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Curdlan Properties for Application in Fat Mimetics for Meat Products
Author(s) -
FUNAMI TAKAHIRO,
YADA HIDEO,
NAKAO YUKIHIRO
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1998.tb15727.x
Subject(s) - curdlan , fat substitute , viscoelasticity , food science , moisture , suspension (topology) , chemistry , ingredient , yield (engineering) , materials science , composite material , organic chemistry , polysaccharide , mathematics , homotopy , pure mathematics
Gelling characteristics and viscoelastic properties of aqueous suspensions of curdlan were investigated by dynamic viscoelasticity measurements. The mechanical spectrum of the suspension was similar to that of weak gels, suggesting the suspension has a well‐regulated particle‐alignment with yield stress. Curdlan reached the highest moisture absorption rate within the temperature range in which the most significant moisture loss of meat occurs. These results suggest that curdlan could be an effective main ingredient in fat mimetics for meat products. Nonfat sausages using the curd lan‐based fat mimetics were prepared and evaluated by a creep test and indicated curdlan was effective as a fat re‐placer in such systems.