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The importance of supercooled stability for food during supercooling preservation: a review of mechanisms, influencing factors, and control methods.
Lin, Hengxun; Xu, Ying; Guan, Wenqiang et al.
2023In Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, p. 1 - 15
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Keywords :
Food preservation; ice crystallization control technology; quality attributes; supercooling stability; Control methods; Control technologies; Crystallization control; Factor methods; Ice crystallization; Supercooled state; Supercoolings; Food Science; Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; General Medicine
Abstract :
[en] Supercooling can preserve food in its original fresh state below its ice point temperature without freezing. However, the supercooled state is unstable in thermodynamics, state breakdown can occur at any moment, resulting in irregular and larger ice crystals formation, leading to food tissue damage, and loss of quality and nutrients. While the effectiveness of supercooling preservation has been verified in the lab and pilot scale tests, the stability of the supercooled state of food remains an open question, posing a limitation for larger industrial-scale application of supercooling preservation. Based on this background, this review presents the instability mechanisms of supercooling preservation and summarizes the factors such as food properties (e.g., material size, food components, specific surface area, and surface roughness) and preservation circumstances (e.g., cooling rate, temperature variation, and mechanical disturbance) that influence the stability of the supercooled state of food. The review also discusses novel techniques for enhancing the supercooling capacity and their limitations (e.g., precise temperature control and magnetic field). Further studies are necessary to comprehensively evaluate the effects of influence factors and supercooling technologies on supercooling, realizing the true sense of 'no-crystal' food products under subzero temperature preservation conditions in commercial applications.
[en] Supercooling can maximize the potential of low temperature in food preservation.Supercooled state of food is unstable, with many factors affecting its stability.The quality of foodstuffs with supercooled failure is unacceptable.Instability of supercooling limits its large application in food industry.Novel technologies are developed to enhance the state stability of food supercooling.
Disciplines :
Food science
Author, co-author :
Lin, Hengxun;  Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China ; Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
Xu, Ying;  Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Guan, Wenqiang;  Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin, China
Zhao, Songsong;  Tianjin Key Laboratory of Refrigeration Technology, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin, China
Li, Xia;  Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Zhang, Chunhui;  Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Blecker, Christophe ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre > Technologie Alimentaire (TA)
Liu, Jiqian;  Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Language :
English
Title :
The importance of supercooled stability for food during supercooling preservation: a review of mechanisms, influencing factors, and control methods.
Publication date :
05 September 2023
Journal title :
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
ISSN :
1040-8398
eISSN :
1549-7852
Publisher :
Taylor and Francis Ltd., United States
Pages :
1 - 15
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
Xinjiang Innovative Industry Cluster Cultivation and Development Project
Funders :
NSCF - National Natural Science Foundation of China
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