Role of sorbitol in manufacturing dried seafood from heated squid meat

SUMMARY: Japanese common squid meat was heat-treated at 80°C for 1 min, cured with 1.0 M sorbitol solution (pH 7.0) at 4°C for 18 h, and dried further at 30°C (60% relative humidity) for 16 h. Osmotic dehydration during the sorbitol curing process and slow moisture vaporization at the initial drying period were observed regardless of the heat denaturation of muscle protein. Simultaneously, lowering the amount of moisture vaporized in the falling rate of the drying period caused a shortening of the total drying time. Furthermore, the shear force of the dried product from heat-treated meat was kept at a lower value by sorbitol curing, although the suppression effect of sorbitol on the hardening of dried meat was lost by protein denaturation. These results are useful for understanding the role of sorbitol in reducing drying time and in eliminating excess hardening of dried squid products.     

An Intermediate Moisture Product from Mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) Using Salt Curing,Fermentation, and Drying

Intermediate moisture products were prepared from mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) using salt curing in 20% or saturated brine for 20 hr and fermentation with an inoculum level of l0⁸ cells/mL of Pediococcus acidilactici followed by sun drying (28- 33C) for 23 hr or drying in an electric oven (45-50C) for 14 hr to an 18% moisture level. The chemical and microbiological studies correlated with the organoleptic results, suggesting a shelf-life of 4 months for salted and dried products and 7 months for salted, fermented, and dried products.     

鲍鱼冷风干燥和自然晾晒试验的比较分析

研究皱纹盘鲍(Haliotis discus hannai Ino)在冷风干燥和自然晾晒两种干燥方式下的干燥速率、色泽、酸性粘多糖和总糖含量,以及微观结构变化的差异,并进行分析比较。在实验室内采用冷风干燥试验机和自然晾晒方式进行鲍鱼干燥试验。结果显示:当鲍鱼样品干基含水率从238%下降到16%以下时,冷风干燥所需时间约为122 h,是自然晾晒的70%;至干燥完成时冷风干燥鲍鱼多糖含量高于自然晾晒样品;冷风干燥样品通透性明显优于晾晒样品;两种干燥样品的微观结构差异性不明显。综合分析得出,与自然晾晒相比,冷风干燥方式具有干燥时间短,干燥过程易于控制,品质和卫生条件好,适合工业化生产等优点,是一种较佳的鲍鱼干制方法。     

带鱼腌制加工过程理化指标、微生物和生物胺的动态变化及相关性

为探明鱼类腌制过程生物胺形成机理,本文研究了带鱼(Trichiurus haumela)在腌制加工过程盐度、水分含量、水分活度(Aw)、pH、蛋白质水解指数(P.I.) 非蛋白氮(NPN) 、游离氨基酸、微生物和生物胺的动态变化及相互关系,结果表明：pH在腌制阶段增加但在干燥阶段下降;盐度、P.I和微生物(菌落总数、乳酸菌、葡萄球菌和微球菌)在整个加工过程持续上升,水分含量和Aw则持续下降。整个加工过程,发生了明显的蛋白质降解反应,NPN 和游离氨基酸在干燥阶段含量显著上升;总生物胺含量增加了2.26倍(p＜0.05),其中尸胺含量显著增加了157倍,其次是组胺。带鱼腌制过程,游离氨基酸与生物胺显著正相关(p＜0.05),作为生物胺前体物质对生物胺的形成影响较大,微生物则起到了促进和抑制生物胺的作用,生物胺的形成还受pH、盐度、Aw等因素的共同影响,是一个极其复杂的过程。     

Drying Kinetics and Quality Characteristics of Slightly Salted Grass Carp Fillets by Hot Air Drying and Vacuum Microwave Drying

Salted grass carp fillets were dried by hot air drying (HD, at 35 and 45°C) and vacuum microwave drying (VMD, at 1, 4, and 7 W/g) to a final moisture content. Compared with hot air drying, the vacuum microwave drying greatly reduced drying time. The rehydration rate constant of salted grass carp fillets dried by microwave vacuum drying at 7-W/g microwave intensity was significantly higher than that of the hot air drying at 35 and 45°C. Compared with hot air drying, the vacuum microwave dried samples had a higher crude fat content (dry basis). The lightness of the samples dried by vacuum microwave drying was higher, and the yellowness was lower than those dried by hot air drying. The drying methods had no significant effect on the hardness and springiness.     

