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Study of rheological properties of margarine
Author(s) -
Stern Petr,
Cmolik Jiri
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02586280
Subject(s) - thixotropy , rheology , food science , mathematics , materials science , aqueous solution , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry
Margarines from the rheological point of view are thixotropic plastic semisolids that change their plastic character with changes in the portions of the fat and aqueous phases. Contrary to lard and shortening, the emulsions containing ca. 85 and 15% of the fat and aqueous phases, respectively, follow the Casson equation (similarly as butter), whereas those containing 40 and 60%, respectively, satisfy the Herschel‐Bulkley equation, which affects remarkably the way of evaluating experimental data. A new precise, and objective rheometrical method was developed for evaluating flow properties, which enables one to check quality and stability of margarines over a wide temperature interval just in the course of their production, and this may be helpful during the optimization of technology processes and standardization of product quality.