Open AccessEFFECT OF PARTICLE SIZE ON THE WATER SORPTION PROPERTIES OF CEREAL FIBERS 1
Author(s) -
STRANGE ELIZABETH D.,
ONWULATA CHARLES I.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of food quality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.568
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1745-4557
pISSN - 0146-9428
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4557.2002.tb01008.x
Subject(s) - bran , particle size , chemistry , sorption , moisture , water content , fiber , adsorption , particle (ecology) , agronomy , food science , organic chemistry , raw material , biology , ecology , geotechnical engineering , engineering
Six particle size fractions were prepared by grinding and sieving stabilized hard red wheat bran, oat fiber, and corn bran. Water adsorption indices (WAI's) and effective diffusion coefficients (D eff ) were measured for all size fractions. WAI's of wheat bran decreased with particle size. WAI's of oat bran increased as particle size decreased and the WAI's of corn bran fractions did not vary as much as the other fibers. The D eff 's of wheat increased, of oat decreased, and of corn were about the same as the particle size decreased. The wheat D eff was less than that of corn which was less than that of oats. Monolayer moisture content and bulk moisture content at high A w were determined from moisture sorption isotherms measured on the smallest particles. There was no difference in the monolayer moistures but both corn and wheat brans adsorbed much more water at high A w than did the oat bran. Effect of particle size on water sorption and, by inference, some types of functionality cannot be generalized and must be determined for each type of fiber.