海带晾晒干燥特性及干燥模型研究

为探究新鲜海带在晾晒情况下海带总多糖、甘露醇和褐藻胶含量的变化,掌握其晾晒干燥特性并建立可准确预测干燥进程的干燥模型,以湿基含水率、干燥速率、干燥时间为指标,海带湿基含水率达到18％以下作为干燥终点,分析山东荣成海域海带在光照度大于30000 Lx且相对湿度小于70％情况下晾晒,湿基含水率以及海带总多糖、甘露醇和褐藻胶...     

Drying Kinetics and Quality Characteristics of Indian Mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) in Solar–Electrical Hybrid Dryer

The aim of the study was to investigate the drying kinetics and quality characteristics of Indian mackerel dried under solar–electrical hybrid dryer (S-EHD). Fresh Indian mackerel fishes (Rastrelliger kanagurta) were cleaned, cut into butterfly fillets, and salted overnight using a dry salting method (salt-to-fish ratio, 1:3). The salted mackerel was dried in a S-EHD at the air temperature of 45–55°C, relative humidity of 47–62%, and air velocity of 0.60–0.80 m/s. Open sun drying (OSD) of salted Indian mackerel was conducted to compare with S-EHD. The moisture content of the salted mackerel (61.5% w.b.) was reduced to 31.8% (w.b.) under S-EHD and 30.25% (w.b) under OSD in 8 and 32 h, respectively. The drying rate curve showed that mackerel drying occurred under falling-rate drying period in both the drying methods. A drying efficiency of 23.81% was observed for salted Indian mackerel drying under S-EHD. Diffusion approach and two-term models were selected to accurately predict the drying behavior of mackerel under S-EHD and OSD, respectively. Total volatile base nitrogen (TVB-N), trimethylamine, and thiobarbituric acid analysis of dried samples revealed that the mackerel dried under S-EHD was better than OSD. In the sensory analysis, samples dried under S-EHD recorded highest overall acceptability score.     

Effect of vacuum treatment on smoke penetration into boiled skipjack loins for production of smoke-dried skipjack

ABSTRACT: The present work evaluates the effect of vacuum treatment on smoke penetration into boiled skipjack loins for the production of smoke-dried skipjack. Using a vacuum freeze-dryer, the boiled skipjack loins were vacuumed immediately after being boiled at a pressure of 400 Pa for 30 min in order to reduce the lipid and water contents. The vacuumed boiled meats were then smoked and dried at 90 ± 10°C for 3 h a day for 6 days in a metal kiln (internal diameter 24 cm × 24 cm × 70 cm height), using an electric heater (1.2 kW) to heat and generate smoke from cherry tree wood chips. Also, non-vacuumed boiled meats were smoked in the same manner as a control. The vacuum treatment reduced the lipid and water contents by as much as 0.6% and 2.7% on the wet weight basis, respectively. Histological observations showed many clearances among the muscle fibers of the vacuumed boiled meats. The content of phenols that had penetrated the vacuumed boiled meats during the smoke drying procedure was significantly larger ( P < 0.05) than that of the non-vacuumed boiled meats. Accordingly, the vacuum treatment accelerated the penetration of phenols into the boiled meats and enhanced the function of antioxidant substances, which improved the quality of the smoke-dried skipjack.     

Effects of Drying Condition on Physico-chemical Properties of Foam-mat Dried Shrimp Powder

ABSTRACT

The effects of drying parameters on moisture content, water activity, bulk density, water binding capacity (WBC), oil absorption, and color parameters (L*,a*, b*) of foam-mat dried shrimp powders were investigated. Shrimp purees were dried as a foam mat at different drying temperatures (50ºC, 60ºC, and 70ºC) and thicknesses of the foam layer (4 and 8 mm). The experimental results showed that as the temperature increased, the moisture content, water activity, and oil absorption of the samples decreased. However, their solubility increased significantly (P ?0.05). Bulk density of shrimp powder increased with increasing the thickness of the foam layer. Increasing temperature led to increased and decreased WBC with 4 and 8 mm thickness, respectively. Furthermore, the a*, b*, and L* (at 8 mm thickness) decreased with increasing temperature; however, L* increased at 4 mm thickness. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra showed some major shifts, such as in the region of 1000–1700 cm^?1, related to C–O, C–O–C, and C–H band stretching. The differential scanning calorimetry thermograms showed a large peak with a denaturation peak around 72ºC for shrimp proteins.     

