Bsc food technology
Second semester
Food microbiology
Notes
Third unit
Contamination and spoilage of food
Factors influencing the growth of micro organisms in food
WHAT IS SPOILAGE? • Spoilage is the process in which food deteriorates to the point in which it is not edible to humans or its quality of edibility becomes reduced OR • Any change which renders a product unacceptable for human consumption. • Complex event in which a combination of microbial and biochemical activities may interact. • One of the major reason that led to preservation.
FACTORS DETERMINING THE SPOILAGE • Microbial colonization depends on – characteristics of product – The way processed – The way stored • Factors are characterized into four: – Intrinsic parameters – Extrinsic parameters – Modes of preservation and processing – Implicit parameters
INTRINSIC PARAMETERS • Physical, chemical and structural properties. • Inherent in the food itself. • Important factors include water activity, acidity, redox potential, available nutrients and natural antimicrobial substances. EXTRINSIC PARAMETERS • Factors in the environment where food is stored • Temperature, humidity and atmosphere conditions.
MODES OF PRESERVATION AND PROCESSING • Physical or chemical treatment • Change characteristics of food product • Determine the micro flora associated with the product IMPLICIT PARAMETERS OR MICROBIAL INTERFERENCE • These are the result of the development of synergistic or antagonistic microbes • It can be said as the destruction of one organism by another species releasing H2 O2 , bacteriocin and other di-acetyl compounds.
• Synergistic: Production or availability of essential nutrients due to the growth of certain organisms, which allow the growth of another group which were otherwise unable to grow. • Antagonistic : Competition for essential nutrients, changes in pH value or redox potential or formation of antimicrobial substances.
TYPES OF SPOILAGE Two types of Spoilage: • Microbial spoilage • Non- Microbial Based on rate of spoilage: • Highly perishable – Meat, fish, poultry, eggs, milk, most fruits and vegetables. • Semi perishable – Potatoes, some apple varieties, nutmeats • Stable or non-perishable – Sugar, flour, dry beans
SPOILAGE OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES • The organism responsible for taints are acid tolerant bacteria: – Lactobacillus spp. • Deterioration can be caused by action of animals, birds, bruising, wounding, cutting, freezing, dessication or other mishandling and growth of microorganisms; environmental conditions, contact with spoiled foods. • Microbial spoilage maybe due to: – Plant pathogens acting on stems, leaves, flowers or roots – Saprophytic organisms
• Types of spoilages: – Bacterial soft rot • Caused by Erwinia carotovora, ferment pectins • Pseudomonas marginalis, Bacillus and Clostridium cause water soaked appearance, a soft, mushy consistency and bad odour. – Anthracnose • Caused by Collectotrichum lindemuthianum. • Spotting of leaves and fruits – Black mold rot • Caused by Aspergillus niger • Dark brown to black masses of spores of the mold termed as smut
• Rhizopus soft rot – Caused by species of Rhizopus – Soft and mu
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Food spoilage is the process where a food product becomes unsuitable to ingest by the consumer. The cause of such a process is due to many outside factors as a side-effect of the type of product it is, as well as how the product is packaged and stored.
Factors that affect microbial growth by Pranzly.pptxPranzly Rajput
Intrinsic and extrinsic factors
Intrinsic factors include
Characteristics of the food itself are called intrinsic factors.
These include naturally occurring compounds that influence microbial growth,
MOISTURE CONTENT
pH AND ACIDITY
NUTRIENT CONTENT
BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE
REDOX POTENTIAL
NATURALLY OCCURING AND ADDED ANTIMICROBIAL
Extrinsic factors are those that refer to the environment surrounding the food.
TYPES OF PACKAGING AND ATMOSPHERES
EFFECT OF TIME/TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS ON MICROBIAL GROWTH
STORAGE AND HOLDING CONDITION
PROCESSING STEPS
Bsc food technology
Second semester
Food microbiology
Notes
Third unit
Contamination and spoilage of food
Factors influencing the growth of micro organisms in food
WHAT IS SPOILAGE? • Spoilage is the process in which food deteriorates to the point in which it is not edible to humans or its quality of edibility becomes reduced OR • Any change which renders a product unacceptable for human consumption. • Complex event in which a combination of microbial and biochemical activities may interact. • One of the major reason that led to preservation.
