scholarly journals Autochthonous Probiotics in Meat Products: Selection, Identification, and Their Use as Starter Culture

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 1833
Author(s):  
Paulo E. S. Munekata ◽  
Mirian Pateiro ◽  
Wangang Zhang ◽  
Rubén Domínguez ◽  
Lujuan Xing ◽  
...  

The increasing demand for functional food is pushing the food industry to innovate the conventional and well-known foods. Producing functional foods, especially with probiotics in meat products, is an intricate and multistage task that involves: the selection of microorganisms with probiotic potential, the identification at strain level, and the evaluation of probiotic strains in the processing of meat products. The resistance to digestion, followed by the successful colonization in the small intestine and the safety are the main criteria used to select and identify (at strain level) a probiotic, as reported in recent studies about the autochthonous microbiota of meat products. Further insertion (as starter culture) in a meat system for fermentation is the simplest approach to obtain a probiotic meat product. Among the innumerous microorganisms naturally found in meat products, lactic acid bacteria (LAB) play a central role by fitting in both probiotic and meat products processing criteria.

Author(s):  
RENATA E. FREITAS DE MACEDO ◽  
SÉRGIO BERTELLI PLANZER JR ◽  
NELCINDO NASCIMENTO TERRA ◽  
RENATO J. SOSSELA FREITAS

Os objetivos deste trabalho foram avaliar a resistência de espécies probióticas de Lactobacillus na presença de sais de cura e testar sua sensibilidade frente a diferentes antimicrobianos para o desenvolvimento de meio de cultura seletivo. As culturas Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus paracasei e Lactobacillus rhamnosus foram semeadas em ágar MRS contendo concentrações de 0% a 3% de cloreto de sódio e 0 a 200 ppm de nitrito de sódio. O efeito do uso concomitante dos sais de cura foi verificado utilizando-se 3% de cloreto de sódio e 200 ppm de nitrito de sódio. As bactérias probióticas e a cultura starter Pediococcus pentosaceus foram testadas frente a 20 discos de antimicrobianos pela técnica de disco-difusão. O crescimento dos probióticos não apresentou alteração nas diferentes concentrações de cloreto de sódio, assim como nas concentrações de até 200 ppm de nitrito de sódio. Verificou-se resistência ao uso simultâneo de cloreto e nitrito de sódio. Entre os antimicrobianos testados, a tetraciclina apresentou resultados satisfatórios para a inibição dos probióticos permitindo o crescimento isolado da cultura starter. Os probióticos apresentaram desenvolvimento satisfatório na presença dos sais de cura, demonstrando potencial para sua utilização em produtos cárneos fermentados com ação probiótica. CHARACTERISTICS OF PROBIOTIC CULTURES FOR THE USE IN FERMENTED MEAT PRODUCTS - SENSIBILITY TO CURING SALTS AND ANTIBIOTIC USE FOR THE SELECTIVE ENUMERATION Abstract The objective of this study was to evaluate the resistance of probiotic species of Lactobacillus in the presence of curing salts and to test their sensibility in the presence of antibiotics for the development of a selective culture media. The probiotic cultures, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus paracasei spp paracasei and Lactobacillus casei spp rhamnosus, were plated in MRS agar with concentration of 0 to 3% of sodium chloride and 0 to 200 ppm of sodium nitrite. The inhibitory effect of 3% sodium chloride and 200 ppm sodium nitrite in simultaneous use was evaluated for the probiotic strains. The sensibility of the starter culture, Pediococcus pentosaceus and the probiotic cultures in the presence of antibiotic was carried out using 20 different antibiotic discs by the disc-diffusion technique. The growth of the probiotic cultures wasn’t affected at different concentrations of sodium chloride, and even to concentrations of 200 ppm of sodium nitrate. Resistance was verified by simultaneous use of sodium chloride and nitrate. Among the tested antibiotics, tetracycline showed a satisfactory inhibition effect for the probiotic strains, since the growth of starter Pediococcus pentosaceus was not affected. The probiotics showed satisfactory growth in the presence of curing


Fermentation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Pedro José Barragán ◽  
Óscar J. Sánchez ◽  
Juan C. Henao-Rojas