Relationship between the water molecules in fish-meat gel and the gel structure

To elucidate the structure of the network of the water retention mechanism of fish-meat gel, the microscopic relationship between the water content and viscoelasticity was investigated, and the specific surface area (S) where the water molecules are adsorbed was also measured. The gel structures of fish-meat, actomyosin (AM), and myosin (M) were investigated. In the fish-meat gel, as the water content increased, the number of network chains (??) decreased and the molecular weight between the cross-linking points (M _e) increased. At 10?% salinity and approximately 79?% moisture, ?? decreased to a minimum and M _e began to increase remarkably. In addition, when the moisture increased to 78?%, S increased about 1.5 times and the elasticity decreased significantly, indicating that this level of water content is the limit for sufficiently forming a gel structure in fish-meat gel. In the AM and M gels, M _e and S were similar to those observed in the fish-meat gels. When the moisture content increased, they also increased, regardless of the salt concentration. This result suggests that the size of the network was enlarged or that the network chains were cleaved.     

Effect of Genetic Algorithm Optimized Solar Tunnel Dryer on the Quality Attributes of Thin-Layer Dried Fish

ABSTRACT

Studies were undertaken to establish the performance of a genetic algorithm-optimized solar tunnel dryer in drying of fish by comparing quality attributes of fish dried in the optimized solar tunnel dryer with that dried in a nonoptimized solar tunnel dryer and in open sun. A two-way analysis of variance revealed a highly significant difference between moisture ratios for the fish dried under the optimized solar tunnel dryer and the other methods (F = 53.59, F_crit,1% = 4.09). In addition, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances showed that fish dried in the optimized dryer did not develop rancidity (2.30 µg MA/kg), that dried in nonoptimized dryer approached rancid values (5.3 µg MA/kg), while open sun dried fish was slightly rancid (7.95–8.45 µg MA/kg). Further, based on total volatile base nitrogen, fish under the three drying treatments did not develop significant putrefaction. Furthermore, it took 15, 22, and 28 h to dry fish to equilibrium moisture content of 0.12 kg/kg (dry basis), for the optimized and nonoptimized solar tunnel dryers and for the open sun drying, respectively. Thus, the optimized solar tunnel dryer is superior to both nonoptimized solar tunnel dryer and open sun drying in the drying of fish.     

栅栏技术在淡腌半干鲈鱼加工工艺中的应用

为开发大口黑鲈(Micropterus salmoides,简称鲈鱼)淡腌加工制品,研究了淡腌半干鲈鱼的加工工艺。运用栅栏技术,通过分析淡腌半干鲈鱼加工过程各主要栅栏因子对制品的感官品质、风味和细菌总数的影响,优化前处理、腌制工艺(食盐、糖、酒、柠檬酸、腌制温度和时间)、干燥工艺(干燥方式、温度和水分活度)和包装工艺(包装前处理、杀菌方式、包装方式)等多种栅栏因子,获得最佳生产工艺。结果表明,鲈鱼前处理选择4g·L~(-1)柠檬酸进行浸泡清洗,采用食盐60 g·L~(-1),糖20 g·L~(-1),酒体积分数1.5%,在4℃腌制4 h,在(30±2)℃热泵干燥机中烘12 h,产品水分活度(Aw)控制在0.88左右,将产品真空包装在0~4℃放置24 h后进行巴氏杀菌(85℃,杀菌30 min),能很好地保持产品品质和风味,有效降低微生物数量,延长保质期,经贮藏实验表明淡腌鲈鱼半干制品在4℃条件下可贮藏2个月以上。     

热泵与微波真空联合干燥海参的初步研究

试验采用热泵与微波真空联合的方式对海参(Stichopus aponicus)进行干燥,并与单纯热泵干燥的试验进行了对比.结果表明,利用热泵+微波真空联合干燥方法与单纯热泵干燥比较,干燥时间缩短50%以上,产品复水率有较大提高.其中,先在热泵(温度T=30 ℃,湿度RH=30%,风速V=1 m/s)中干燥至40%的含水率,再以微波真空(微波功率230 W,真空度0.060 MPa)干燥至13%湿基含水率,所得干燥海参的10 min复水率达到50%,收缩率减小到32.2%,干燥海参感官品质良好,色泽黑亮,参刺及表面无焦糊现象,外观形状保持完好,参体饱满.     

