Shelf-Life Evaluation of Ingredient Combinations and Technologies for Use in Pet Food Formulations

Poultry co-product chicken frames (CF) and wooden breast (WB) along with ingredient technology use may bring enhanced value to the pet food industry. Therefore, the current study focused on evaluating CF and WB combinations along with sodium alginate and encapsulated calcium lactate pentahydrate (ALGIN) inclusion within a fresh pet food formulation under simulated shelf-life conditions. Fresh chicken frames (CF) and boneless-skinless wooden breast (WB) were ground and allocated randomly to one of ten treatment combinations with either 0.5 or 1.0% added ALGIN. Ground treatments were placed into a form and fill vacuum package and stored using a reach-in refrigerated case for 21 days. Packages were evaluated for instrumental surface color, lipid oxidation, water activity, and pH on days 1, 3, 7, 14 and 21 of the display. Packages of pet food were lighter, less red, and more yellow (p < 0.05) with increasing percentages of CF regardless of ALGIN inclusion, whereas pH was greater (p < 0.05) and lipid oxidation was less (p < 0.05) with increasing percentage of WB. Water activity increased (p < 0.05) when WB and ALGIN inclusion increased. The current results suggest that the use of ALGIN in a poultry co-product pet food formulation can improve shelf-life characteristics such as surface color and lipid oxidation in fresh pet food.

Development of the Composition, Technology and Study of the Effectiveness of Drops for Oral Administration "Ascorbicdrop"

For normal life, many different substances are needed, among which vitamins play an important role. Everyone knows that the word "vitamin" comes from the Latin "vita" - life. This name is not accidental at all [1]. Vitamins are low molecular weight organic compounds, very small amounts of which are required for the implementation of various metabolic processes in the body. Most vitamins are indispensable because are not synthesized in the human body. In their natural state, they can be found in very small quantities in all foods of organic origin [1,2]. Insufficient intake of vitamins from food is a global problem, and not seasonal, as it is mistakenly believed. For a number of reasons, a modern person cannot get them in the right amount with food. Inadequate nutrition, physical inactivity lead to metabolic disorders in the body and increase the risk of developing serious diseases [3,4,5,6]. One of the main problems faced by drug manufacturers is sometimes a short shelf life. In order to preserve the pharmacological properties of drugs, they add preservatives to them or place them in a vacuum package. To date, the most effective way to solve this problem is to use a modified atmosphere with nitrogen. The stability of solutions of easily oxidizable substances increases significantly if they are filled in an inert gas environment, for example, carbon dioxide, nitrogen or argon. This filling allows you to remove oxygen, this oxidizing agent that destroys unstable substances. The following factors influence the reduction of shelf life: oxidative processes, development of molds, reproduction of microorganisms. All oxidative processes in the packaging of a medicinal product occur under the influence of oxygen. As a result of this reaction, medications deteriorate. With the help of a pure nitrogen environment, it is possible to reduce the O2 content to a minimum level [7].

Novel members of bacterial community during a short-term chilled storage of common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

This work aimed to identify the key members of the bacterial community growing on common carp (Cyprinus carpio) fillets during chilled storage with next-generation sequencing (NGS) and cultivation-dependent methods. Carp fillets were stored for 96 h at 2 °C and 6 °C with and without a vacuum package, and an additional frozen-thawed storage experiment was set for 120 days. Community profiles of the initial and stored fish samples were determined by amplicon sequencing. Conventional microbial methods were used parallelly for the enumeration and cultivation of the dominant members of the microbial community. Cultivated bacteria were identified with 16S rRNA sequencing and the MALDI-TOF MS method. Based on our results, the vacuum package greatly affected the diversity and composition of the forming microbial community, while temperature influenced the cell counts and consequently the microbiological criteria for shelf-life of the examined raw fish product. Next-generation sequencing revealed novel members of the chilled flesh microbiota such as Vagococcus vulneris or Rouxiella chamberiensis in the vacuum-packed samples. With traditional cultivation, 161 bacterial strains were isolated and identified at the species level, but the identified bacteria overlapped with only 45% of the dominant operational taxonomic units (OTUs) revealed by NGS. Next-generation sequencing is a promising and highly reliable tool recommended to reach a higher resolution of the forming microbial community of stored fish products. Knowledge of the initial microbial community of the flesh enables further optimization and development of processing and storage technology.