Lactobacilli are used in food because of their beneficial effect on human health and their biopreservative activity in matured meat products. The objective of this work was to study the growth kinetics of Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 8014 by submerged fermentation at laboratory and bench scales, using a culture medium based on bovine blood plasma (BBP) with hydrolyzed proteins, and to evaluate the maturational effects and sensory properties conferred by the obtained biomass on a matured meat product (pepperoni). At bench scale, it was found that the maximum viable biomass concentration of L. plantarum was 9.58 log CFU/mL, which was higher than what was found in the MRS culture medium (9.53 log CFU/mL). The mathematical model proposed appropriately described the L. plantarum growth kinetics and carbohydrate dynamics during fermentation at laboratory and bench scales in hydrolyzed BBP medium. The application of viable L. plantarum biomass propagated on this medium did not show statistically significant differences during pepperoni maturation compared to the product made with the commercial starter culture. The sensory panel found no differences in the evaluated sensory attributes between these two products. The L. plantarum biomass obtained on this medium can be used successfully in maturation processes in different meat matrices.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Laranjo ◽  
Miguel Elias ◽  
Maria João Fraqueza

Starter cultures could play an essential role in the manufacture of traditional cured meat products. In order to achieve objectives related to meat products’ quality and safety improvement, the selection of particular strains constituting a starter culture should be carried out in the context of its application, since its functionality will depend on the type of sausage and process conditions. Also, strain selection should comply with particular requirements to warrant safety. The aim of the current review is to update the knowledge on the use of starter cultures in traditional meat products, with focus on dry-fermented products. In this manuscript, we will try to give answers to some relevant questions: Which starter cultures are used and why? Why are LAB used? What are their role and their specific mode of action? Which other groups of microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) are used as starter cultures and how do they act? A particular revision of omics approach regarding starter cultures is made since the use of these techniques allows rapid screening of promising wild strains with desirable functional characteristics, enabling the development of starter cultures better adapted to the meat matrix.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla María Blanco-Lizarazo ◽  
Indira Sotelo-Díaz ◽  
José Luis Arjona-Roman ◽  
Adriana Llorente-Bousquets ◽  
René Miranda-Ruvalcaba

The reduction of NaNO2 and safety in meat products have been a concern to the meat industry for the last years. This research evaluated the changes in total fatty acids (TFAs) and myoglobin forms by adding starter culture (Lactobacillus sakei/Staphylococcus carnosus) and 50 ppm of NaNO2 during salami processing. In the postripening stage, the starter culture influenced the concentration of the palmitic, oleic, vaccenic, and γ-linolenic TFAs, whereas the metmyoglobin concentration was lower (which could be related to the antioxidant effect of the starter culture). In this stage, an increase in enthalpy, specific heat, and onset temperature was found when adding starter culture and NaNO2, which is directly related to polyunsaturated TFA. However, when adding just the starter culture without 50 ppm NaNO2, the E. coli population was reduced in 4 log CFU/g. This study proposes the analysis of changes in meat product processing like salami in a holistic form, where the application of starter culture with low nitrite concentrations could be in the meat industry an upward trend for reducing this additive.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4311
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Neffe-Skocińska ◽  
Anna Okoń ◽  
Dorota Zielińska ◽  
Piotr Szymański ◽  
Barbara Sionek ◽  
...  

Probiotic strains used in the production of dry fermented meat should have appropriate technological properties comparable to traditional starter cultures used in meat processing. The problem arises when probiotics are added to a nonsterile food matrix, such as meat, and when it is uncertain whether these microorganisms have dominated the environment. The study aimed to assess the microbiological, physicochemical quality and safety of dry fermented pork loins and sausages with the addition of the probiotic starter culture LOCK900, produced under industrial conditions. Additionally, genetic identification by the PCR method and the presence of LOCK900 in the final products and after storage was done. It was demonstrated by the high number of LAB (>6.0 log cfu g −1) and confirmed the presence in 90% of the probiotic strain LOCK900 in the study of dry fermented meat products during all processing stages. Moreover, the safe and good quality loins and sausages can be stored in refrigerated, anaerobic conditions for 12 weeks, provided that optimized technological conditions are applied. In conclusion, the obtained results of the experiment showed that it is possible to create innovative functional dry fermented pork loins and sausages in a laboratory and then transfer the developed technology to full industrial conditions.


