Advances in animal blood processing: development of a biopreservation system and insights on the functional properties of plasma 

    Dàvila Ribot, Eduard (Date of defense: 2007-02-09)

    La sang és un subproducte amb un alt potencial de valorització que s'obté en quantitats importants en els escorxadors industrials. Actualment, la majoria de sistemes de recollida de la sang no segueixen unes mesures d'higiene ...

    Aislamiento, identificación y conservación de cultivos de bacterias lácticas antagonistas de microbiota contaminante de sangre de matadero 

    Zamora Rodríguez, Lucero M. (Date of defense: 2003-11-20)

    La sangre obtenida en el matadero es un producto altamente contaminado que requiere un procesamiento inmediato si se pretende utilizarla como insumo alimentario en la fabricación de productos destinados al consumo humano. ...

    Anàlisi del potencial de mercat de la carn procedent de porcs mascles sencers com a alternativa a la castració quirúrgica 

    Borrisser Pairó, Francesc (Date of defense: 2016-11-28)

    Surgical castration of piglets is a common practice in farms to avoid boar taint (androstenone and skatole) in meat, and to improve its sensory quality. The European Commission is planning to ban surgical castration by ...

    Aplicación de la transglutaminasa microbiana en quesos frescos de coagulación ácida y de coagulación enzimática 

    Cadavid Tobón, Ana Maria (Date of defense: 2019-02-15)

    The aim of this doctoral thesis was to evaluate the application of microbial transglutaminase (MTGase), produced by BDF Natural Ingredients, in the manufacture of acid and enzymatic coagulation fresh cheeses. In the case ...

    Avaluació de compostos fenòlics en aliments mitjançant tècniques HPLC-DAD i UHPLC-DAD-MSn 

    Ribas Agustí, Albert (Date of defense: 2013-05-31)

    The doctoral thesis has developed new methods for the analysis of phenolic compounds in tomato, lettuce and dry-cured sausages with vegetable extracts. The new-developed chromatographic methods are simplified and validated, ...

    Brown macroalgae (Phaeophyceae) as an alternative and sustainable source of novel antimicrobial compounds to improve food safety 

    Rubiño Campoy, Susana (Date of defense: 2023-07-28)

    Macroalgae have been recognized as an interesting source of compounds with multiple applications in different fields due to their various bioactivities since current trends are moving towards the use of alternative compounds ...

    Desenvolupament del procés d’obtenció d’un concentrat proteic d’alt valor nutritiu a partir de sang procedent d’escorxadors 

    Ferrer Carré, Clara (Date of defense: 2023-09-27)

    Global forecasts of an impending shortage of animal protein for human consumption have led to the search for new sources of dietary protein, either from alternative plant, fungal or insect sources, or from by-products of ...

    Espectroscòpia NIR per a la determinació on-line de l'AW i del contingut d'aigua i sal durant l'assecat de productes crus-curats 

    Collell i Corominas, Carles (Date of defense: 2012-07-30)

    The aim of this study was to determine whether NIRS technology would be suitable to develop a control system to correct drying conditions in order to avoid the appearance of defects in the product. Several predictive models ...

    Food safety in fast drying (QDS process®) of dry-cured meat products: high pressure and NaCl-free processing implementation 

    Stollewerk, Katharina (Date of defense: 2012-09-20)

    With the objective to study food safety aspects of innovative meat technologies and combinations among them, QDS (Quick-dry-slice), NaCl-free processing and high pressure were integrated in the production of two types of ...

    Improvement of heat-induced gel properties of porcine plasma 

    Fort Fort, Nuri (Date of defense: 2010-04-07)

    L'objectiu és millorar els gels de plasma porcí induïts per calor a pH àcid utilitzant transglutaminasa microbiana (MTGasa). El tractament millora textura i CRA dels gels a pH 5,5, però les millores no són suficients per ...