Innovative modifications in food processing to reduce the levels of mycotoxins

Autor: Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, Motahareh Hashemi Moosavi, Carlos Af Oliveira, Valéria M.R. Nunes
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Zdroj: Current Opinion in Food Science. 38:155-161
ISSN: 2214-7993
Popis: In this opinion article, the most recent advances in experimental food processing technologies to reduce mycotoxins' levels in food products are presented and discussed regarding their limitations and future challenges for application in food industries. Electron beam irradiation, cold atmospheric plasma, pulsed electric fields, and ozone application have been categorized among the most promising innovative techniques for decontamination of aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, fumonisins, zearalenone, and trichothecenes in food materials. However, these techniques' cost-benefit relationships need to be evaluated for each target food before incorporation by the food industry. Besides, considerable research is necessary to clarify these innovative technologies’ detoxification mechanisms, quantify alterations of the nutritional value of treated foods, and determine potential interactions of compounds originated by mycotoxin degradation with the food matrix under a safety perspective.
Databáze: OpenAIRE