Phospholipases in food industry: a review

Methods Mol Biol. 2012:861:495-523. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-600-5_29.

Abstract

Mammal, plant, and mainly microbial phospholipases are continuously being studied, experimented, and some of them are even commercially available at industrial scale for food industry. This is because the use of phospholipases in the production of specific foods leads to attractive advantages, such as yield improvement, energy saving, higher efficiency, improved properties, or better quality of the final product. Furthermore, biocatalysis approaches in the food industry are of current interest as non-pollutant and cleaner technologies. The present chapter reviews the most representative examples of the use of phospholipases in food industry, namely edible oils, dairy, and baking products, emulsifying agents, as well as the current trend to the development of novel molecular species of phospholipids with added-value characteristics.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry*
  • Dairy Products
  • Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / chemical synthesis
  • Egg Yolk / chemistry
  • Emulsifying Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Food Technology / methods*
  • Fungal Proteins / chemistry*
  • Green Chemistry Technology / methods*
  • Phospholipases / chemistry*
  • Phospholipases / isolation & purification
  • Phospholipids / chemical synthesis

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Dietary Fats, Unsaturated
  • Emulsifying Agents
  • Fungal Proteins
  • Phospholipids
  • Phospholipases