Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/13
Outputs
Target Audience: During this planning project we reached out to several small organic juice processors, including Apple Rush (Glenview, IL), Barsotti Juice Company (Camino, CA), Big B’s Juice and Cider (Hotchkiss, CO), and Columbia Gorge Organic Juices (Hood River, OR). These companies expressed interest in the full NTJUICE proposal and were part of the Advisory Board of the project. The microbiology, sensory and physicochemical techniques used to prove the viability of the NTJUICE project were shared among the various Stations participating in the original proof of concept project. These techniques will be potentially shared to students within these institutions. A presentation on nonthermal technologies highlighting the NTJUICE project was given in the 2013 IFT Annual meeting Pre-Annual Meeting Short Course "Advances in Commercialization of Nonthermal Processing" in Chicago, IL July 12-13. About fifty people from the food industry attended this course and the presentation entitled "High Pressure Homogenization–Principles and Applications". Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? The project demonstrated that it is possible to evaluate several nonthermal technologies over the same substrate (juice). This was consider a major accomplishment as the various Co-PIs developed the expertise required for the full project. The NTJUICE proposal was ranked "high priority" two times by USDA-NIFA-OREI but did not receive funding How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? A survey was conducted among juice procesors to determine their "awarness" related to nonthermal technologies. This survey was instrumental in our understanding of the lack of general knowledge and strong interest by processors on nonthermal technologies for the processsing of organic juices. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
6/11/2010 Planning proposal 2010-01988 accepted 7/19/2010 meeting took place from 9:30 to 10:45 am in room S105d at McCormick Place during the Institute of Food Technologists Annual meeting, Chicago, IL 12/15 2010 Meeting held in Orlando (FL). (R112015129) 2/10/2011 Proposal “NTJUICE: Nonthermal processing for safe fresh-like organic juices” submitted to USDA on 2/10/2011 (Proposal Number Assigned by NIFA: 2011-01970) 4/14/2011 Conference call, Conference call 6/2/2011 Proposal rejected, Proposal 2011-01970 submitted by Harte, NTJUICE: Nonthermal processing for safe fresh-like organic juices, This proposal was placed in High Priority 7/30/2011 Request for extension to 8/31/2012 10/11/2011 Conference call, Conference call 3/8/2012 Proposal sent to NIFA Title: NTJUICE: Nonthermal processing for safe fresh-like organic juices. Proposal Number Assigned by NIFA: 2012-02199 7/13/2012 Proposal rejected Proposal Number: 2012-02199 rejected, This proposal was placed in: High Priority 7/30/2011 Request for extension to 8/31/2013
Publications
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Federico Harte, Carmen I Moraru, Jeyam Subbiah, Renee M Goodrich Schneider, Jose I Reyes-De-Corcuera, Charles Sims, David Golden, Robert Williams. NTJUICE Nonthermal Processing of Orange Juice: Comparing Apples to Apples. Abstract 264-11. 2013 IFT Annual Meeting, July 13 16, 2013, Chicago Illinois
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Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The Specific objectives of the project were to (1) Survey of Juice processors and assessment of their knowledge and attitudes towards nonthermal technologies, (2) Design commodity-specific safety and quality experiments and confirm the feasibility for coordinating multi-institution experiments, (3) Integrate a steering committee to determine the specific key elements for success including safety, quality, and cost, (4) Submit a proposal to USDA-NIFA-Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative in 2012. All four objectives were achieved; during 2012 several conference call meeting took place among the various participants of the project and a final integrated proposal was submitted to USDA in 2/10/2012. The proposal was ranked "high priority" but below the funding cut. PARTICIPANTS: Michael Barsotti,Barsotti Juice Co,Juice industry liaison Jane Burns, U. Tennessee, Sponsored programs Robert Corr, Apple Rush, Juice industry liaison David Golden, U. Tennessee, Microbiology, Plasma Renee Goodrich, U. Florida, Coordinator extension Federico