The article highlights the current state of the production of dairy and vegetable food products. The results of studies of organoleptic and physical, chemical indicators of the quality of various herbal drinks: coconut, almond and oat, are presented, as well as an analysis and comparison with cow's milk, which is used in hotel and restaurant complexes in Bela Tserkva. For assessing the quality according to the organoleptic characteristics of the beverages, the following were examined: appearance, color, smell, taste and consistency. It was found that according to these indicators, herbal drinks comply with the regulatory documentation for these products. When assessing the quality by physical and chemical indicators, the mass fraction of fat, dry matter, titratable and active acidity, and density were established. The titratable acidity of milk-like drinks was within the normal range and did not exceed 10 ⁰T. The mass fraction of fat in coconut milk was 1.2 %, almond-rice milk – 1.3 % and oat milk – 2.4 %. Mass fraction of coconut milk solids was 7.6%, almond-rice 10.5% and oat milk 11.4%. The density of all types of herbal drinks was in the range of 1005–1015 kg/m3. The indicators of the quality of cow's milk, which is used in hotel and restaurant complexes, have been investigated in a comparative form. In terms of organoleptic indicators, the quality of cow's milk corresponds to the normative documentation. The fat mass fraction of cow's milk was 2.5 %, the mass fraction of solids was 12.5%, the titratable acidity was at the level of 18 ⁰T, the active acidity pH was 6.6, and the density was 1028 kg/m3. Analysis of various types of vegetable and cow's milk, which are used in hotel and restaurant complexes in the city of Bela Tserkva, in terms of physicochemical and organoleptic quality indicators, allows us to consider herbal drinks as substitutes for traditional products capable of providing the human body with essential nutritional factors.

The study is devoted to the study of the flow of peroxidation processes in various organs and tissues of the body of rabbits of the New Zealand breed in the age aspect. We used blood plasma and homogenate of the brain, the heart, the liver, and the longest back muscle selected after slaughter, from birth to 90-day-age at intervals of 15 days. The content of total lipids and secondary lipid peroxidation products – TBA-reactive substances and enzymes of the antioxidant system were thoroughly studied in the prototype. The presence of high content of common lipids and TBA- reactive substances in blood plasma and liver tissues of rabbits at one day and 15 days of age was established, which pointed to active process of peroxide oxidation of lipids. An increase in the content of TBA- reactive substances was noted in the heart of rabbits with 2.24 mmol/g tissue in one-day animals to 4.85 mmol/g tissue in 90-day-old animals.

The article highlights the features of butter production by the method of hammering cream in batch and continuous butter makers and the stages of implementation of the HACCP system in butter production. The preparatory steps and principles of the system used in the development of the HACCP plan are considered. To obtain a safe and quality product, a preventive approach was developed, which is based on the principle of critical control points in the analysis of hazards. For this purpose, we used regulations and recommendations harmonized with international state standards. Analyzing the method of butter production by hammering cream in a periodic and continuous way, we identified the disadvantages of the technology for increased microbial contamination at the stages of preparing cream for hammering and adding fillers. According to SSU 4399: 2005 “Butter. Technical conditions”a description of the finished product was made with the characteristics of the composition of the product, the state of the packaging, the duration and conditions of storage of the product, consumer practice. In the flowchart of butter production by the continuous method of knitting cream together, technological operations are presented with the specification of additional operations and actions: storage of skim milk and cream, addition of salt and dye, and the resulting packaging materials. Hazards that can affect the safety and quality of the oil have been analyzed and identified. With the help of prerequisite programs, critical control points in butter production have been established: pasteurization of cream; cooling and physical maturation of the cream.It was found that the corrective actions for monitoring control at critical control points are chemical measurements: determination of active and titratable acidity of cream and microbiological studies. The points of control of butter production were determined, indicating the control indicators: pasteurization mode, bacteria of the Escherichia coli group, the number of mesophilic aerobic and facultative anaerobic microorganisms, temperature, ripening duration. The detection and monitoring of critical control points in the butter production process allows a more efficient and cost-effective method to achieve quality and safety than traditional means of inspection and testing of finished products. Key words: HACCP system, HACCP principles, hazards, block diagram, prerequisite programs, critical control points, control monitoring, biological risks.

Knowledge of the peculiarities of technological processes for the production of cow's milk analogues, optimal parameters for production, the chemical composition of raw materials and the resulting finished product, in particular the amino acid composition, plays an essential role in the development of new types of functional products, improvement of their stability, taste, and nutritional properties, and allows them to be enriched with additional components through various modifications. The purpose of the study is to compare the amino acid composition and balance of amino acids of various types of beverages based on plant raw materials: almond, rice and coconut, oatmeal with respect to the amino acid composition of cow's milk protein. The following methods were used: capillary electrophoresis – to determine the amino acid composition of the protein in analogues of milk and cow's milk, mathematical – to calculate the amino acid score and utility coefficient. The composition, organoleptic quality indicators, main technological stages, and safety of production of plant-based analogues of animal milk are presented. Three types of plant-based beverages were used for the study: almond with a mass fraction of fat of 1.5%; oatmeal with a mass fraction of fat of 2.5%; rice and coconut with a mass fraction of fat of 1.8%; and cow's milk with a mass fraction of fat of 2.5%. A comparative estimate of the mass fraction of amino acids valine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, threonine, and phenylalanine in the protein of beverages based on plant raw materials is presented relative to the mass fraction of amino acids in the milk protein, and the reference protein. The limiting amino acid in the protein composition of the studied analogues of cow's milk is methionine. The highest amino acid protein scores were observed in oatmeal drink; however, they did not exceed those of pasteurised milk. To assess the balance of the amino acid composition, the utility coefficient was determined. The findings are of practical importance, because they can be used in the production of functional products, in particular, analogues of cow's milk, to improve the composition, increase biological value, and enrichment with nutrients and additional components

One of the pressing problems of modern biochemistry is the problem of adaptation of animal organism to the environment and the formation of an adaptive reaction to the negative impact of production stress factors. Among such adaptive mechanisms for rabbits in the conditions of intensive rabbit meat management is the development of oxidative stress, which causes the accumulation of reactive oxygen species in the body and the development of reactive oxygen pathology. An important role in the mechanism of adaptation of the body belongs to lipids, because they are a structural component of cell membranes and act as energy and signal systems in cells. Peroxide oxidation of lipids is a compensatory reaction that ensures the functioning of the organism for changes in the environment. The content of total lipids and peroxide oxidation products of lipids, as well as the activity of enzymes of the antioxidant defense system in rabbits from birth to 90 days of age was investigated. It has been established that the content of total lipids in brain tissues increases throughout the period of postnatal ontogenesis due to the peculiarities of the functional and metabolic activity of brain cells. The content of common lipids is closely related to the processes of lipid peroxide oxidation and the activity of enzymes of antioxidant defense. The growth in concentration of peroxide oxidation products is accompanied by a decrease in the content of total lipids in the rabbit tissues. Reduced content of TBARSproducts in rabbit brain tissue from birth to 90-day age was noted. A moderate (r = 0.66) correlation between the content of lipid conjugated dienes and lipid hydroperoxides, as well as the strong correlation (r = -0.77) between the contents of lipid conjugated dienes and TBARS-products has been established. In the heart of rabbits a reversible moderate (r = -0.62) correlation between the content of lipid conjugated dienes and lipid hydroperoxides has been revealed. Key words: rabbits, development, lipid peroxidation, brain, heart, longest muscle of the back.