Production of high quality halal gelatins through enzymatic process

Gelatin is one of the most widely used food ingredients. Its applications in food industries are very broad including enhancing the elasticity, consistency and stability of food products. Gelatin is also used as a stabilizer, particularly in dairy products and as a fat substitute that can be used t...

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Main Authors: Jaswir, Irwandi, Saeed Mirghaini, Mohamed Elwathig, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah, Siddik, Faridayanti, Hazahari, Noor Yuslida
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2009
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author Jaswir, Irwandi
Saeed Mirghaini, Mohamed Elwathig
Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah
Siddik, Faridayanti
Hazahari, Noor Yuslida
author_facet Jaswir, Irwandi
Saeed Mirghaini, Mohamed Elwathig
Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah
Siddik, Faridayanti
Hazahari, Noor Yuslida
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description Gelatin is one of the most widely used food ingredients. Its applications in food industries are very broad including enhancing the elasticity, consistency and stability of food products. Gelatin is also used as a stabilizer, particularly in dairy products and as a fat substitute that can be used to reduce the energy content of food without negative effects on the taste. Besides the food industry, gelatine is also useful in medicine, pharmaceutical and photographic industries. It was reported that 41% of the gelatin produced in the world is sourced from pig skin, 28.5% from bovine hides and 29.5% from bovine bones. However, factors such as the outbreak of BSE (a.k.a. mad cow disease) and increasing demand for non-mammalian gelatin for halal and kosher food markets have revived the interest in gelatin from fish raw materials. We have successfully extracted gelatins from the skin of four local marine fish, namely “kerapu” (Epinephelus sexfasciatus), “jenahak” (Lutjianus argentimaculatus), “kembung” (Rastrelliger kanagurta), and “kerisi” (Pristipomodes typus) by an enzymatic process using transglutaminase. Transglutaminase significantly reduced the duration of extraction and improved the properties of fish gelatins. The marine-based gelatins were comparable to the gelatins from other animals previously reported. They appeared snowy white in color with crystal-like and light texture. In terms of Bloom strength, the gelatin produced from “kerapu” was found to be the strongest one compared to others, with the Bloom value of more than 2000 g. The gelatins extracted in this study contained almost all essential amino acids, with glycine being the most predominant one. An FTIR spectroscopy study was conducted to differentiate between halal marine fish gelatin and non-halal pig gelatin.
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spelling iium-166132021-06-01T05:59:59Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/16613/ Production of high quality halal gelatins through enzymatic process Jaswir, Irwandi Saeed Mirghaini, Mohamed Elwathig Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah Siddik, Faridayanti Hazahari, Noor Yuslida TP248.13 Biotechnology Gelatin is one of the most widely used food ingredients. Its applications in food industries are very broad including enhancing the elasticity, consistency and stability of food products. Gelatin is also used as a stabilizer, particularly in dairy products and as a fat substitute that can be used to reduce the energy content of food without negative effects on the taste. Besides the food industry, gelatine is also useful in medicine, pharmaceutical and photographic industries. It was reported that 41% of the gelatin produced in the world is sourced from pig skin, 28.5% from bovine hides and 29.5% from bovine bones. However, factors such as the outbreak of BSE (a.k.a. mad cow disease) and increasing demand for non-mammalian gelatin for halal and kosher food markets have revived the interest in gelatin from fish raw materials. We have successfully extracted gelatins from the skin of four local marine fish, namely “kerapu” (Epinephelus sexfasciatus), “jenahak” (Lutjianus argentimaculatus), “kembung” (Rastrelliger kanagurta), and “kerisi” (Pristipomodes typus) by an enzymatic process using transglutaminase. Transglutaminase significantly reduced the duration of extraction and improved the properties of fish gelatins. The marine-based gelatins were comparable to the gelatins from other animals previously reported. They appeared snowy white in color with crystal-like and light texture. In terms of Bloom strength, the gelatin produced from “kerapu” was found to be the strongest one compared to others, with the Bloom value of more than 2000 g. The gelatins extracted in this study contained almost all essential amino acids, with glycine being the most predominant one. An FTIR spectroscopy study was conducted to differentiate between halal marine fish gelatin and non-halal pig gelatin. 2009-01-21 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/16613/1/Production_of_high_quality.pdf Jaswir, Irwandi and Saeed Mirghaini, Mohamed Elwathig and Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah and Siddik, Faridayanti and Hazahari, Noor Yuslida (2009) Production of high quality halal gelatins through enzymatic process. In: Kulliyyah of Engineering Kerie 2009 Research and Innovation Exhibition (KERIE); Programme book, 21 January, 2009, IIUM.
spellingShingle TP248.13 Biotechnology
Jaswir, Irwandi
Saeed Mirghaini, Mohamed Elwathig
Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah
Siddik, Faridayanti
Hazahari, Noor Yuslida
Production of high quality halal gelatins through enzymatic process
title Production of high quality halal gelatins through enzymatic process
title_full Production of high quality halal gelatins through enzymatic process
title_fullStr Production of high quality halal gelatins through enzymatic process
title_full_unstemmed Production of high quality halal gelatins through enzymatic process
title_short Production of high quality halal gelatins through enzymatic process
title_sort production of high quality halal gelatins through enzymatic process
topic TP248.13 Biotechnology
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/16613/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/16613/1/Production_of_high_quality.pdf