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Application of
Chemical Kinetics Microbial
Enzymes are to Deterioration of Decay of
denatured Foods Foods
Senescence
Redox Chemical
Potential nature
Agent of
deterioration
Loss of high
Compartment
notes of
alized system
Membranes flavors
is destroyed
are damaged (staling)
Loss of
Application of
Other redox protein
Chemical Kinetics
reactions digestibility/
to Deterioration of
solubility
Foods
Vitamin
Loss
Lipid
Hydrolysis Oxidation
Direct
or scission
oxidation
due to light, Free radical
by O2 Produce low
heat or acid mechanism molecular-
weight
volatiles
Reaction
between
unsaturated
fat and oxygen
Direct oxidation
of carotenoids
Nonenzymatic
or co-oxidation
and enzymatic
Mushiness of lipids
browning
Acid
Physical conditions Color
Deterioration Changes
Decreased
solubility
Application of Free fatty acid
Chemical Kinetics production
to Deterioration of
Foods
Sensory Enzymatic
Changes Activity
Volatile off-flavor
Hedonic scores development
Darkening by
polyphenol
oxidase
Can extrapolate
Reactants and
to As or Bs in the
end products
appropiate plot
of a few data
Moisture loss points
(frozen foods) Assumptions and
is a problem in reaction phase
Canned foods defrost cycle conditions, mean
of moisture pseudo constant k is
exchange given in a food system
doesn´t occur Analytical
precision
General Loss of
Approach to quality
Kinetics of Food
Environm
Overview Deterioration
ental
factors Gain of
undersirable
factor
Application of
Chemical Kinetics
Zero Order to Deterioration of
(loss and Foods
gain) True Slope
Carbohydrates
Concetration
crystallize
acceleration Introduction
(higher
temperatures)
Temperature
(Kinetic Approach
acceleration
Limitations to Accelerating
of the Shelf-Life
Arrhenius Deterioration) Increasing
Model temperature
extrapolate to
hight T data to
Phases changes
shelf life at low T
(melting of fats)
Arrhenius
Model
Freezing
(reactants are
concetrated) Linear Visual plot
regression
Exponential
With several model
temperatures
Q10 decrease in affect cost and
shelf life for Time Heat transfer
10°C increase limitations
Temperature
Accepted in fluctuation Data of
frozen food field constant
temperatures
Introduction
TTT
(Shelf-Life
Microbial death Predictions)
Fluctuating
Temperature
Kinetic Models
Publications of
Hicks and Time/
Schwimmer Temperature/
Tolerance (TTT)