Cold set gelation of whey proteins : acidification rate, final pH and polysaccharide addition effects. / Gelificação a frio de proteinas do soro do leite : efeito da taxa de acidificação, pH final e adição de polissacarideos.

AUTOR(ES)

Angelo Luiz Fazani Cavallieri

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

The cold set gelation of whey protein isolate (WPI) solutions was induced by addition of several amounts of glucone-?-lactone (GDL) to thermal denatured (80ºC/30min) WPI solutions. Pure whey protein systems (7% WPI w/w) and mixed WPI-xanthan or WPI-guar gels (5% WPI w/w with the addition of 0.1, 0.3 and 0.5% polysaccharide) were studied. The systems showed different acidification rates, which led to different final pH values near the isoelectric point (pI) of the main whey proteins (5.2 to 3.9). Two gelation stages were defined in pure whey protein systems: 1- until the gel point, in which the rheological properties were not influenced by the acidification rates; 2- gel structure development until the pH equilibrium, in which bonds strengthening and molecular rearrangements on gel network took place. Lower acidification rates led to stronger and structured gels at final pH 5.2. However, the increase in acidification condition caused the formation of weaker gels at final pH 4.2. In the latter case, molecular rearrangements on structure took place during a long time after the achievement of steady pH values. At this pH, the water retention capacity of the gels was also lower, which was attributed to more fragile network but mainly due to the lower protein solubility (except ?-Lg fractions) near the pI. The protein solubility in buffers also showed that electrostatic interactions were involved in gel structure stabilization at final pH range of 5.2-4.6 and a more hydrophobic contribution was observed at pH 4.2. The polysaccharide addition caused the formation of great discontinuity on gels structure, leading to an increment on gel porosity. The xanthan addition weakened the gels. Heterogeneous gels (macroscopic phase separation), with higher values of lacunarity (network discontinuity) and lower values of fractal dimension, Df, (smaller and less complex aggregates) were formed at lower acidification conditions and xanthan concentration. However, the increase in acidification rate led to homogeneous gels formation, with lower lacunarity. This could be explained by an increased electrostatic attraction between proteins and xanthan at pH

ASSUNTO(S)

goma guar gelificação a frio xantana whey proteins xanthan soro do leite - proteinas microestrutura guar microstructure cold gelation

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