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COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND FOOD SAFETY
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 408-429Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.13073
Keywords
canned tomatoes; case-studies; causes of alteration of canned tomatoes; headspace distribution of gases; indicator microorganisms; swelling; technological errors in the production of tomato derivatives; tinplate containers
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This review presents the current laboratory criteria for detecting and evaluating the potential causes of changes in non-concentrated industrial tomato derivatives packaged in coated or uncoated tinplate cans. Gas composition analysis and microbiological and chemical analyses can be used to diagnose the causes of alterations in tomatoes, indicated by container swelling.
This review provides the current laboratory criteria for the detection and evaluation of the possible causes of alteration of non-concentrated industrial derivatives of tomatoes (peeled tomatoes, pulps, purees, sauces, and fillets), packaged in coated or uncoated tinplate cans. We discuss how the product alterations are typically the consequence of technological errors either in the can production, or in the storage process, or in the product sterilization. The described procedures include the quantitative determination of the distribution of gases (H-2, CO2, N-2, and O-2) present in the headspace of the container. The gas composition and ratios can be used as markers to allow easy diagnosis of the causes of microbiologic and/or physical-chemical alterations of the tomatoes, which are usually made evident by swelling of the containers. These tests should be integrated by microbiological analyses aimed at a restricted group of microorganisms, with the chemical analysis of the container and the chemical analysis of the altered product. By way of example, we report the assessment of the causes of alteration in four different case-studies.
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