The aim of this work is to better understand the structuring processes in low fat dairy emulsions. Model sodium caseinate-galactomannan aqueous two-phase systems (NaCAS-GM ATPS) differing in GM-type (locust bean gum (LBG), tara gum (TG), guar gum (GG), fenugreek gum (FG)) and added sugar (trehalose, sucrose, glucose and fructose) were studied by the phase-volume ratio method, rheooptics, and droplet retraction method on phase equilibria, flow behaviour and interfacial properties, respectively, at pH 5.8 and 20°C. The results revealed that the presence of sugar in concentrations 5-40 wt% resulted in an increase in cosolubility of the phases and a decrease in interfacial tension (σ). Sugar concentrations > 40 wt% decreased cosolubility. Based on the mannose:galactose ratio of GM and type of sugar (added in concentration 15 wt%) the best cosolubility and corresponding smallest σ was attributed to FG and trehalose, respectively. The flow of ATPS depended on quiescent microstructure, the shear and physical properties of the phases. In polysaccharide-continuous ATPS, the occurrence of a shear-induced phase inversion event was observed for 0- 20 wt% sugar. A further increase in sugar concentration >20 wt% was found to suppress this phenomenon due decreased viscosity ratio and formation of thread like structures in flow.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:556910 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Pörtsch, Asja |
| Publisher | University of Birmingham |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3528/ |
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