title: Microbial biosurfactants as additives for food industries.
abstract: Microbial biosurfactants with high ability to reduce surface and interfacial surface tension and conferring important properties such as emulsification, detergency, solubilization, lubrication and phase dispersion have a wide range of potential applications in many industries. Significant interest in these compounds has been demonstrated by environmental, bioremediation, oil, petroleum, food, beverage, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries attracted by their low toxicity, biodegradability and sustainable production technologies. Despite having significant potentials associated with emulsion formation, stabilization, antiadhesive and antimicrobial activities, significantly less output and applications have been reported in food industry. This has been exacerbated by uneconomical or uncompetitive costing issues for their production when compared to plant or chemical counterparts. In this review, biosurfactants properties, present uses and potential future applications as food additives acting as thickening, emulsifying, dispersing or stabilising agents in addition to the use of sustainable economic processes utilising agro-industrial wastes as alternative substrates for their production are discussed.
authors: Dept. de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Programa de Pós-graduação em Nutrição, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, Cidade Universitária, Recife, CEP: 50670-901, PE, Brazil.
authors: Jenyffer Medeiros
authors: JM
authors: Campos
authors: Tânia Lúcia Montenegro
authors: TL
authors: Stamford
authors: Leonie Asfora
authors: LA
authors: Sarubbo
authors: Juliana Moura
authors: JM
authors: de Luna
authors: Raquel Diniz
authors: RD
authors: Rufino
authors: Ibrahim M
authors: IM
authors: Banat
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D018441:Biofilms; D001688:Biological Products / Q000737:chemistry; D045703:Emulsifying Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D005503:Food Additives / Q000737:chemistry*; D019649:Food Industry / Q000379:methods*; D007218:Industrial Microbiology; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D001688:Biological Products; D045703:Emulsifying Agents; D005503:Food Additives; D013501:Surface-Active Agents
keywords: bioemulsifiers; biosurfactants; food additives; solubilisers; thickeners