<p>Animal-based foods such as meat, dairy, and eggs contain abundant essential proteins, vitamins, and minerals that are crucial for human nutrition. Therefore, there is a worldwide growing demand for animal-based products. Since animal-based foods are vital resources of nutrients, it is essential to ensure their microbial safety which may not be ensured by traditional food preservation methods. Although thermal food preservation methods ensure microbial inactivation, they may degrade the nutritional value, physicochemical properties, and sensory qualities of food. Consequently, non-thermal, ultrasound food preservation methods are used in the food industry to evaluate food products and ensure their safety. Ultrasound is the sound waves beyond the human audible range, with frequencies greater than 20 kHz. Two types of ultrasounds can be used for food processing: low-frequency, high-intensity (20–100 kHz, 10–1,000 W/cm<sup>2</sup>) and high-frequency, low-intensity (&gt;1 MHz, &lt;1 W/cm<sup>2</sup>). This review emphasizes the application of ultrasound to improve the microbial safety of animal-based foods. It further discusses the ultrasound generation mechanism, ultrasound technique for microbial inactivation, and application of ultrasound in various processing operations, namely thawing, extraction, and emulsification.</p>

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Application of Ultrasound to Animal-Based Food to Improve Microbial Safety and Processing Efficiency

  • Prabhathma Yasasvi Rathnayake,
  • Rina Yu,
  • So Eun Yeo,
  • Yun-Sang Choi,
  • Seonae Hwangbo,
  • Hae In Yong

摘要

Animal-based foods such as meat, dairy, and eggs contain abundant essential proteins, vitamins, and minerals that are crucial for human nutrition. Therefore, there is a worldwide growing demand for animal-based products. Since animal-based foods are vital resources of nutrients, it is essential to ensure their microbial safety which may not be ensured by traditional food preservation methods. Although thermal food preservation methods ensure microbial inactivation, they may degrade the nutritional value, physicochemical properties, and sensory qualities of food. Consequently, non-thermal, ultrasound food preservation methods are used in the food industry to evaluate food products and ensure their safety. Ultrasound is the sound waves beyond the human audible range, with frequencies greater than 20 kHz. Two types of ultrasounds can be used for food processing: low-frequency, high-intensity (20–100 kHz, 10–1,000 W/cm2) and high-frequency, low-intensity (>1 MHz, <1 W/cm2). This review emphasizes the application of ultrasound to improve the microbial safety of animal-based foods. It further discusses the ultrasound generation mechanism, ultrasound technique for microbial inactivation, and application of ultrasound in various processing operations, namely thawing, extraction, and emulsification.