Gıdalarda Sous Vide Uygulama Teknolojisi

Sous vide, French means ‘‘under vacuum’’ the method; comprises pasteurizing foods in a vacuum package in a water bath at fully controllable temperatures (≤100°C). Sous vide is also an enclosure method. The product is consumed immediately after cooking or quickly re-heating between 0-3°C and can be stored for 3-5 weeks until consumption. With Sous vide technology, it is provided to prepare the product at the desired temperature and at the desired time without damaging the textures and quality features, without excessive drying of the outer surface. Meat, fish, chicken and vegetables can be cooked with this method. Meat and meat products prepared with sous vide technology are more delicious, juicy and crunchy and lose their nutrients at minimum level. Sous vide technology offers many advantages such as prolonging storage time, sensory quality and maintaining microbiological quality. Sous vide technology is reliable in many respects since the vegetative forms of bacteria in the food are inactivated by providing anaerobic environment with vacuum packaging and controlled temperature application.

Seed Health of Chickpea as Influenced by Different Packaging during Storage

A storage experiment was conducted to know the influence of cloth, gunny, high density polythene (HDPE), and vacuum packed bags on the seed health of chickpea for 18 months. To investigate, chickpea seeds were packed in all the bags and were kept in ambient conditions. During the storage period, there was a lot of fluctuation in moisture content of the seeds based on the relative humidity in cloth, gunny, and HDPE bags due to the pervious nature of packaging materials whereas, there was no moisture fluctuation in vacuum packed bags due to lower water vapor and oxygen transmission rate and higher thickness of polythene bag used for vacuum package. After 8 months of storage period, there was bruchids infestation to the seeds stored in cloth, gunny, and HDPE bags whereas, no bruchids infestation were seen to vacuum packed bag even after 18 months of storage but germination, root length, shoot length, seedling vigour index, seedling dry weight has reduced and mean germination time, electrical conductivity of seed leachates has increased due to seed aging. Hence, vacuum packaging technology can be effectively used for storage of chickpea seeds for longer period without any aid of chemicals.

A Cold-Atom Interferometer with Microfabricated Gratings and a Single Seed Laser

The extreme miniaturization of a cold-atom interferometer accelerometer requires the development of novel technologies and architectures for the interferometer subsystems. We describe several component technologies and a laser system architecture to enable a path to such miniaturization. We developed a custom, compact titanium vacuum package containing a microfabricated grating chip for a tetrahedral grating magneto-optical trap (GMOT) using a single cooling beam. The vacuum package is integrated into the optomechanical design of a compact cold-atom sensor head with fixed optical components. In addition, a multichannel laser system driven by a single seed laser has been implemented with time-multiplexed frequency shifting using single sideband modulators, reducing the number of optical channels connected to the sensor head. This laser system architecture is compatible with a highly miniaturized photonic integrated circuit approach, and by demonstrating atom-interferometer operation with this laser system, we show feasibility for the integrated photonic approach. In the compact sensor head, sub-Doppler cooling in the GMOT produces 15 μK temperatures, which can operate at a 20 Hz data rate for the atom interferometer sequence. After validating atomic coherence with Ramsey interferometry, we demonstrate a light-pulse atom interferometer in a gravimeter configuration without vibration isolation for 10 Hz measurement cycle rate and T = 0 - 4.5 ms interrogation time, resulting in Δg/g = 2.0e-6. All these efforts demonstrate progress towards deployable cold-atom inertial sensors under large amplitude motional dynamics.

