{"title":"The effects of dielectric barrier discharge cold plasma on the safety and shelf life parameters of mozzarella cheese","authors":"Vaez Nemati , Jonas T. Guimarães","doi":"10.1016/j.focha.2024.100756","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of dielectric barrier discharge cold atmospheric plasma (DBD-CAP) on mozzarella cheese during 9 days of storage at 4 °C. The effect of DBD-CAP at 75 kV at three different treatment times (1, 3, and 5 min) on enterohemorrhagic <em>Escherichia coli</em> (EHEC), microbiological, physical, rheological, and sensory characteristics was analyzed. Moreover, DBD-CAP effects on composition, physicochemical, texture, rheology, meltability, oiling-off, sensory, and shelf life were evaluated. Our results showed that DBD-CAP at 3 and 5 min treatment time removed EHEC while reducing the total microbiota, <em>Pseudomonas, Enterobacteriaceae</em>, mesophilic bacteria, and yeasts. Moreover, DBD-CAP maintained the treated mozzarella samples' moisture, fat content, pH, and protein content. However, 3 min mozzarella treatment maintained color, odor, and taste quality compared to the control due to reduced yeast growth. Shelf life evaluation revealed that 3 min DBD-CAP treatment extended the shelf life of mozzarella cheese by at least two days; therefore, DBD-CAP can be effectively used to extend the shelf life of mozzarella without apparent side effects.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":73040,"journal":{"name":"Food chemistry advances","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100756"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772753X24001527/pdfft?md5=51b0c7ef6bd41f8ab401a7911000eae3&pid=1-s2.0-S2772753X24001527-main.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Food chemistry advances","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772753X24001527","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of dielectric barrier discharge cold atmospheric plasma (DBD-CAP) on mozzarella cheese during 9 days of storage at 4 °C. The effect of DBD-CAP at 75 kV at three different treatment times (1, 3, and 5 min) on enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), microbiological, physical, rheological, and sensory characteristics was analyzed. Moreover, DBD-CAP effects on composition, physicochemical, texture, rheology, meltability, oiling-off, sensory, and shelf life were evaluated. Our results showed that DBD-CAP at 3 and 5 min treatment time removed EHEC while reducing the total microbiota, Pseudomonas, Enterobacteriaceae, mesophilic bacteria, and yeasts. Moreover, DBD-CAP maintained the treated mozzarella samples' moisture, fat content, pH, and protein content. However, 3 min mozzarella treatment maintained color, odor, and taste quality compared to the control due to reduced yeast growth. Shelf life evaluation revealed that 3 min DBD-CAP treatment extended the shelf life of mozzarella cheese by at least two days; therefore, DBD-CAP can be effectively used to extend the shelf life of mozzarella without apparent side effects.