Chemical, physical and sensory changes of small abalone meat during cooking

ABSTRACT:   Small abalone meats were heated at 80°C and 98°C for 0–120 min and the differences in chemical, physical and sensory changes of the cooked meats were investigated. The decrease in moisture and weight and the increase in browning and Hunter's b -value were relatively higher for cooking at 98°C than at 80°C. After cooking for 20–120 min, the total amount of adenosine triphosphate and its related compounds on a dry weight basis decreased by 17–27% at 80°C and by 30–39% at 98°C; the total amount of free amino acids on a dry weight basis changed insignificantly at 80°C but decreased by 22–35% after cooking at 98°C. The meats cooked at 80°C were higher in cutting force whereas the levels in the samples cooked at 98°C did not decrease until samples had been cooked for 60 min. The hydroxyproline content showed little change during cooking except for in samples cooked at 98°C for 120 min, in which the content was found to be low. The extended cooking at 80°C improved the acceptability of small abalone meat, whereas only the acceptability score of aroma increased significantly for cooking at 98°C.     

Quality improvement by vacuum treatment of boiled skipjack loins for the production of dried skipjack

ABSTRACT: This study attempted to reduce the lipid and water contents in boiled skipjack loins by vacuum treatment and the quality of vacuumed boiled meat was then evaluated during the chilled and frozen storage. The boiled meats were vacuumed at a pressure of 400 Pa for 30 min using a vacuum freeze dryer as an experimental convenience in order to degrease, cool and dehydrate rapidly. The vacuumed boiled meats were stored at 0.0 ± 0.2°C for 10 days and at −20 ± 0.5°C for 90 days. The unvacuumed boiled meats were cooled by air-cooling and stored as the control. Lipid content on a wet basis (w.b.) was reduced as much as 0.5% in the ventral part and 0.4% in the dorsal part of the boiled meats after vacuum treatment. Water content (w.b.) was reduced as much as 2.5% in the ventral part and 3.0% in the dorsal part. The thiobarbituric acid and volatile basic nitrogen values in vacuumed boiled meats were significantly lower ( P < 0.05) than that in unvacuumed boiled meats during storage. Inosine monophosphate (IMP) was only detected as a major nucleotide (about 70%) in boiled meats, and the decomposition of IMP in vacuumed boiled meats was smaller than that in unvacuumed boiled meats during storage. It was concluded that the quality of boiled skipjack loins could be improved by vacuum treatment as a preprocessing procedure in the production of dried skipjack such as katsuobushi .     

鳜塘底泥修复方法的初步研究

研究了6种不同处理方法对鳜（Siniperca chuatsi）塘底泥理化和生物性质的影响,并探讨了底泥理化因子和生物因子之间的相互关系。试验结果表明：1）池塘底泥经过处理后理化性质有所改变,碱化提高底泥酸碱度（pH）和可交换性钙含量,热熏显著降低底泥水分,提高碳/氮（C/N）;2）干燥、干燥后再破碎、施无机氮肥等手段能显著提高土壤呼吸强度（P〈0.05）,其中干燥后再破碎效果最显著,提高了52.3%;3）土壤理化因子中对土壤呼吸强度的直接影响力（按绝对值大小）排序依次为pH〉C/N〉有机质〉水分〉总氮（TN）〉总磷（TP）,而TN和TP对土壤呼吸的影响是通过其他理化因子间接表现出来的;4）综合评价结果显示,各修复方法中整体效果最好的是干燥后破碎,其次是干燥,碱化效果最差,综合得分分别为0.905、0.895和0.695。试验结果不仅为鳜塘连作障碍的克服提供理论依据,同时也为其他水产动物疾病的预防和健康养殖提供了新的思路。     

Setting the Global Context in Discovery and Transformation of Seafood Products

ABSTRACT

The effects of sun drying at ambient temperature in the range of 24°C to 32°C; artificial drying at 35°C, 45°C, or 55°C; or artificial drying at 45°C after treatment with 10% brine, 20% brine, saturated (36%) brine, or dry salt at 28°C for 16 hours on the physical characteristics of the final dried Bombay duck (Harpodon neherius) were studied. Unsalted sundried fish was found unacceptable. Dry salting was more efficient in reducing the moisture level in fish than brining, but was found unsuitable by the panelists due the appearance of a powdered salt crust as the fish dries up. Bombay duck treated with 20% sodium chloride solution, artificially dried at 45°C, and kept in sealed polyethylene pouches was judged superior after sensory evaluation compared to unsalted sundried Bombay duck or unsalted artificial dried Bombay duck at 35°C, 45°C, and 55°C, or artificial dried samples at 45°C after treatment with 10% brine, saturated (36%) brine or dry salt, and kept in sealed polyethylene pouches, respectively, during storage.     

