Innovative Processes and Food Quality (INNOTECHFOOD)

Description

The main objective of our research group is to explore innovative processes to improve food preservation. The ultimate goal is to extend the shelf-life and preserve the quality of foods, considering microbial, organoleptic and nutritional aspects.

Food freezing using innovative technologies: Electromagnetic freezing. High-pressure assisted freezing.
Characterization of innovative food freezing processes. Analysis of supercooling and freezing kinetics. Effects on the quality of frozen food.
High pressure treatments, even under non-conventional conditions
Hyperbaric storage of foods both at room and at low temperatures
Characterization of innovative techniques for food processing and preservation under pressure
Experimental determination of thermophysical properties of liquids under pressure
Building, solution, and validation of mathematical models focused on food technology.

Método de crioconcentración de líquidos. 200930167. No licenciada. 2009. Laura Otero García, Pedro D. Sanz Martínez y Bérengère Guignon.
Dispositivo no invasivo para determinar la temperatura y el contenido en hielo de un alimento congelado. 200700204. No licenciada. 2007. Cristina Aparicio Peña, Antonio D. Molina-García, Laura Otero García, Bérengère Guignon y Pedro D. Sanz Martínez.
Procedimiento para la protección y estabilización del color de carnes y productos elaborados de carne, frescos, marinados o parcialmente deshidratados, tratados por alta presión. 200600735. Licenciada. 2006. Jacint Arnau Arboix, Pere Gou Boto, Josep María Monfort Bolívar, Pedro D. Sanz Martínez, Antonio D. Molina-García, Laura Otero García, Pedro Pablo Fernández Andrés, Buenaventura Guamis Gómez, Xavier Espuña Soler y Narcís Grebol Massot.

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Innovative High Pressure, Food classification, Pressure + subzero Tª, Innovative Freezing, Physical Properties in situ, Mathematical Modeling

Otero, L., Rodríguez, A C, Sanz, PD. Effect of the frequency of weak oscillating magnetic fields on supercooling and freezing kinetics of pure water and 0.9% NaCl solutions. Journal of Food Engineering, 273: 109822 (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2019.109822

Otero, L, Pérez-Mateos, M, Holgado, F, Márquez-Ruiz, G, López-Caballero, ME. Hyperbaric cold storage: Pressure as an effective tool for extending the shelf-life of refrigerated mackerel (Scomberscombrus, L.). Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 51, 41-50 (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2018.05.003

Fernández-Martín, F, Pérez-Mateos, M, Dadashi, S, Gómez-Guillén, CM, Sanz, PD. Impact of magnetic assisted freezing in the physicochemical and functional properties of egg components. Part 2: Egg yolk. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies 49, 176-183 (2018). DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2017.11.006

Otero, L, Pérez-Mateos, M, López-Caballero, ME. Hyperbaric cold storage versus conventional refrigeration for extending the shelf life of hake loins. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 41,19-25 (2017). DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2017.01.003

Bermejo-Prada, A, Colmant, A, Otero, L, Guignon, B. Industrial viability of the hyperbaric method to store perishable foods at room temperature. Journal of Food Engineering, 19, 76-85 (2017). DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2016.08.014

Otero, L, Rodríguez, AC, Pérez-Mateos, M, Sanz, PD. Effects of magnetic fields on freezing: Application to biological products. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety,15(3), 646-667 (2016). DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12202