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Microbial Biosurfactant Use in Food Industry

Jyoti Raj

Abstract


Biosurfactants are now used mostly in pollution remediation; nevertheless, they have potential applications in many areas of the food industry. Some qualities of biosurfactants that might be researched in food processing and formulation include emulsion formation and stability, antiadhesive, and antibacterial activity. The potential applications of microbial surfactants in the food business are investigated., as well as the utilisation of agro-industrial wastes as alternative substrates for their synthesis. This study examines the features and uses of microbial surfactants that may be of interest to the food and food-related sectors, as well as an overview of developing domains for their use and consideration of agro-industrial wastes as alternative substrates for biosurfactant synthesis.


Keywords


Biomolecules, Biosurfactants, Food industry, Emulsifiers, Colloidal particles.

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