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Rehydration characteristics of freeze‐dried strawberry pieces as affected by whey protein edible coatings
Author(s) -
Huang Luelue,
Zhang Min,
Yan Weiqiang,
Mujumdar Arun S.,
Sun Dongfeng
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of food science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.831
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1365-2621
pISSN - 0950-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2010.02495.x
Subject(s) - whey protein , whey protein isolate , coating , denaturation (fissile materials) , food science , chemistry , volume (thermodynamics) , chromatography , materials science , nuclear chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Summary This paper is about the use of whey protein isolate (WPI) edible coatings to improve the rehydration behaviour of freeze‐dried (FD) strawberry pieces. First, the optimal ratio sample mass/volume of coating solution was optimised by determining the rehydration ratio, bulk density and nutritional quality of the samples. Coating time is also determined in coated samples by light microscopy. Second, the effect of changing the pH and the variation in temperature–time to denaturate WPI on rehydration characteristics was also evaluated. The rehydration ratio of strawberry pieces decreased with increasing the denaturation temperature and denaturation time, while it increased with increasing pH of the coating solution. Third, according to the rehydration curves, coating was not a single layer but small pieces attached to strawberry pieces. The soluble protein contents in water after rehydration confirm this conclusion.