FACTORS DETERMINING THE SPOILAGE • Microbial colonization depends on – characteristics of product – The way processed – The way stored • Factors are characterized into four: – Intrinsic parameters – Extrinsic parameters – Modes of preservation and processing – Implicit parameters
INTRINSIC PARAMETERS • Physical, chemical and structural properties. • Inherent in the food itself. • Important factors include water activity, acidity, redox potential, available nutrients and natural antimicrobial substances. EXTRINSIC PARAMETERS • Factors in the environment where food is stored • Temperature, humidity and atmosphere conditions.
MODES OF PRESERVATION AND PROCESSING • Physical or chemical treatment • Change characteristics of food product • Determine the micro flora associated with the product IMPLICIT PARAMETERS OR MICROBIAL INTERFERENCE • These are the result of the development of synergistic or antagonistic microbes • It can be said as the destruction of one organism by another species releasing H2 O2 , bacteriocin and other di-acetyl compounds.
• Synergistic: Production or availability of essential nutrients due to the growth of certain organisms, which allow the growth of another group which were otherwise unable to grow. • Antagonistic : Competition for essential nutrients, changes in pH value or redox potential or formation of antimicrobial substances.
TYPES OF SPOILAGE Two types of Spoilage: • Microbial spoilage • Non- Microbial Based on rate of spoilage: • Highly perishable – Meat, fish, poultry, eggs, milk, most fruits and vegetables. • Semi perishable – Potatoes, some apple varieties, nutmeats • Stable or non-perishable – Sugar, flour, dry beans
SPOILAGE OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES • The organism responsible for taints are acid tolerant bacteria: – Lactobacillus spp. • Deterioration can be caused by action of animals, birds, bruising, wounding, cutting, freezing, dessication or other mishandling and growth of microorganisms; environmental conditions, contact with spoiled foods. • Microbial spoilage maybe due to: – Plant pathogens acting on stems, leaves, flowers or roots – Saprophytic organisms
• Types of spoilages: – Bacterial soft rot • Caused by Erwinia carotovora, ferment pectins • Pseudomonas marginalis, Bacillus and Clostridium cause water soaked appearance, a soft, mushy consistency and bad odour. – Anthracnose • Caused by Collectotrichum lindemuthianum. • Spotting of leaves and fruits – Black mold rot • Caused by Aspergillus niger • Dark brown to black masses of spores of the mold termed as smut
• Rhizopus soft rot – Caused by species of Rhizopus – Soft and mu
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Factors that affect microbial growth by Pranzly.pptxPranzly Rajput
Intrinsic and extrinsic factors
Intrinsic factors include
Characteristics of the food itself are called intrinsic factors.
These include naturally occurring compounds that influence microbial growth,
MOISTURE CONTENT
pH AND ACIDITY
NUTRIENT CONTENT
BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE
REDOX POTENTIAL
NATURALLY OCCURING AND ADDED ANTIMICROBIAL
Extrinsic factors are those that refer to the environment surrounding the food.
TYPES OF PACKAGING AND ATMOSPHERES
EFFECT OF TIME/TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS ON MICROBIAL GROWTH
STORAGE AND HOLDING CONDITION
PROCESSING STEPS
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2. Factors
affecting
microbial
growth
in food
(a) Intrinsic factors:
These are inherent in the
food. They include:
pH, water activity, oxidation
reduction potential, nutrient
content, antimicrobial
contents, biological structure
(b) Extrinsic factors:
Are factors external to the
food that affect microbial
growth.
4. 1. Hydrogen ion concentration
(pH)
• Most bacteria grow best at neutral or weakly alkaline pH usually between
6.8 and 7.5.
• Some bacteria can grow within a narrow pH range of 4.5 and 9.0, e.g.
Salmonella
• Other microorganisms especially yeasts and molds and some bacteria
grow within a wide pH range, e.g. molds grow between 1.5 to 11.0, while
yeasts grow between 1.5 and 8.5.
5. pH values of some food products
Food type Range of pH values
Beef 5.1 - 6.2
Chicken 6.2 – 6.4
Milk 6.3 – 6.8
Cheese 4.9 - 5.9
Fish 6.6 - 6.8
Oyster 4.8 - 6.3
Fruits < 4.5 (most < 3.5)
Vegetables 3.0 – 6.1
6. • Microorganisms that are able to grow in acid
environment are called acidophilic
microorganisms.
• These microorganisms are able to grow at pH of
around 2.0
• Yeasts and molds grow under acidic conditions.
• Other microorganisms such as Vibrio cholerae are
sensitive to acids and prefer alkaline conditions.
• Most bacteria are killed in strong acid or strong
alkaline environment except Mycobacteria.
