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JOURNAL OF FOOD ENGINEERING
Volume 100, Issue 3, Pages 435-445Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2010.04.028
Keywords
Carob protein isolate; LBG; Linear viscoelasticity; Segregative separation; CLSM
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- MEC/FEDER [AGL2007-65709]
- Junta de Andalucia [P08-AGR-03974]
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Linear viscoelastic properties of locust bean gum (LBG), carob protein isolate (CPI) and LBG-CPI aqueous dispersions were studied at different concentration and pH values. LBG and CPI dispersions show marked different linear viscoelasticity behaviour. The former system exhibits a fluid-like behaviour for all the concentrations considered (2-4 wt.%), whereas the later shows gel-like mechanical spectra. An increase in linear viscoelastic functions, G' and G ''. takes place as protein concentration becomes higher, as a consequence of a strengthening of the gel network. CPI dispersions were affected by the pH value, in agreement with the CPI solubility profile. The behaviour observed for CPI-LBG dispersions shows an apparent evolution with time, suggesting occurrence of thermodynamic incompatibility between both biopolymers that finally leads to a segregative separation of LBG-rich and CPI-rich phases. Both microstructure and viscoelastic properties of the final LBG-CPI systems are highly dependent on pH value. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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