PMID- 30584202 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190403 LR - 20240109 IS - 1884-0205 (Electronic) IS - 1342-4815 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 4 DP - 2018 TI - Sorbitol Minimizes Calcium Carbonate Scale Generation While Maintaining the Disinfection Effect of Heated Scallop-Shell Powder for Fresh Produce. PG - 157-165 LID - 10.4265/bio.23.157 [doi] AB - Scallop shells subjected to heat treatment exhibit antimicrobial activity, and heated scallop-shell powder (HSSP) has recently been reported to be effective for disinfecting food. However, because the main component of these shells is calcium oxide, there is a problem that scales of calcium carbonate (CaCO(3)) become established on the surface of equipment used for food processing. In this study, we thus investigated whether the addition of sugar to HSSP slurry suppressed CaCO(3) scale generation and whether the sugar-supplemented HSSP could be applied to the disinfection and preservation of fresh lettuce. The results showed that glucose, sucrose, and sorbitol could suppress the scale generation in HSSP slurry. However, glucose and sucrose decreased the antibacterial activity of HSSP. Since the addition of sorbitol did not affect the antibacterial activity of HSSP slurry, it was used for subsequent experiments because of its low bioavailability. Sorbitol effectively suppressed scale formation by dissolving it before the addition of HSSP. The disinfection and preservative effects of sorbitol-supplemented HSSP ( S-HSSP) treatment on lettuce did not decrease compared with those upon HSSP treatment and were almost equal to or higher than those of sodium hypochlorite treatment at 200 mg/l. The addition of sorbitol solved the major problem of scale generation by HSSP containing CaO, which contributes to expansion of usage of heated shell powder, such as HSSP, in food processing. FAU - Nomoto, Yuri AU - Nomoto Y AD - Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Kanagawa Institute of Technology. FAU - Sawada, Shun AU - Sawada S AD - Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Kanagawa Institute of Technology. FAU - Abe, Shinya AU - Abe S AD - Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Kanagawa Institute of Technology. FAU - Wakazawa, Jin AU - Wakazawa J AD - Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Kanagawa Institute of Technology. FAU - Kikuchi, Mikio AU - Kikuchi M AD - Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Kanagawa Institute of Technology. FAU - Sawai, Jun AU - Sawai J AD - Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Kanagawa Institute of Technology. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Japan TA - Biocontrol Sci JT - Biocontrol science JID - 9712121 RN - 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents) RN - 0 (Disinfectants) RN - 0 (Food Additives) RN - 0 (Powders) RN - 506T60A25R (Sorbitol) RN - H0G9379FGK (Calcium Carbonate) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anti-Bacterial Agents/*pharmacology MH - Calcium Carbonate/*analysis MH - Disinfectants/pharmacology MH - Disinfection MH - Food MH - Food Additives/*pharmacology MH - Food Handling/*methods MH - Lactuca/microbiology MH - Pectinidae MH - Powders/pharmacology MH - Sorbitol/*pharmacology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Calcium carbonate scale generation OT - Calcium oxide OT - Heated scallop-shell powder OT - Lettuce OT - Sorbitol EDAT- 2018/12/26 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/04 06:00 CRDT- 2018/12/26 06:00 PHST- 2018/12/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/12/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/04 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.4265/bio.23.157 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biocontrol Sci. 2018;23(4):157-165. doi: 10.4265/bio.23.157.