7. Minimum and maximum pH for growth of some
specific microorganism
Microorganism Minimum Maximum
Escherichia coli 4.4 9.0
Salmonella enterica
serovar typhi
4.5 8.8
All bacteria 4.0 9.0
Molds 1.5 11.0
Yeast 1.5 8.5
8. 2. Moisture content
If there is lack of free water microorganisms will not grow.
The amount of free water is important for growth of
microorganisms.
The effect of moisture is in terms of water activity: -the
amount of free water in a food medium.
9. Water activity levels
Growth of microorganisms is greatly affected by the level
of water activity (Aw) in the food.
Inhibition of growth occurs if the water activity for food is
lowered beyond an organism’s minimum level of water
activity that is necessary for growth.
Microorganisms have varying minimum water activity
requirements that supports their growth in food.
10. Minimum water activity that supports growth
of some microorganisms
Microorganism Water activity
Clostridium botulinum,
Bacillus cereus,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
Salmonella spp.
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
Staphylococcus aureus (anaerobic),
Candida spp., Saccharomyces
0.90
Staphylococcus aureus (aerobic) 0.86
Penicillium spp. 0.82
Most spoilage yeast 0.88
Most spoilage molds 0.80
Osmotic yeast 0.70
11. 3. Nutrients content of the food
Microorganisms require proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, water, energy,
nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus, vitamins, and minerals for growth.
Various foods have specific nutrients that help in microbial growth.
Foods such as milk, meat and eggs contain a number of nutrients that
are required by microorganisms.
These foods are hence susceptible to microbial spoilage.
12. Antimicrobial
substances
Such inhibitors are like lactenin
and anti-coliform factors in milk
and lysozyme in eggs.
Various foods have inherent
antimicrobial substances that
prevent (inhibit) microbial attack.
Antimicrobial substances in food
inhibit microbial growth.
13. Biological
structures Some foods have biological
structures that prevent
microbial entry.
For example, meat has fascia,
skin and other membranes
that prevent microbial entry.
Eggs have shell and inner
membranes that prevent yolk
and egg white from infection.
14. (b) Extrinsic factors
• are factors external to the food that affect
microbial growth. They include:
1. Temperature of storage,
2. Presence and concentration of gases in the
environment
3. Relative humidity of food storage
environment.
15. 1.
Temperature
The growth of microorganisms
is affected by the environmental
temperatures.
Various microorganisms are
able to grow at certain
temperatures and not others.
Bacteria can therefore be
divided into the following
groups depending upon their
optimum tmperature of growth.
16. (i). Psychrophilic microorganisms
• These grow best at about 20oC but also down
to -10oC in unfrozen media.
• Psychrophilic bacteria can cause food spoilage
at low temperatures.
• Several of the microorganisms found in the
soil and water belong to this group.
17. (ii). Mesophilic bacteria
• These organisms grow between 25oC and 40oC,
with an optimum growth temperature close to
37oC
• Some such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa may
grow at even lower temperatures between 5-
43oC
• None of the mesophilic bacteria are able to grow
below 5oC or above 45oC.
• Most pathogenic bacteria belong to this group.
18. (ii). Thermophilic bacteria.
• These grow at temperatures above 45oC.
Often their optimum growth temperatures are
between 50oC and 70oC.
• Growth of some bacteria occur at 80oC.
• Bacteria in this group are mainly spore
formers and are of importance in the food
industry especially in processed foods.
19. 2.
Concentration
of gases in the
environment
This relates to the presence and
concentration of gases in the
food environment.
Various microorganisms require
for growth, either high oxygen
tension (aerobic), low oxygen
tension (microaerobic) or
absence of oxygen (anaerobic).
Some microorganisms may grow
either in high oxygen tension, or
in the absence of oxygen
(facultative anaerobes).
20. Foods affected by various groups
• Anaerobic or facultatively anaerobic sporeformers
are most likely to grow in canned foods .
• Microaerophilic bacteria are most likely to grow in
vacuum packed foods since they have low oxygen
tension, while
• Aerobic bacteria are likely to grow on the surface of
raw meat.
• Aerobic molds will grow in insufficiently dried or
salted products
21. 3.
Relative
humidity
Relative humidiy is the amount of
moisture in the atmosphere or food
environment.
Foods with low water activity placed
at high humidity environment take
up water, increase their water
activity and get spoiled easily.
For example, dry grains stored in a
environment with high humidity will
take up water and undergo mold
spoilage.