Protective Cultures, Antimicrobial Metabolites , Lacroix,#

Protective Cultures, Antimicrobial Metabolites and Bacteriophages for Food and Beverage BiopreservationAuthor(s): C. Lacroix\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science & Technology, United Kingdom\nImprint: Woodhead Publishing Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780081014752, 978-0081014752\nSynopsis\nConsumers favour foods with fewer synthetic additives, but products must also be safe to eat and have a sufficiently long shelf-life. Biopreservation, the use of a products natural microflora and its antibacterial products for protection against pathogens and spoilage, is a method of growing interest for the safe production of high quality minimally-processed foods. This book provides an essential overview of key topics in this area.\n\nInitial chapters review central aspects in food biopreservation, including the identification of new protective cultures and antimicrobial culture components, existing commercial fermentates including nisin and natamycin and the potential of novel fermentates and ba.