Laboratory of Research on Novel Assisted Intervention Technologies for Food Preservation

Director

Sandra Guerrero, PhD, CFS,

Senior Researcher and Associate Professor

Team members

Marcela Schenk, PhD, Adjunt Researcher

Mariana Ferrario, PhD, Assistant Researcher

Daniela Fenoglio, PhD student

Antonella Andreone, PhD student

Luz Kozono, PhD student

M.Angeles Casco , PhD student

M. Durán Cassiet , PhD student

Current Grants (ANPCYT PICT2019-00365, UBACYT 2020, INYM2021, PIP2021): 4

Number of technical and scientific articles published in the last 5 years: 40

Research scope: Emerging technologies for food preservation
Subarea: Novel Assisted  Intervention Technologies for the preservation of  food and beverages: laboratory and pilot-scale UV-C applications

 

Current research lines:

  1. Development of assisted-UV-C based technologies for the processing and preservation of complex beverages.
  2. Revaluing of Yerba Mate tea by the development of bioactive-enriched by-products
  3. Nano and microencapsulation of natural antimicrobials and their use in complex beverages
  4. Research on Novel Consumer Sensory Techniques

Equipment for targeted applications

Continuous flow-through UV-C light device for the processing of clear and turbid beverages at laboratory scale (Laboratory 20B, Ground Floor) (2 L/min; 2 kJ/m3)

Continuous flow-through UV-C light pilot-scale device for the processing of clear and turbid beverages (Pilot Plant- Industry Department) (1.7×103kJ/m3 ; up to 750 L/h)

Services

  • STAN 11/2018/ITAPROQ:  Advisory services on assisted intervention technologies for the preservation of beverages
  • Advisory services on sensory analysis for the development of new products

Links of interest (in Spanish):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS67Q-a2tqE&t=40s

Nexciencia: Jugos con luz

Nexciencia: Sacarle el jugo al mate

International Research Cooperation

Member Group (FCEyN, UBA) of RIMA International Team   (RED INTEGRAL DE ESTUDIO Y DESARROLLO EN MICROBIOLOGIA EN ALIMENTOS, RIMA) . Coordinator: Dr. Angélica Ganga (Santiago University , Santiago de Chile, Chile). Starting at 2018. Member States: Chile, Argentina & Uruguay.

Contact

Dr. Sandra Guerrero
Tel: +54-11-5285-9006 / +54-11-5285-9020
Laboratory 20B, Ground Floor
Pabellón de Industrias – Ciudad Universitaria

Recent published articles

  • Kozono L. et al., Inactivation of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris spores, single or composite Escherichia coli and native microbiota in isotonic fruit-flavoured sports drinks processed by UV-C light, International Journal of Food Microbiology, 386, 110024, (2023-02-02). doi:10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2022.110024 (0 citas)
  • Fenoglio D. et al., Development of an Orange-Tangerine Juice Treated by Assisted Pilot-Scale UV-C Light and Loaded with Yerba Mate: Microbiological, Physicochemical, and Dynamic Sensory Studies, Food and Bioprocess Technology, 15, 915-932, (2022-04-01). doi:10.1007/s11947-022-02775-7 (2 citas)
  • Andreone A. et al., Development of sweet confectioneries produced from pilot-scale UV-C treated orange juice, low-methoxyl pectin and different sugar-substitute blends. Impact on physicochemical, rheological and sensory properties, Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 46, e16403, (2022-03-01). doi:10.1111/jfpp.16403 (1 citas)
  • Schenk M. et al., Development of extracts obtained from yerba mate leaves with different industrial processing steps: Antimicrobial capacity, antioxidant properties, and induced damage, Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 45, e15482, (2021-06-01). doi:10.1111/jfpp.15482 (6 citas)
  • Fenoglio D. et al., Active food additive based on encapsulated yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) extract: effect of drying methods on the oxidative stability of a real food matrix (mayonnaise), Journal of Food Science and Technology, 58, 1574-1584, (2021-04-01). doi:10.1007/s13197-020-04669-y (16 citas)
  • Guerrero S.N. et al., Ultraviolet Light, Electromagnetic Technologies in Food Science, (2021-01-01). SCOPUS_ID:85156216815 (3 citas)
  • Ferrario M. et al., Hurdle processing of turbid fruit juices involving encapsulated citral and vanillin addition and UV-C treatment, International Journal of Food Microbiology, 332, 108811, (2020-11-02). doi:10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2020.108811 (12 citas)
  • Fenoglio D. et al., Effect of pilot-scale UV-C light treatment assisted by mild heat on E. coli, L. plantarum and S. cerevisiae inactivation in clear and turbid fruit juices. Storage study of surviving populations, International Journal of Food Microbiology, 332, 108767, (2020-11-02). doi:10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2020.108767 (27 citas)
  • García Carrillo M. et al., Effect of an UV-C Light-Based Hurdle Strategy for Carrot-Orange Juice Processing on Candida parapsilosis Inactivation and Physiological State: Impact on Juice Sensory and Physicochemical Quality Parameters, Food and Bioprocess Technology, 13, 1954-1967, (2020-11-01). doi:10.1007/s11947-020-02540-8 (7 citas)
  • Fenoglio D. et al., Characterization of microbial inactivation in clear and turbid juices processed by short-wave ultraviolet light, Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 44, e14452, (2020-06-01). doi:10.1111/jfpp.14452 (14 citas)