Prospects for Food Fermentation in South-East Asia, Topics From the Tropical Fermentation and Biotechnology Network at the End of the AsiFood Erasmus+Project

Autor: Yves Waché, Thuy-Le Do, Thi-Bao-Hoa Do, Thi-Yen Do, Maxime Haure, Phu-Ha Ho, Anil Kumar Anal, Van-Viet-Man Le, Wen-Jun Li, Hélène Licandro, Da Lorn, Mai-Huong Ly-Chatain, Sokny Ly, Warapa Mahakarnchanakul, Dinh-Vuong Mai, Hasika Mith, Dzung-Hoang Nguyen, Thi-Kim-Chi Nguyen, Thi-Minh-Tu Nguyen, Thi-Thanh-Thuy Nguyen, Thi-Viet-Anh Nguyen, Hai-Vu Pham, Tuan-Anh Pham, Thanh-Tam Phan, Reasmey Tan, Tien-Nam Tien, Thierry Tran, Sophal Try, Quyet-Tien Phi, Dominique Valentin, Quoc-Bao Vo-Van, Kitiya Vongkamjan, Duc-Chien Vu, Nguyen-Thanh Vu, Son Chu-Ky
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol 9 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02278
Popis: Fermentation has been used for centuries to produce food in South-East Asia and some foods of this region are famous in the whole world. However, in the twenty first century, issues like food safety and quality must be addressed in a world changing from local business to globalization. In Western countries, the answer to these questions has been made through hygienisation, generalization of the use of starters, specialization of agriculture and use of long-distance transportation. This may have resulted in a loss in the taste and typicity of the products, in an extensive use of antibiotics and other chemicals and eventually, in a loss in the confidence of consumers to the products. The challenges awaiting fermentation in South-East Asia are thus to improve safety and quality in a sustainable system producing tasty and typical fermented products and valorising by-products. At the end of the “AsiFood Erasmus+ project” (www.asifood.org), the goal of this paper is to present and discuss these challenges as addressed by the Tropical Fermentation Network, a group of researchers from universities, research centers and companies in Asia and Europe. This paper presents current actions and prospects on hygienic, environmental, sensorial and nutritional qualities of traditional fermented food including screening of functional bacteria and starters, food safety strategies, research for new antimicrobial compounds, development of more sustainable fermentations and valorisation of by-products. A specificity of this network is also the multidisciplinary approach dealing with microbiology, food, chemical, sensorial, and genetic analyses, biotechnology, food supply chain, consumers and ethnology.
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