Institute of Biotechnology, College of Bioresources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University, Taipei City 106319, Taiwan.
School of Food Safety, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City 110, Taiwan.
Molecules. 2023 Jun 21;28(13):4903. doi: 10.3390/molecules28134903.
The cost-effectiveness and high efficiency of atmospheric cold plasma (ACP) incentivise researchers to explore its potentials within the food industry. Presently, the destructive nature of this nonthermal technology can be utilised to inactivate foodborne pathogens, enzymatic ripening, food allergens, and pesticides. However, by adjusting its parameters, ACP can also be employed in other novel applications including food modification, drying pre-treatment, nutrient extraction, active packaging, and food waste processing. Relevant studies were conducted to investigate the impacts of ACP and posit that reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) play the principal roles in achieving the set objectives. In this review article, operations of ACP to achieve desired results are discussed. Moreover, the recent progress of ACP in food processing and safety within the past decade is summarised while current challenges as well as its future outlook are proposed.
大气压冷等离子体（ACP）的成本效益和高效率促使研究人员在食品工业中探索其潜力。目前，这种非热技术的破坏性可以用于灭活食源性病原体、酶促成熟、食物过敏原和农药。然而，通过调整其参数，ACP 还可以应用于其他新的应用，包括食品改性、干燥预处理、营养提取、活性包装和食品废物处理。相关研究旨在探讨 ACP 的影响，并认为活性氧和氮物种（RONS）在实现既定目标方面发挥着主要作用。在这篇综述文章中，讨论了 ACP 的操作以达到预期的效果。此外，总结了过去十年中 ACP 在食品加工和安全方面的最新进展，同时提出了当前的挑战及其未来展望。
