FOOD PROCESSING

William McGlynn


 Extension Focus
• Provide technical information and assistance related to processing, analyzing the chemical and physical properties, and improving or maintaining the quality of grape and fruit wine products.
• Serve as a Process Authority, responsible for providing commercial food processors and regulatory agencies with formal documentation determining the regulatory status of processed foods as well as the safety and adequacy of specific processing procedures.
• Provide technical information and assistance related to food product formulation and chemical and physical property analyses, selection and evaluation of processing technology, recipe scale-up, enhancement of food safety and/or quality, and thermal process evaluation.
• Serve as a resource to help commercial food processors recognize and comply with applicable food product processing and labeling regulations.

 Research Focus
• Identify and investigate the winemaking potential of grape and fruit crops in Oklahoma.
• Identify and investigate the processing potential of alternate crops.
• Research to address nutraceutical content and/or quality of horticultural foods.
• Research to address food safety and quality issues with processed fruits and vegetables.

 Refereed Journal Publications
• Bangalore, D.V., McGlynn, W.G., and Scott, D.D.  2005. Effect of ß-cyclodextrin in improving correlation between lycopene concentration and ORAC values.  J Agric. Food Chem. 53: pp 1878-1883.
• Rayas-Duarte, P., McGlynn, W.G., and Stoecker, B.J.  2004.  Cereal Foods: a full serving of nutrition.  Food Science. 25: pp 437-444.
• McGlynn, W.G., Bellmer, D.D., and Reilly, S.S.  2003. Influence of storage temperature, pre-cut sanitizing dip, packaging material, and water jet cutting on storage life and quality retention in fresh-cut watermelon. J. Food Quality. 26: pp 489-498.
• McGlynn, W.G.; D.R. Davis; M.G. Johnson; P.G. Crandall; and E.E. Gbur.  2003. Quality evaluation of pinto beans and green beans canned in two large reusable containers. J. Food Sci. 68: pp 2102-2106.
• McGlynn, W.G.; D.R. Davis; M.G. Johnson; and P.G. Crandall.  2003. Process verification using immobilized spores for pinto beans and green beans canned in two large reusable containers. J. Food Sci. 68: pp. 998-991.
• McGlynn, W.G., D.R. Davis, and F. Honarmand.  1993.  Gluconic acid influences texture and color of canned asparagus.  J. Food Sci.  58: pp 614-615.
• McGlynn, W.G., D.R. Davis, and M. Kattan.  1989.  A computerized system for evaluating a thermal canning process.  Arkansas Farm Research.  38(5): 5.
 
 
 
 
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