Polyphosphates as inhibitors of surface mould growth on hard cheese during ripening

A novel treatment using polyphosphates to protect cheeses against superficial mould growth was assayed. The treatments were: control commercial paint with natamycin (I), commercial paint based on polyvinyl–water (II), immersion in a saturated solution of polyphosphate (III), immersion and commercial paint (IV), commercial paint of polyphosphate solutions (V) and immersion and commercial paint of a saturated solution of polyphosphates (VI). The cheeses were ripened for 6 months. Superficial mould growth was inhibited in groups IV and VI when compared to cheeses from the control group (I). Statistical sensory analysis made between cheeses from groups IV and I (control) showed no significant differences.     

MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF VOLATILE COMPOUNDS AS A CRITERION FOR SELECTING TECHNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN THE OSMOTIC DEHYDRATION OF PINEAPPLE

Principal component analysis and cluster analysis of volatile compounds were used for selecting technological parameters in the osmotic dehydration of pineapple. Assessment of volatile losses permitted differentiation between samples obtained by different osmotic treatments. Treatments at 30C for 1 h at atmospheric pressure or under vacuum and at 30C or 40C for 1 to 3 h with pulsed vacuum (1 cycle) produce the lowest losses of volatile compounds. Apparently, pulsed vacuum allows higher aromatic volatiles retention than two other pressure modes. It also allows increases in both process temperature and time without an important increase in losses.