Abstract
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Abstract Ultra high pressure homogenization (UHPH) of food is a processing technology to improve food safety and shelf life. However, despite very short treatment duration UHPH may lead to changes in chemical and physico-chemical properties including formation of submicro-/nano-particles. This may affect the physiological or toxicological properties of the treated food. Here, we treated raw almond milk (AMr) with UHPH at 350 MPa and 85 °C (AMuhph), known able to inactivate food relevant microorganisms. UHPH-treatment led to about a threefold increase of the mean particle size. There was a nearly complete loss of antigenicity investigated by ELISA for determination of traces of almond proteins. The content of vitamins B<inf>1</inf> and B<inf>2</inf> remained unchanged, while free exposed sulfhydryl groups decreased. Despite of observed modifications, UHPH-treatment of almond milk did not cause any changes in cyto- or genotoxic effects and antigenotoxic capability of protecting intestinal cells against iron induced DNA damage in vitro.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 17745 |
| Pages (from-to) | 82-89 |
| Journal | Food Chemistry |
| Volume | 192 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 8 Jul 2016 |
Keywords
- Almond milk
- Antigenicity
- Genotoxicity
- Particle size
- Ultra high pressure homogenization (UHPH)