Woodhead Publishing Protective Cultures, Antimicrobial Metabolites and Bacteriophages for Food and Beverage Biopreservation: Innovation and Production (Woodhead ... in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition)

Product Description Consumers favour foods with fewer synthetic additives, but products must also be safe to eat and have a sufficiently long shelf-life. Biopreservation, the use of a product's natural microflora and its antibacterial products for protection against pathogens and spoilage, is a method of growing interest for the safe production of high quality minimally-processed foods. This book provides an essential overview of key topics in this area. Initial chapters review central aspects in food biopreservation, including the identification of new protective cultures and antimicrobial culture components, existing commercial fermentates including nisin and natamycin and the potential of novel fermentates and bacteriophages to improve food safety. Part II concentrates on the use of protective cultures, bacteriocins and bacteriophages to control the carriage of pathogenic microorganisms in food animals and to modulate human gut microflora. Chapters in the final section of the book review biopreservation of different types of foods, including milk and dairy products, fermented meats, fresh seafood and fruit. A review of active packaging for food biopreservation completes the volume. Edited by a leading expert, Protective cultures, antimicrobial metabolites and bacteriophages for food and beverage biopreservation is a fundamental reference for researchers and food industry professionals working to ensure the safety of the food supply. Review "This is a comprehensive work of the usual high standard we have come to expect of this publisher. It should be of great value to those interested in the subject of food and beverage biopreservation and antimicrobials in general." --International Journal of Dairy Technology About the Author Christophe Lacroix is Full Professor for Food Biotechnology at the Institute of Food Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He is well known for his research into the properties of lactic acid and probiotic bacteria and the associated technologies; his research interests include the use of functional microbes in foods to improve quality, safety and consumer health, and for the production of functional ingredients, and the roles and functions of the human gut microbiota and its response to dietary changes.