The quality, safety, and suitability of animal fat for processing of a specific meat product is a critical issue. Increasing the human awareness about the health aspects associated with increased intake of animal fat, makes camel fat a suitable raw material for meat processing due to its excellent nutritional contribution. Therefore, the target of this study is examination of the sensory, physicochemical, fat oxidation, fatty acid profile, and other quality parameters of camel fat to evaluate the feasibility for processing of different meat products. To achieve this goal, 30 fat samples each from the hump, renal, and mesentery of Arabian male camels were investigated. The results showed that both the renal and mesenteric fat had honey color and medium-soft texture, while the hump had greyish-white color and hard texture. The sensory panel scores were significantly different between the hump and other fats. Hump fat had significantly (P<0.05) higher moisture, protein, and collagen content, while higher fat content was recorded in mesenteric fat. The fatty acid analysis showed that hump had high SFA and very low PUFA in comparison with both renal and mesenteric fat. Camel fat had high oxidation stability, and the mean values were very low in comparison with the levels of quality and acceptability. The ultrastructural analysis showed that hump fat had high elastin fibers which increase its hardness. The results indicated that both renal and mesenteric fat were more suitable for the production of various meat products than the hump.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-47
Author(s):  
Elaheh Ahmadi ◽  
Reza Mohammadi ◽  
Sara Hasanvand ◽  
Milad Rouhi ◽  
Amir Mohammad Mortazavian ◽  
...  

Background: Doogh is a traditional Iranian fermented milk drink that is currently a very popular product in Iran. In the present study, the combined effects of incubation temperature, type of starter culture, and final pH of fermentation on the viability of two probiotic strains (Lactobacillus acidophilus La-5 (A) and Bifidobacterium lactis Bb-12 (B)) and biochemical and sensory characteristics of probiotic Doogh were investigated. </P><P> Method: Different treatments were prepared with yoghurt starter culture containing probiotics, using reconstituted skimmed milk with 6% of solid nonfat. They were incubated at 38°C or 44°C until pH 4.0 or pH 4.5 and were kept for 21 days at 4&#176;C or 8&#176;C storage temperature. The biochemical properties of treatments were evaluated during fermentation and refrigerated storage. The viable count and sensory attributes of treatments were studied at the end of fermentation and at the end of storage. </P><P> Results: Results showed that the greatest mean pH drop rate, mean acidity increase rate and mean redox potential increase rate and the shortest incubation time were observed in treatments incubated at 44&#176;C with final pH of 4.5. The highest survival of both probiotic strains during storage was related to treatments with fermentation temperature of 38&#176;C and final pH of 4.5. Treatments ABY1-38&#176;C-4.0 had the highest sensorial total acceptance at the end of refrigerated storage. </P><P> Conclusion: It would be concluded that the best treatment was ABY3-38&#176;C-4 stored at 8°C in regards of probiotics’ viability and sensory characteristics of Doogh. Thus, controlling the temperature of refrigerated storage is the most importance factor during storage and distribution.


Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 438
Author(s):  
Micaela Álvarez ◽  
Alicia Rodríguez ◽  
Elena Bermúdez ◽  
Elia Roncero ◽  
María J. Andrade

