Volume 46, Issue 9 e16680
INVITED REVIEW

Preservation by hyperbaric storage of muscle and dairy products: An upcoming sustainable technique

Faslu Rahman

Corresponding Author

Faslu Rahman

Division of Livestock Products Technology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India

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Faslu Rahman and Rajiv Ranjan Kumar, Division of Livestock Products Technology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar - 243122, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Email: [email protected] and [email protected]

Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing - original draft

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Rajiv Ranjan Kumar

Corresponding Author

Rajiv Ranjan Kumar

Division of Livestock Products Technology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India

Correspondence

Faslu Rahman and Rajiv Ranjan Kumar, Division of Livestock Products Technology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar - 243122, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Email: [email protected] and [email protected]

Contribution: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Writing - review & editing

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Sagar Chand

Sagar Chand

Division of Livestock Products Technology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India

Contribution: Formal analysis, Supervision, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing

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Vikas Saxena

Vikas Saxena

Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Contribution: Formal analysis, Writing - review & editing

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First published: 23 April 2022
Citations: 3

Abstract

Hyperbaric storage technology is an upcoming food preservation technique, gaining attention during the last decade. It has been proposed as an alternative to high-cost, refrigeration-based storage method. Perishable food products require preservation to enhance their shelf-life. However, it involves cost of storage, transportation, and risk of spoilage, necessitating development of cheaper and widely available preservation techniques. Hyperbarically preserved perishable food products can be kept at room temperature. It ensures the maintenance of the physicochemical characteristics of stored food, and inhibits and/or inactivates microbes thus extending the shelf-life of perishable food products considerably. Since hyperbaric storage technology requires less energy consumption and induces a significantly lower impact on our environment, it will be a sustainable option for the storage of animal products in the coming future. This review summarizes known effects of hyperbaric storage on food microorganisms and economic feasibility of this promising new technology. Understanding the basic premises of hyperbaric storage technology will help in promoting it among various stakeholders.

Novelty impact statement

  • Hyperbaric technology is an emerging food storage methodology.
  • A smaller carbon footprint, better product quality, and extended shelf-life with reduced equipment cost make it a futuristic food storage technology. A need for reduction in cost of the equipment by innovation of technology is required.
  • Hyperbaric storage at room temperature can be a sustainable option for storage of the animal-based products.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The authors have declared no conflicts of interest for this article.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, [Rajiv Ranjan Kumar], upon reasonable request.

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