Elution and internal migration of free amino acids in fish meats by soaking in sodium chloride or sorbitol solution

ABSTRACT:   Elution and internal migration of free amino acids (FAA) in fish meats by soaking were investigated when the meat strips were soaked in various concentrations of sodium chloride (NaCl) or sorbitol solution. Rapid decrease of FAA in an earlier phase of soaking was followed by a mild one, irrespective of the kind and the concentration of soaking solution. The loss of FAA by soaking in NaCl solution was slightly larger than that in sorbitol solution. However, regardless of the kinds of soaking solution, the elution of FAA from fish meats by soaking was only dependent on the soaking time, independently of the concentration, namely osmotic pressure of the soaking solution. Conversely, sluggish migration of FAA from the inside to the surface of the meat strips proceeded by soaking. These results suggested that the elution of FAA from fish meats by soaking was driven by a simple diffusion from the surface of the meats to soaking solution, but it was regulated by sluggish migration rate of FAA in fish meats.     

包装尺寸、形状对罗非鱼片微波复水特性的影响

为了提高复水速率,增强复水效果,采用微波加热的方式,对罗非鱼片进行复水。将提前干燥至水分含量为0.1000 g/g d.b.（干基）的罗非鱼片放入亚克力材料制成的、不同尺寸和形状的容器内,进行微波复水,考察包装容器尺寸、形状及盐含量对微波复水的影响。结果显示,随着复水时间的延长,鱼片的含水率逐渐增高,在250s-300s左右达到最大值并保持稳定。但复水后的样品水分含量没有达到样品的初始水分含量(3.8590 g/g d.b.)。这表明,复水过程是不可逆的,干燥过程中细胞缩水和组织结构破坏导致样品的复水能力下降。实验条件范围内,容器大的容器较利于微波复水（V=115455 mm3）,相较于方形容器,圆形容器更利于罗非鱼片的微波复水。添加NaCl可以增大汤料的介电损失率,使其复水速率增加,复水效果更好。研究表明,微波复水约需240 s就可以达到平衡,比传统的水浴复水（约700 s）可节约约2/3的时间。引用Peleg模型和Weibull模型对实验数据进行拟合,Peleg模型对实验数据的拟合度更高,预测值与实验值呈良好的一致性,更适合描述罗非鱼片的复水过程。     

软烤扇贝加工过程的细菌学研究

对软烤扇贝加工过程中物料的细菌特性和有关理化特性进行了研究,并对细菌菌群进行了定性和定量分析。结果表明,实验室加工中,水分含量和水分活度(Aw)的降低都主要发生在调味腌制、焙干过程,最终产品水分含量为42%左右,Aw为0.902±0.003。工厂加工在焙干、烤制过程水分含量和Aw的降低较多,成品水分含量为42%左右,Aw为0.910±0.007,控制良好。实验室加工pH下降主要发生在调味腌制过程,产品pH为5.83左右,工厂产品pH没有明显下降,最终pH为6.70左右,不符合标准要求。实验室加工原料菌落总数是(4.47±1.59)×102cfu/g,在调味摆盘和包装过程分别上升到(1.35±0.83)×103cfu/g、(7.30±0.53)×102cfu/g,在焙干、烤制过程分别下降到(5.43±0.67)×102cfu/g、(2.90±0.75)×102cfu/g,二次杀菌冷却后产品菌落总数均小于300 cfu/g。工厂加工原料菌落总数为(9.08±0.20)×103cfu/g,焙干过程上升至(4.69±0.10)×105cfu/g,烤制过程下降到(1.12±0.40)×104cfu/g,包装过程上升至(2.58±0.20)×106cfu/g。二次杀菌冷却后3个产品中,有1个产品细菌总数为340 cfu/g,不符合企业标准要求。实验室烤制冷却后样品的主要菌群为芽孢杆菌,但仍含有小比例的葡萄球菌。二次杀菌冷却后,样品中仅残存芽孢杆菌,无球菌。工厂二次杀菌冷却后样品中主要菌群为芽孢杆菌,但仍含有相当数量的球菌,比例接近1/3,表明其生产过程不良,产品质量安全存在一定的问题。