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The aim of this research was to study the effect of MnxOy nanoparticles stabilized with L-methionine on the morphofunctional characteristics of the barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) crop. MnxOy nanoparticles stabilized with L-methionine were synthesized using potassium permanganate and L-methionine. We established that MnxOy nanoparticles have a diameter of 15 to 30 nm. According to quantum chemical modeling and IR spectroscopy, it is shown that the interaction of MnxOy nanoparticles with L-methionine occurs through the amino group. It is found that MnxOy nanoparticles stabilized with L-methionine have positive effects on the roots and seedling length, as well as the seed germination energy. The effect of MnxOy nanoparticles on Hordeum vulgare L. seeds is nonlinear. At a concentration of 0.05 mg/mL, there was a statistically significant increase in the length of seedlings by 68% compared to the control group. We found that the root lengths of samples treated with MnxOy nanoparticle sols with a concentration of 0.05 mg/mL were 62.8%, 32.7%, and 158.9% higher compared to samples treated with L-methionine, KMnO4, and the control sample, respectively. We have shown that at a concentration of 0.05 mg/mL, the germination energy of seeds increases by 50.0% compared to the control sample, by 10.0% compared to the samples treated with L-methionine, and by 13.8% compared to the samples treated with KMnO4.

The purpose of the study is to research the process of water freezing in new types of ice cream with starch syrup at certain stages of the technological process. Starch syrup as a degradation product of corn starch is characterized by different values of the dextrose equivalent (DE). Starch syrup is a source of solids, sweetener, cryoprotectants (at high DE) and thickener (for low values of DE). The starch syrups  with fundamentally different functional and technological properties are chosen for the study: high glucose-fructose syrup HGFS-98 (DE = 98) and low-sugar starch syrup GFS-30 (DE = 30). To determine the size of ice crystals in ice cream, a light microscope of the brand XS-2610 with a cooling chamber is used for an increase of x600, and the cryoscopic temperature is measured by cryostat and Beckmann thermometer (TL-1) to calculate the content of frozen out water. The regularities of the process of water freez-out in ice cream with milk fat content of 3.5%, creamy fat content of 10% and filling with fat content of 15% in the temperature range from minus 6ºС to minus 40ºС are established. In particular, the content of frozenwater in ice-cream at certain stages of the technological process is determined. The results are used to optimize the prescription composition of ice cream with starch syrup. It is recommended to use hydrocarbon complexes consisting of HGFS-98 and GFS-30 in the ratio of 30:70 to 80:20 to reduce the content of frozen water in ice cream of different chemical compositions. The results of the study are of practical importance and allow to obtain in production conditions the fine-crystalline structure of ice cream with starch syrup.

The effect of casein on the quality of ice cream with different fat content was studied. According to functional and technological characteristics, micellar casein was selected for the enrichment of ice cream. Using mathematical modeling in the environment of the MathCad-15 package, the mass fraction of micellar casein in the composition of ice cream with a fat content of 0 to 15 % was optimized in order to obtain a high-quality product. At the first stage, the response surface methodology was used to optimize the response functions (overrun, melting resistance, organoleptic characteristics) for the varied fat and protein content. In the second stage, a comprehensive quality score of ice cream was used for modeling as a function of estimates of individual quality indicators, converted into scalable values using weights. The inverse relationship between the values of the optimal protein content and the fat content of ice cream was determined. To achieve the maximum technological effect, in the composition of ice cream with a fat content of 0-5 %, 6-10 % and 11-15 %, the need for micellar casein is 6-5 %, 4-3 % and 2.5-1 %, respectively. According to the results of calculating the percentage of energy value introduced by total protein (more than 20 %), it was concluded that ice cream with a fat content of 0-5 % with mass fractions of micellar casein of 6-5 % and total protein of 9.7-8.7 % can be attributed to the category of products with high protein content. Ice cream with a fat content of 10-15 % with mass fractions of casein micellar of 3-1 % and total protein of 6.7-4.7 % can be attributed to a product with high protein content. The results of the study allow expanding the range of protein-containing ice cream to meet the needs of consumers of different groups

One of the technological ways to improve the quality of frozen meat chopped semi-finished products is to use in their composition protein-polysaccharide composite mixtures, which mechanism of cryoprotective action is associated with the formation of amorphous structure of the product, reducing the number of crystallization centers and reducing the activity of water, which is especially important for long-term meat products storage at sub-zero temperatures. For this purpose, the composition of a protein-polysaccharide composition was developed consisting of blood plasma proteins, sodium caseinate, flax fiber and plantain in a ratio of 1:1:2:2. The regularities of the influence of the selected composition on the physicochemical properties of model minced meat systems have been established. The possibility of using this composition to eliminate the disadvantages of low-quality meat raw materials in the semi-finished meat products of  has been proved and to counteract the negative effects of their long-term storage in the frozen state. It has been found that the composite mixture of plasma proteins, sodium caseinate, fibers of linen and plantain in the amount of 3% reduces the cryoscopic temperature, decreases the mass fraction of frozen moisture by 1.7% and also reduces water activity by 0.031… 0.067, which helps to extend the shelf life of chopped semi-finished products. Based on the search for the extrema of the mathematical dependence of the amount of frozen water on the duration of storage of minced meat semi-finished products at a temperature of minus 10 ° C was established a rational content of the protein-polysaccharide composition (3%). This allows you to purposefully form and stabilize the specified functional-technological, structural-mechanical and organoleptic characteristics of the finished product. In order to develop recommendations on the use of the protein-polysaccharide composition as a cryoprotectant, the chemical composition and functional-technological properties (FCS) of model minced meat systems with different levels of its use were studied. The technological feasibility of using protein-polysaccharide composition in the amount of 3%, which is an effective cryoprotectant in meat minced systems during low-temperature processing has been proved.