Understanding the role of air and protein phase on mechanical anisotropy of calcium caseinate fibers

Zhaojun Wang, Bei Tian, Remko Boom, Atze Jan van der Goot*

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Abstract

Calcium caseinate dispersions can be transformed into anisotropic, fibrous materials using the concept of shear-induced structuring. The aim of this study is to further investigate the relative importance of air bubbles and protein on the mechanical anisotropy of calcium caseinate material. In this study, the effect of air on mechanical anisotropy of these fibrous materials was described with a load-bearing model, with the void fraction, and the bubble length and width as input parameters. The anisotropy of the protein phase was estimated using materials obtained from deaerated dispersions after shearing at different shear rates. We concluded that the deformation of air bubbles can only partly explain the mechanical anisotropy; the anisotropy of the protein phase is more important. Based on all results, we further concluded that the anisotropy of the protein phase was affected by the air bubbles present during the structuring process. This effect was explained by locally higher shear rate in the protein matrix during the structuring process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)862-869
Number of pages8
JournalFood Research International
Volume121
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Keywords

  • Air bubbles
  • Anisotropy
  • Calcium caseinate
  • Fibers
  • Mechanical property
  • Shear

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