (PIF2), and follow-up (PIF3). Aerobic plate counts (APC) and Enterobacteriaceae (ENT) were assessed in accordance with Chilean official standards. The outer membrane protein A (ompA) gene was amplified to detect Cronobacter spp. and the fusA gene was amplified to identify C. sakazakii by using the PubMLST Web site and BLAST (NCBI). The antibiotic resistance profile was performed according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute standards. The pathogen was quantified by the most probable number (MPN). The results showed that APC median values for PIF1, PIF2, and PIF3 were 3.2, 4.9, and 4.8 log CFU g−1, respectively. The APC were higher in PIF2 (P < 0.01) from Holland (P < 0.01) in the commercial brand 4 (P < 0.01). The ENT median values in PIF1, PIF2, and PIF3 were 1.8, 1.5, and 1.7 log CFU g−1, respectively. Five strains of C. sakazakii and one strain of Cronobacter malonaticus were identified as having values between 0.023 and 2.3 MPN/g. All strains (100%) harbored the ompA, plasminogen activator (cpa), and hemolysin (hly) virulence genes. To conclude, C. sakazakii was found in four PIF samples from four Chilean products and one from Mexico, which is distributed throughout America. C. sakazakii strains exhibit virulence factors and resistance to ampicillin, thus posing a risk when PIFs are consumed by infants. HIGHLIGHTS


2014 ◽  
Vol 97 (6) ◽  
pp. 3300-3313 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.S. Oh ◽  
H.S. Kwon ◽  
H.A. Lee ◽  
J.Y. Joung ◽  
J.Y. Lee ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-56
Author(s):  
Erica Guedes Celestino ◽  
Micheline Thaís Santos ◽  
Sybelle Georgia Silva ◽  
Tania Marta Carvalho dos Santos ◽  
Elizabeth Simões do Amaral Alves ◽  
...  

The objective of this study was to verify the microbiological quality of raw and pasteurized goat milk and produced in Alagoas state, Brazil. Was carried out three interval collect of pasteurized and raw milk and the samples taken to the laboratory. All samples were subjected to aerobic mesophilic microorganisms counting, psychrotrophic microorganisms, determination of the most probable number (MPN) of total coliforms and thermotolerant microorganisms. For analysis, samples were plated on specific medium (Baird-Parker Agar Base himedia M043) and incubated at 37 °C for 24h. To Salmonella sp. detection was used plating the medium Salmonella Shigella agar. The presence of coliforms at 35 °C was detected in all samples as well as 45 °C except to first sample. To the pasteurized milk was found to coliforms at 35 °C and 45 °C in the second and third samples. Only in the second test was checked the presence of mesofilic bacteria. We have not found samples contaminated with microorganisms psychrotrophic, Salmonella sp. and Staphylococcus sp. According to the obtained results the quality of collected milk has unacceptable conditions of consumption compared to coliform counts, according to the parameters established by law.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
U.K. Shukla ◽  
Abhishek Thakre ◽  
Shri Kant

A comparative study of chemical qualities of raw milk of cow and goat was conducted at Livestock production and management (unit), Department of NRM, faculty of agriculture, MGCGV Chitrakoot – Satna (M.P.) during January, 2020. The objective was to find out the comparative chemical qualities of raw milk of cow and goat for three animal each viz., cow and goat for ten days as replication different parameter were subject to statistical analysis applying the technique of analysis of variance (f-test) the most widely used method for determining protein content by kjeldahi method for nitrogen determination since nitrogen is a characteristic can be finding. In view of the finding and results presented above, it may be concluded that the chemical quality of milk of cow was superior than goat milk, due to higher protein, specific gravity, fat content, lactose, total solid and solid not fat and lower ash and water content in cow milk.


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