Antifungal agents are commonly used in the meat industry to prevent the growth of unwanted moulds, such as toxigenic ones, on dry-cured meat products. For enhancing the application of antifungals, their mode of action must be evaluated. Their effect on the mould ergosterol content is one of the most studied ones, since it is the target site of some commercialised antifungals or of those that are in development. The aim of this study was to develop a methodology for determining how the antifungal agents used in the meat industry work. A method for analysing ergosterol was firstly developed using high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection coupled to a diode array detector (HPLC-FLD/DAD). The chromatographically optimised conditions (gradient and mobile phases) allowed us to reduce the time per analysis with respect to previously published methods up to 22 min. Withing the six checked extraction methods, method 5, showing the best mean recovery values (99.51%), the shortest retention time (15.8 min), and the lowest standard deviation values (9.92) and working temperature (60 °C), was selected. The limit of detection and limit of quantification were 0.03 and 0.1 µg/mL, respectively. All the validation parameters corroborated the method’s suitability. Finally, its feasibility for evaluating the effect of a commercial antifungal preparation (AP) and different herbs that are frequently added to meat products on the ergosterol content of several toxigenic moulds was studied. Differences at the strain level were obtained in the presence of AP. Moreover, the addition of herbs significantly reduced the ergosterol content in Penicillium nordicum up to 83.91%. The developed methodology is thus suitable for screening the antifungals’ role in altering mould ergosterol biosynthesis before their application in real meat products.


2021 ◽  
pp. 108201322110122
Author(s):  
Saranya Wongrattanapipat ◽  
Anchukorn Chiracharoenchitta ◽  
Budsarin Choowongwitthaya ◽  
Prapatson Komsathorn ◽  
Orawan La-ongkham ◽  
...  

From 61 lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolates, three had good cholesterol-lowering properties, with Limosilactobacillus fermentum KUB-D18 having the highest cholesterol assimilation (68.75%) (51 µg/109 CFU). In addition, Lactiplantibacillus pentosus HM04-25 and L. pentosus HM04-3 had the two highest levels of bile salt hydrolase (BSH) activity (22.60 and 21.45 U/mL, respectively). These three strains could resist four antibiotics (aztreonam, vancomycin, teicoplanin, and nalidixic). However, fortunately, they contained no mobile antibiotic resistance genes. To evaluate the influence of probiotic strains in yoghurt production, L. fermentum KUB-D18, L. pentosus HM04-25, or L. pentosus HM04-3 were simultaneously cultured with commercial yoghurt starter (YF-L812) and incubated at 43 °C for 6 h. During yoghurt fermentation, the total bacteria in the yoghurt tended to increase from 7.39 to 8.90 log CFU/mL. The growth rates of two probiotic strains ( L. pentosus HM04-25 and L. pentosus HM04-3) were stable at 6.06 to 6.62 log CFU/mL. Only the rate for L. fermentum KUB-D18 increased (to 7.5 log CFU/mL). These three probiotics did not affect the physical characteristics of yoghurt. The total soluble solids, pH, and titratable acidity values of the probiotic yoghurts were similar to the control yoghurt at 30[Formula: see text]Brix, 4.91, and 0.90%, respectively. The firmness values of the probiotic yoghurts and the control were not significantly different (p > 0.05). Differentiation of the appearance of color, odor, flavor, and texture between the control yoghurt and the probiotic yoghurts was investigated using 56 volunteers and no significant differences were identified. Additionally, sensory evolution revealed that the acceptability of the probiotic yoghurts was higher than for the control (p ≤ 0.05). Therefore, the three probiotic strains with cholesterol-lowering properties had potential in future yoghurt production.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 2247
Author(s):  
Mirosław Słowiński ◽  
Joanna Miazek ◽  
Krzysztof Dasiewicz ◽  
Marta Chmiel

A beneficial aspect of the use of fiber preparations in the meat industry is the improvement of some quality characteristics of meat products. However, the preparation added in the amount of 3 or 6% may affect their color. The effect of the addition of barley, wheat and oat fiber preparations with different fiber lengths, in quantities allowing the product to be indicated as “high in fiber” or “source of fiber”, to pasteurized or sterilized medium-grounded canned meat products on their color, was determined. In the obtained canned meat products, the basic chemical composition and the L*, a* and b*, C* (Chroma) and h* (hue angle) color components were determined. The addition of the barley fiber preparation BG 300 to the model canned meat products caused a significant (p ≤ 0.05) darkening and an increase in the proportion of yellow color. In an industrial practice, this may result in poorer consumer acceptance of the meat product. Fiber length of wheat and barley fiber had no effect on the color components of products. The 6% addition of the wheat fiber preparations WF 200R and WF 600R or the oat fiber preparations HF 200 and HF 600 caused an apparent lightening of their color (ΔE > 2) compared to the control products.


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