Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1-1-2001 Influence of sodium yrp ophosphate, sodium chloride, or combinations on the thermal inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes in pork slurry or ground pork Makuba Aime Lihono Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Recommended Citation Lihono, Makuba Aime, "Influence of sodium yrp ophosphate, sodium chloride, or combinations on the thermal inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes in pork slurry or ground pork" (2001). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 21422. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/21422 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Influence of sodium pyrophosphate, sodium chloride, or combinations on thermal inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes in pork slurry or ground pork By Makuba Aime Lihono A thesis submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE Major: Food Science and Technology Program of Study Committee Aubrey F. Mendonca, Major Professor James S. Dickson Philip M. Dixon Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2001 ii Graduate College Iowa State University This is to certify that the master's thesis of Makuba Aime Lihono has met the thesis requirements oflowa State University Signatures have been redacted for privacy lll ToNoah IV TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION 1 Thesis organization 3 LITERATURE REVIEW 4 Phosphates in meats 4 Water-holding capacity of phosphate 4 Hydrolysis of added phosphates in meats 6 Antimicrobial properties of phosphates 7 Antimicrobial properties of sodium chloride 14 Heat inactivation kinetics predictive models 16 Thermal resistance of Listeria monocytogenes 20 CHAPTER I.