期刊
FOOD SCIENCE & NUTRITION
卷 9, 期 11, 页码 5946-5958出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.2489
关键词
bio-preservation; E. coli O157:H7; food preservation; Pisum sativum; protein hydrolysates
资金
- Irish Research Council [EBPPG/2015/233]
- Nuritas ltd. and Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
- Irish Research Council (IRC) [EBPPG/2015/233] Funding Source: Irish Research Council (IRC)
Fresh-cut fruits and vegetables are popular healthy fast-food options, but face challenges such as accelerated decay and contamination risks. Research into novel natural food preservation solutions to ensure food safety is rising. Using a novel protein hydrolysate from Pisum sativum shows potential as a bio-preservative to reduce populations of E. coli and offers advantages like natural sourcing, eco-friendly process, and significant reduction of bacteria counts.
Fresh-cut fruits and vegetables are becoming particularly popular as healthy fast-food options; however, they present challenges such as accelerated rates of decay and increased risk for contamination when compared to whole produce. Given that food safety must remain paramount for producers and manufacturers, research into novel, natural food preservation solutions which can help to ensure food safety and protect against spoilage is on the rise. In this work, we investigated the potential of using a novel protein hydrolysate, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of Pisum sativum (PSH), as a novel bio-preservative and its abilities to reduce populations of Escherichia coli O157:H7 after inoculation on a lettuce leaf. While unhydrolyzed P. sativum proteins show no antimicrobial activity, once digested, and purified, the enzymatically released peptides induced in vitro bactericidal effects on the foodborne pathogen at 8 mg/ml. When applied on an infected lettuce leaf, the PSH significantly reduced the number of bacteria recovered after 2 hr of treatment. PSH may be preferred over other preservation strategies based on its natural, inexpensive, sustainable source, environmentally friendly process, nontoxic nature, good batch to batch consistency, and ability to significantly reduce counts of E. coli both in vitro and in a lettuce leaf.
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