- Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Microbial Inactivation Methods
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
- Fungal and yeast genetics research
- Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis
- Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Berry genetics and cultivation research
- Wine Industry and Tourism
- Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Proteins in Food Systems
- Biochemical and biochemical processes
- Food Quality and Safety Studies
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
- Transgenic Plants and Applications
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Coconut Research and Applications
University of Florida
2017-2025
Florida Sea Grant
2025
Dalhousie University
2012-2017
This research aimed to assess how the partial removal of carbon dioxide affects fermentations provide a better understanding manipulation concentration can be used optimize industrial fermentations. To achieve this, fermentation kinetics, metabolic products, and yeast stress indicators were analyzed throughout ongoing brewing conducted under vacuum with atmospheric pressure controls. The reduced solubility in media decreased time necessary reach saturation. effect was an increased rate...
Abstract Hop acids are known for their potent antimicrobial properties and may offer significant benefits in aquaculture. As hop a prominent component of spent brewer's yeast, major byproduct the brewing industry, utilization fish feed holds potential enhancing both economic environmental sustainability aquaculture operations, provided they not detrimental to growth quality product. A 56‐day nutritional trial was conducted that incorporated ( Humulone Lupulone ) into diets Nile tilapia,...
Atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) was investigated as an alternative to chemical and thermal treatments for reducing aflatoxin (AFT) levels on peanuts. Kernels were inoculated with Aspergillus flavus produce AFTs. They then treated using two APPJ treatment regimens; constant exposure (for 1 2 min), pneumatically agitated in a conveyored channel up 5 min. Quality assessed via, peroxide value, free fatty acid content, acidity oxidative stability index, through sensory panel evaluation....
Berries and their products can enhance the antioxidant profile, color, sensory characteristics of beverages, resulting in competitive, value-added products. However, a complete overview how fermentation affects these compounds is lacking. The American black elderberry, Sambucus canadensis, an excellent candidate for studying berry juices are affected during due to high concentrations color compounds, anthocyanins, volatile compounds. Gravity, pH, titratable acidity, total GC-MS analyses were...
Alternatives to oils with high saturated fatty acid content are often liquid (high in unsaturated acids) that have a modified structure created either through additives or processing. Emulsifiers can be used as structuring agents of fats; this process results products such oleogels, which broaden the applications these oils. This study assessed and compared effects mono- diglycerides at 3%, 5%, 7% 10% w/w on mechanical thermal properties high-oleic palm oil (HOPO) oleogels. HOPO was heated...
Quality characteristics of bakery products rely partially on the amount and type fats in their formulation. This study focused producing emulsified shortenings with high oleic palm oil fractions to be thermo-mechanically characterized used baking high-fat cookies. Palm hydrogenated were commonly achieve texture flavor. However, saturated trans-fats have been shown cause detrimental health effects, motivating replacement by unsaturated fats. High (HOPO) is a novel lower fat higher acid...
The amount of CO2 within a beer is function solubility, which in turn affected by temperature, containing pressure, and composition. Historically, this variable was assessed through empirically derived pressure/temperature charts with the first appearing about 1939. Modern methods often involve empirical or semi-empirical formulas that yield close approximations to aforementioned (at typical storage conditions). Other determine solubility incorporate additional variables such as extract...
The state of Florida ranks third in the United States beer production by volume, yet does not boast a commercially viable barley crop. This presents potential market for Florida-grown barley. Despite similarities between USDA Plant Hardiness Zones and traditional barley-growing regions, there persists lack best management practices successful cultivation establishment crop Florida. purpose this study was to investigate viability eight spring-type varieties grown comparing yields, extract,...
The kinetics and success of an industrial fermentation are dependent upon the health microorganism(s) responsible. Saccharomyces sp. most commonly used organisms in food beverage production; consequently, many metrics yeast stress have been previously correlated with morphological changes to fermentations kinetics. Many researchers industries use machine vision count assess through dyes image analysis. This study assessed known physical differences automated analysis taken throughout ongoing...
Malt barley breeders and maltsters often strive to improve the quality of their product by improving fermentability. Small-scale assays are used assess fermentability wort produced from malt under standardized mashing techniques. However, anecdotal reports suggest that these have poor correlation with industrial fermentations in addition inconsistency between assays. There several factors likely contribute this behavior such as pitching rate, regime, fermentation temperature, modification,...
Understanding yeast dynamics during fermentation is important for quality control, whether monitoring consistency or identifying aberrant events, such as premature flocculation (PYF). Previous models of tend to be parameter rich and require large time series, which are rare in industry. This research investigates five simpler 1) describe dynamics, 2) refine control sampling regimes improve model fit, 3) identify PYF fermentations. The ability these was evaluated using fitting with series...
Recently there has been an increased interest in characterising the rates of alcoholic fermentations. Sigmoidal models have used to predict changes such as rate density decline. In this study, three published sigmoidal were assessed and fit industrial fermentation data. The first is four-parameter logistic model described ASBC Yeast-14 method. second a nested form function, adding extra parameter, creating 5-parameter equation., where additional parameter was added allow for asymmetry. final...
In this study the combinatory effect of several extrinsic factors on reduced (vacuum) pressure fermentations was explored. Specifically, pressure, temperature, and FAN levels high gravity Saccharomyces cerevisiae were manipulated, while yeast morphology assessed using automated multivariate image analysis. Fermentation attributes including growth, viability, ethanol production monitored standard methods. Across all temperature levels, (vacuum pressure) resulted in a greater than or equal...
Abstract Belgian Saisons and Lambics are two well‐known examples in the brewing industry of mixed fermentations, combination or more yeast and/or bacteria strains. The purpose this study was to determine impact different pitch rates Saccharomyces cerevisiae (traditional yeast) S. var . diastaticus (a variant associated with styles) had on fermentation kinetics concentration volatile compounds finished beers. A series brews were performed utilizing ratios fermentations heavily monitored, a...
Psychophysics was utilized to understand how the metabolite profile of tomato juice influenced consumer response between pasteurization methods. Overall liking, flavor intensity, and sweetness intensity were dependent on specific volatile compounds. liking most by flavor, which correlated with intensity. Tomato can be delineated volatiles impacting perception, thirty-nine significantly sensory attributes. Three may enhance suggesting that presence these preference. Thermal treatments...
Abstract Florida tomatoes are primarily produced for the fresh market and have not been widely used in processed tomato products. This study tested six cultivars (FLA 8083, FLA 8297, 8344, 8570, 8924 Garden Gem) to determine suitability juice production. Genetic environmental‐induced variation was studied, analyses identified metabolites that influenced perceptual hedonic responses of juice. Each cultivar into by hot breaking at 86 ˚C 3.5 minutes then pasteurization 121 42 seconds a shelf...
Flocculation of yeast is a natural phenomenon wherein cells clump together and come out suspension. This often relied upon by brewers as means removing yeast, clumps (flocs) typically precipitate from the fermentation vessel. A problem that has long frustrated when flocculation does not proceed expected. been linked to fermentation's premature ending ("hung" fermentation). Since early 1900s, researchers have explored numerous methods identify characteristics yeast. Traditional contributed an...