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JOURNAL OF TEXTURE STUDIES
Volume 50, Issue 1, Pages 83-89Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jtxs.12375
Keywords
food oral processing; oral emulsification; saliva; saliva emulsifier; saliva emulsions
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- National Key Research and Development of China [2017YFD0400101]
- Ministry of Science and Technology [2017YFD0400101]
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Human saliva is a fluid naturally secreted in the oral cavity that interacts with food and food components for bolus formation, structure degradation, as well as lubrication. Because of the presence of salivary proteins, we speculate that saliva could also function as an effective emulsifier during oral processing of oil/fat. In this preliminary work, experiments were then designed to test this hypothesis. Whole human saliva from three healthy subjects were collected and analyzed for protein content, surface tension, and molecular weight distribution. Saliva emulsions were obtained both in vitro one and in situ for all three participating subjects. Droplet size distribution, zeta potential, and microstructure of such emulsions were examined immediately after the emulsification. Results show that stable saliva emulsions can be produced during oral processing of either pure oil (rapeseed oil) or fat food (pork belly in this work). Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) analysis showed that protein fractions of 27 and 55kDa molecular weights were favored for emulsion formation. This work suggests that human saliva could function as an effective emulsifier and oral emulsification could be an important mechanism for the oral processing of oil/fat. Despite being preliminary, findings from this work provide a new scientific insight to our understanding of the oral behavior of oil/fat and their sensory perception.
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