Harte, U. Tennessee, Coordinator research, high pressure homogenization Jose Matos, Blue Lake Citrus, Juice industry liaison Carmen Moraru, Cornell U., Ultra/micro filtration Jose Reyes, U. Florida, Physicochemical properties Seth Schwartz, Two Brothers Organics, Inc Juice industry liaison Charlie Sims, U. Florida, Sensory evaluation Jimmy Stewart, Stewart Brothers, Inc., Juice industry liaison Jeyam Subbiah, U. Nebraska, Ultra-violet light TARGET AUDIENCES: An abstract was submitted to the IFT annual meeting during 2012. The corresponding poster will be presented in July 13-16 2013. The objective is to emphasize the importance of testing several nonthermal technologies over the same organic juice product to be able to draw comprehensive conclusions with regard to the suitability of a given processing operation vs. other available technologies PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: A no cost extension until 08/31/2013 was requested on 8/22/2012 and approved by USDA
Impacts
The outcomes of this year's project are similar to the previous annual report. The project further demonstrated that several nonthermal technologies can be tested in the same organic juice matrix. The main challenge was to prove that a raw juice could be extracted frozen and shipped to various experimental stations, tested, frozen again, and returned to a central station to be tested. This was proven possible and will be used as the basis for the proposal submitted to USDA. Another challenge was to integrate an industry-university steering committee. This was also achieved and will have impact on how the results from the various proposed experiments are rapidly shared with the stakeholders.
Publications
- Proposal NTJUICE: Nonthermal processing for safe fresh-like organic juices submitted to USDA on 2/10/2011 (Proposal Number Assigned by NIFA: 2012-02199)
- Harte, F., et al., 2013. NTJUICE Nonthermal Processing of Orange Juice: Comparing Apples to Apples. Accepted abstract and poster submitted to the Institute of Food Technologists annual meeting. Chicago, IL, July 13-16, 2013. Final ID: 264-11
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Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The Specific objectives of the project were to (1) Survey of Juice processors and assessment of their knowledge and attitudes towards nonthermal technologies, (2) Design commodity-specific safety and quality experiments and confirm the feasibility for coordinating multi-institution experiments, (3) Integrate a steering committee to determine the specific key elements for success including safety, quality, and cost, (4) Submit a proposal to USDA-NIFA-Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative in 2011. All four objectives were achieved; the final integrated proposal was submitted to USDA in 2/10/2011 PARTICIPANTS: Jane Burns U. Tennessee Sponsored programs Robert Corr Apple Rush Juice industry liaison David Golden U. Tennessee Microbiology, Plasma Renee Goodrich U. Florida Coordinator extension Federico Harte U. Tennessee Coordinator research, high pressure homogenization Carmen Moraru Cornell U. Ultra/micro filtration Jose Reyes U. Florida Physicochemical properties Lou Reyes Smucker's Juice industry liaison Charlie Sims U. Florida Sensory evaluation Jeyam Subbiah U. Nebraska Ultra-violet light Ray Trejo U. Tennessee Graduate student Rob Williams Virginia Tech. High hydrostatic pressure Jose Matos Blue Lake Citrus Juice industry liaison TARGET AUDIENCES: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: A no cost extension to 08/31/2012 was requested for this project.
Impacts
This one year project intended to demonstrate that several nonthermal technologies can be tested in the same organic juice matrix. The main challenge was to prove that a raw juice could be extracted frozen and shipped to various experimental stations, tested, frozen again, and returned to a central station to be tested. This was proven possible and will be used as the basis for the next proposal to be submitted to USDA. Another challenge was to integrate an industry-university steering committee. This was also achieved and will have impact on how the results from the various proposed experiments are rapidly shared with the stakeholders.
Publications
- Proposal NTJUICE: Nonthermal processing for safe fresh-like organic juices submitted to USDA on 2/10/2011 (Proposal Number Assigned by NIFA: 2011-01970)
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