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FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS
Volume 55, Issue -, Pages 81-88Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2015.11.004
Keywords
Mixed carrageenan; Phase separation; Rheological property; Thermal property; Tow step gelation; Molecular migration
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan [26282017]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [25-03385]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26282017] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Rheological and thermal properties of mixed kappa carrageenan (KC) and iota-carrageenan (IC) were investigated. KC/IC mixtures showed two-step gelation behavior, with each step coinciding with that observed in one of the two carrageenans. The migration of water and ions between KC and IC solutions separated by a dialysis membrane was also studied. Water migrated from the IC phase to the KC phase following long curing far below the transition temperature of IC and close to the transition temperature of KC. Far below the transition temperature of KC, a much stronger (but slow) depletion of water molecules occurred in the KC phase, concomitant with an increase in the concentration of K+. The results suggest that if phase-separation occurs in mixtures, local polymer and ion concentrations remain similar until the very late stages of gelation. This explains the similar transition temperatures characterizing initial stages of gelation in individual and mixed carrageenan solutions. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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