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Methods for extracting essential oils (2015)
Book Chapter
Stratakos, A. C., & Koidis, A. (2016). Methods for extracting essential oils. In Essential Oils in Food Preservation, Flavor and Safety (31-38). UK: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-416641-7.00004-3

Essential oils are composite mixtures of volatile compounds most frequently present at low concentrations in plants. Several different extraction techniques are widely employed for the extraction of essential oils such as steam distillation and solve... Read More about Methods for extracting essential oils.

Effect of high pressure processing in combination with Weissella viridescens as a protective culture against Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat salads of different pH (2015)
Journal Article
Stratakos, A. C., Linton, M., Tessema, G. T., Skjerdal, T., Patterson, M. F., & Koidis, A. (2016). Effect of high pressure processing in combination with Weissella viridescens as a protective culture against Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat salads of different pH. Food Control, 61, 6-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.09.020

This study explored the effect of HPP (400 MPa/1 min) and a Weissella viridescens protective culture, alone or in conjunction, against Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (RTE) salads with different pH values (4.32 and 5.59) during storage at 4 an... Read More about Effect of high pressure processing in combination with Weissella viridescens as a protective culture against Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat salads of different pH.

Atmospheric cold plasma process for vegetable leaf decontamination: A feasibility study on radicchio (red chicory, Cichorium intybus L.) (2015)
Journal Article
Pasquali, F., Stratakos, A. C., Koidis, A., Berardinelli, A., Cevoli, C., Ragni, L., …Trevisani, M. (2016). Atmospheric cold plasma process for vegetable leaf decontamination: A feasibility study on radicchio (red chicory, Cichorium intybus L.). Food Control, 60, 552-559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.08.043

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Cold plasma is an emerging non-thermal processing technology that could be used for large scale leaf decontamination as an alternative to chlorine washing. In this study the effect of an atmospheric cold plasma apparatus (air DBD... Read More about Atmospheric cold plasma process for vegetable leaf decontamination: A feasibility study on radicchio (red chicory, Cichorium intybus L.).

Effect of high-pressure processing on the shelf life, safety and organoleptic characteristics of lasagne ready meals during storage at refrigeration and abuse temperature (2015)
Journal Article
Stratakos, A. C., Linton, M., Patterson, M. F., & Koidis, A. (2015). Effect of high-pressure processing on the shelf life, safety and organoleptic characteristics of lasagne ready meals during storage at refrigeration and abuse temperature. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 30, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2015.05.010

The effect of different pressure levels (500 and 600 MPa for 1 min at ambient temperature) on lasagne ready meal as a means of increasing the safety and shelf life during storage at refrigeration (4 °C) and abuse temperature (8 °C) was investigated.... Read More about Effect of high-pressure processing on the shelf life, safety and organoleptic characteristics of lasagne ready meals during storage at refrigeration and abuse temperature.

Industrial scale microwave processing of tomato juice using a novel continuous microwave system (2015)
Journal Article
Stratakos, A. C., Delgado-Pando, G., Linton, M., Patterson, M. F., & Koidis, A. (2016). Industrial scale microwave processing of tomato juice using a novel continuous microwave system. Food Chemistry, 190, 622-628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.06.015

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This study evaluated the effect of an industrial scale continuous flow microwave volumetric heating system in comparison to conventional commercial scale pasteurisation for the processing of tomato juice in t... Read More about Industrial scale microwave processing of tomato juice using a novel continuous microwave system.

Suitability, efficiency and microbiological safety of novel physical technologies for the processing of ready-to-eat meals, meats and pumpable products (2015)
Journal Article
Stratakos, A. C., & Koidis, A. (2015). Suitability, efficiency and microbiological safety of novel physical technologies for the processing of ready-to-eat meals, meats and pumpable products. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 50(6), 1283-1302. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.12781

Consumer studies and market reports show an increase in consumption of ready-to-eat (RTE) foods. Although conventional processing technologies can in most cases produce safe products, they can also lead to the degradation of nutritional compounds and... Read More about Suitability, efficiency and microbiological safety of novel physical technologies for the processing of ready-to-eat meals, meats and pumpable products.