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Heat stability and acid gelation properties of calcium-enriched reconstituted skim milk affected by ultrasonication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2014

Jayani Chandrapala ,
Don Bui ,
Sandra Kentish  and
Muthupandian Ashokkumar
Jayani Chandrapala*
Affiliation:
Advanced Food Systems Research Unit, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, VIC 3030, Australia School of Chemistry/Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
Don Bui
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry/Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
Sandra Kentish
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry/Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
Muthupandian Ashokkumar
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry/Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
*
*For correspondence; e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The aggregation of proteins after heating of calcium-fortified milks has been an ongoing problem in the dairy industry. This undesirable effect restricts the manufacture of calcium rich dairy products. To overcome this problem, a completely new approach in controlling the heat stability of dairy protein solutions, developed in our lab, has been employed. In this approach, high intensity, low frequency ultrasound is applied for a very short duration after a pre-heating step at ⩾70 °C. The ultrasound breaks apart whey/whey and whey/casein aggregates through the process of acoustic cavitation. Protein aggregates do not reform on subsequent post-heating, thereby making the systems heat stable. In this paper, the acid gelation properties of ultrasonicated calcium-enriched skim milks have also been investigated. It is shown that ultrasonication alone does not change the gelation properties significantly whereas a sequence of preheating (72 °C/1 min) followed by ultrasonication leads to decreased gelation times, decreased gel syneresis and increased skim milk viscosity in comparison to heating alone. Overall, ultrasonication has the potential to provide calcium-fortified dairy products with increased heat stability. However, enhanced gelation properties can only be achieved when ultrasonication is completed in conjunction with heating.

Keywords

Ultrasoundskim milkheat stabilitycalcium
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , May 2014 , pp. 238 - 244
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 2014 

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