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Combined use of two single-component enzymatic time-temperature integrators: Application to industrial continuous rotary processing of canned ravioli

Journal of Food Protection, 68 (2), pp. 375-383.

Guiavarc'h, Y., Zuber, F., Van Loey, A., Hendrickx, M.

2005

Two original, highly dehydrated, small single-component enzymatic time-temperature integrator (TTI) systems, TTIL and TTIS, were prepared. Their z-values were 13.9 and 16.4°C, respectively, and they were based on Bacillus licheniformis a-amylase and Bacillus subtilis a-amylase, respectively. The isothermal calibration of these two TTIs revealed that (i) they can be used in the temperature range of 100 to 140°C, (ii) results can be read within 5 min, and (iii) they can be used individually for the measurements of process values 13.9°CF 121.1°C and 16.4°CF121.1°C up to 98 min and 85 min, respectively. Because these two TTIs have different z-values above 10°C, they could be used in combination with the multicomponent TTI concept to estimate process values 10°CF121.1°C inside particles of a solid or liquid food submitted to rotary processing. Raviolis in tomato sauce sterilized in an industrial-scale reel and spiral continuous retort were examined in this study. Two methods, based on the combination of a one-dimensional explicit finite difference heat-transfer model with the experimental responses of the TTIs, were used to take into account the possible deviations in evaluation of 10°CF121.1°C values. A process value 10°CF121.1°C of 23.6 min with a standard deviation of 1.5 min was determined inside raviolis using the multicomponent TTI approach, and a process value 10°CF 121.1°C of 33.6 min with a standard deviation of 1.5 min inside the sauce was calculated from the temperature recording data.

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