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Waste from foods processing are being widely studied due their content of many value added ingredients, like dietary fiber and bioactive compounds. The opportunities for recovery of components with a great economic potential from by-products are diverse. Apple marc derived from cider production and cactus pear peel flour, a popular consumed fresh fruit, besides inulin as control, were employed for co-encapsulation of probiotic thermotolerant lactic acid bacteria in alginate ionotropic gel matrix. Lactic acid bacteria viability, enhanced acid conditions resistant, where a higher microcapsule size was related to better viability and longer times resisting acid conditions. Inulin and apple marc resulted in higher microcapsules size (close to 100 µm) that could be employed to ensure the delivery of probiotic strains in colon throughout the gastro intestinal tract.

29 p.-5 fig.-1 tab, The aim of this study was to evaluate the probiotic properties of six thermotolerant lactic acid bacteria isolated from cooked meat products. The bacteria were typed, by determination of the DNA sequence of their 16S rRNA coding genes, as one Enterococcus faecium (UAM1 strain) and five Pediococcus pentosaceus (UAM2-UAM6 strains). Under gastric stress conditions the viability of the Pediococci decreased more than five-fold, whereas E. faecium showed a high resistance (61% survival). Exposure to small intestine stress did not drastically affect the survival of any of the strains (less than one-fold decrease), which were able to grow in the presence of 0.3% bile. A hydrophilic surface profile was observed, with higher affinity for chloroform than for xylene. Strains showed high levels of auto-aggregation as well as co-aggregation with Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. The adherence of E faecium UAM1 to human Caco-2 cells (around 20%) was significantly higher than that obtained with the P. pentosaceus strains (2%–5%) and Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-5 (6%). The overall results indicate that E. faecium UAM1, has probiotic properties that predict its capability to colonize in competition with pathogens in the intestinal tract. This bacterium deserves further investigation for its potential as a component of functional food., A. M. Hernández-Alcántara was supported by graduate grants from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT) Mexico (National Grant 290817 and Mixed Grant 291062). This work was also supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (grant AGL2015-65010-C3-1-R).

Four thermotolerant lactic acid bacteria strains (UAM15c, UAM10a, UAM17, UAM18) were inoculated in two cooked sausage formulations (one full fat and sodium and one fat-sodium reduced). Total moisture content, expressible moisture and cooking stability, pH and CIE-Lab color, and texture were evaluated during 15 days of storage at 4°C. Inoculation improved cooking stability and reduced water release in both formulations, resulting as well in lighter and less red and yellow coloration. Inoculation of thermotolerant lactic acid bacteria resulted in less hard and more cohesive texture. Microscopy showed that P. acidilacti UAM15c and L. plantarum UAM10a secreted exopolysaccharides probably related to high moisture stability and better textural properties, as compared with non-inoculated samples.

Four thermotolerant lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were spray dry encapsulated with Acacia gum and inoculated in cooked meat batters. Physicochemical properties (total moisture content, expressible moisture, and cooking stability), pH and acidity, CIE-Lab color, and texture profile analysis were performed at 1 and 8 days of storage at 4 °C. LAB and Enterobacteria counts were determined at 1, 4, and 8 days of storage. Control treatment was inoculated with the same unencapsulated strains as free cells. Total moisture, water activity, and fat release significantly (p 0.05) difference in pH and acidity were detected between encapsulated LAB and free cells inoculation. Inoculation of spray dry bacteria significantly (p 0.05) change due to inoculation type, but cohesiveness decreased in encapsulated samples. Inoculation of spray-dried LAB enhanced initial LAB count with a concomitant Enterobacteria reduction. These results suggest that the spray drying encapsulation is an effective way to protect thermotolerant lactic bacteria. These capsules can be inoculated in cooked emulsified meat products in order to ensure their survival before, during, and after processing. Thermotolerant LAB could be employed as bioprotective cultures to improve microbial safety in cooked meat products since the Enterobacteria counts were diminished during storage, enhancing the nutritional values with no major detrimental effect on textural or physicochemical properties of these kinds of foodstuffs.

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are employed in meat products preservation and fermentation. Some strains can survive thermal treatment in cooked meat products, where their bioprotective properties can be used to inhibiting other spoilage flora. A total of 68 presumptive LAB were isolated from commercial cooked sausages collected in Mexico City supermarkets. Based on biochemical tests, 22 strains were selected and their thermotolerant capacity and DT values were determined in water baths. Only 10 strains were considered as thermotolerant after survive thermal treatments (70C at 30 min). Thermotolerant strains were identified by both phenotypic (API system) and genotypic (16S rRNA) analysis. The genera identified were Pediococcus, Lactobacillus, Aerococcus and Enterococcus. Differences in phenotypic and genotypic in some strains were found, because of a close phylogenetic proximity between the strains. Nonetheless, all the identified thermotolerant LAB strains are natural microflora of meat products and can be employed as bioprotective strains inoculating them before thermal processing in cooked meat products. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS The isolation and identification of LAB strains as the native and dominant flora of meat and meat products could be useful in the looking of bacteria as bioprotective cultures, as LAB inhibit other spoilage and pathogen microorganisms. Thermotolerant capacity of these LAB isolated from cooked meat products is important as the application of these strains as starters during processing before thermal treatment ensures their role as dominant flora during storage. In addition, the potential probiotic of these thermotolerant LAB strains can be useful in functional cooked meat products manufacture.