Quality of vacuum-packed potato in dependence of variety and applied mechanical tuber peeling systems

В статье отражены результаты изучения влияния сорта и различных систем механической очистки клубней на качество картофеля в вакуумной упаковке. Исследования проводились в 2015–2018 годах на экспериментальной базе ФГБНУ ВНИИКХ (Московская область, Люберецкий район). Опыт двухфакторный: фактор А – сорт (110 сортообразцов), фактор Б – тип механической системы очистки клубней (ножевая, абразивная и перфорированная ячеистая). Качество продукта по показателям устойчивости мякоти к потемнению и сохранности тургора клубней определяли через 5, 10 и 15 дней после вакуумирования при переработке в сентябре, январе и апреле. Температура хранения сырья 5–7 °С, относительная влажность воздуха в хранилище 90–95%. В результате исследований установлено, что сорта картофеля для вакуумной упаковки должны соответствовать следующим требованиям: содержание сухого вещества не ниже 20%; отходов при механической очистке не более 20% при сентябрьском сроке переработки и использовании системы очистки ножевого типа; устойчивость мякоти клубней к потемнению не ниже 7 баллов через 15 дней хранения в вакуумной упаковке; предпочтительный цвет мякоти – кремовый и желтый. Выявлено, что глубина выреза более 5 мм на поверхности клубней при ручной доочистке крайне негативно влияет на качество вакуумированного картофеля. Из 110 изученных сортов для вакуумной упаковки рекомендованы 40, соответствующие вышеуказанным требованиям, например, такие, как Лилея, Ломоносовский, Люкс, Утенок, Холмогорский, Амур, Бриз, Былина Сибири, Гала, Горняк, Манифест, Памяти Лорха, Русский сувенир, Лина, Барин, Златка, Надежда, Сиреневый туман, Фаворит, Фрителла. Установлено, что использование рекомендуемых сортов и механической системы очистки ножевого типа (режим работы 80 сек.), по сравнению с абразивным и ячеистым, способствует снижению отходов при переработке в среднем за сезон на 4,8% при одновременном сохранении высокого качества конечного продукта. The article presents the results of studying the influence of potato varieties and various mechanical tuber peeling systems on quality of vacuum-packed potato. Researches were conducted in 2015–2018 at the experimental base of Lorch Potato Research Institute (Moscow region, Lyuberetsky district). Two-factor experiment: factor A – potato variety (amount 110), factor B – type of mechanical tuber peeling system (blade, abrasive and perforated cellular). The quality of the product according to the indicators of pulp darkening resistance and the safety of the tuber turgor was determined 5, 10 and 15 days after vacuuming when processing in September, January and April. Potato store temperature was 5–7 °C, the relative humidity in the storage – 90–95%. As a result of research, it was found that potato varieties suitable for vacuum packaging must meet the following requirements: dry matter content not less than 20%; losses during mechanical peeling not more than 20% when processing in September and using a blade-type peeling system; resistance of the tuber pulp to darkening not less than 7 points after 15 days of storage in a vacuum package; the preferred color of pulp is cream and yellow. It was found that the depth of the cutout more than 5 mm on the surface of tubers during manual post-peeling has a severe negative effect on the quality of vacuumed potatoes. From 110 studied varieties, 40 ones which meet the above mentioned requirements were recommended for vacuum packaging, such as Lilea, Lomonosovsky, Lux, Utenok, Holmogorsky, Amur, Briz, Bilina Sibiri, Gala, Gornyak, Manifest, Pamyaty Lorcha, Russky suvenir, Lina, Barin, Zlatka, Nadezhda, Sirenevy tuman, Favorite, Fritella. It was found that the use of recommended varieties and a mechanical peeling system of blade type (operating mode 80 sec.), in comparison with abrasive and cellular, helps to reduce losses while processing by an average of 4.8% per season and lets to maintain the high quality of the final product.