Formulation of apple juice beverages containing whey protein isolate or whey protein hydrolysate based on sensory and physicochemical analysis

Whey protein isolate (WPI) or its bioactive hydrolysate (WPH) was mixed with apple juice along with sweetener, obtaining a series of beverages with various pH values. Sedimentation of WPI‐apple juice and WPH‐apple juice beverages was inhibited at pH values of 3.15 and 3.47, respectively. The higher the whey protein content, the more undesirable was the taste of samples. A clearer appearance with smaller particle size was obtained with WPH‐apple juice formulations compared to WPI‐apple juice formulations at pH values closer to the pI of the whey proteins. Intrinsic viscosity measurements revealed the weaker associations of peptides compared with protein molecules.     

Emulsification of Commercial Dairy Proteins with Exhaustively Washed Muscle

The addition of dairy proteins to exhaustively washed chicken breast muscle improved the emulsion stability in heated cream layers (emulsions) containing whey protein concentrate (WPC) or whey protein isolate (WPI). The initial weight of the heated cream layers made with WPC or WPI was heavier than those for sodium caseinate (CNate) or milk protein isolate (MPI). The addition of CNate or MPI resulted in decreased emulsion stability and increased inhibition of myosin heavy chain and actin participation in the emulsion formation compared to WPC or WPI.     

Use of dairy proteins in lean poultry meat batters – a comparative study

The use of dry whole milk, skimmed milk, caseinate, regular and modified whey, at 2% level (w/w) and with 2% additional protein level was studied in a chicken breast meat system with 51% water addition. At the 2% (w/w) level, all dairy proteins significantly reduced cooking loss compared with the control, with caseinate showing the best results. When compared on an equal protein level (2% total protein), the best performing ingredients were the whole milk and modified whey. A similar observation was made in their effect on the products’ hardness and fracturability. A cost analysis revealed that modified whey provided the most economical ingredient even when used in quantities three times greater than that of as caseinate. Microscopy results showed the formation of larger fine‐protein‐matrix regions in the treatments that provided higher fracturability values.     

Improvement of the functional properties of whey protein hydrolysate by conjugation with maltodextrin

The impact of conjugation with maltodextrin on selected functional properties (i.e., solubility and thermal stability) of intact whey protein isolate (WPI) and whey protein hydrolysate (WPH) was determined. Conjugation of WPI and WPH (degree of hydrolysis 9.3%) with maltodextrin (MD) was achieved by heating solutions of 5% WPI or WPH with 5% MD, initial pH 8.2, at 90 °C for up to 24 h. The WPH had 55.4% higher levels of available amino groups compared with the WPI, which contributed to more rapid and extensive conjugation of WPH-MD, compared with WPI-MD. The WPI-MD and WPH-MD solutions heated for 8 h had significantly higher (P < 0.05) protein solubility than the respective WPI and WPH heated control solutions, in the pH range 4.0–5.0. Conjugation of WPI and WPH with MD enhanced the stability to heat-induced changes, such as turbidity development, gelation or precipitation, in the presence of 40 mm added NaCl.     

Authentication of Whey Protein Powders by Portable Mid‐Infrared Spectrometers Combined with Pattern Recognition Analysis

The objective of this study was to develop a simple and rapid method to differentiate whey protein types (WPC, WPI, and WPH) used for beverage manufacturing by combining the spectral signature collected from portable mid‐infrared spectrometers and pattern recognition analysis. Whey protein powders from different suppliers are produced using a large number of processing and compositional variables, resulting in variation in composition, concentration, protein structure, and thus functionality. Whey protein powders including whey protein isolates, whey protein concentrates and whey protein hydrolysates were obtained from different suppliers and their spectra collected using portable mid‐infrared spectrometers (single and triple reflection) by pressing the powder onto an Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) diamond crystal with a pressure clamp. Spectra were analyzed by soft independent modeling of class analogy (SIMCA) generating a classification model showing the ability to differentiate whey protein types by forming tight clusters with interclass distance values of >3, considered to be significantly different from each other. The major bands centered at 1640 and 1580 cm^?1 were responsible for separation and were associated with differences in amide I and amide II vibrations of proteins, respectively. Another important band in whey protein clustering was associated with carboxylate vibrations of acidic amino acids (～1570 cm^?1). The use of a portable mid‐IR spectrometer combined with pattern recognition analysis showed potential for discriminating whey protein ingredients that can help to streamline the analytical procedure so that it is more applicable for field‐based screening of ingredients.     

美拉德反应对乳清分离蛋白及其水解物抗氧化性的影响

以乳清分离蛋白及其蛋白水解物为原料分别与半乳糖发生美拉德反应,研究两者美拉德反应的褐变程度、接枝度及产物荧光光谱的变化,同时以乳清分离蛋白和蛋白水解物作对照,研究两者美拉德反应产物的抗氧化性。结果表明:乳清分离蛋白及其水解物美拉德反应的褐变程度、接枝度及产物的抗氧化性均在4 h达到最大。其中,乳清分离蛋白及其水解物与半乳糖美拉德反应的褐变程度和接枝度最大值分别为1.114、18.431%和1.413、28.273%;两者美拉德反应产物的还原力、2,2’-联氨-二(3-乙基-苯并噻唑-6-磺酸)二铵盐自由基清除能力和1,1-二苯基-2-三硝基苯肼自由基清除能力分别为0.605、46.29%、61.77%和0.923、69.81%、78.43%,均显著高于对照组(P0.05)。同时,内源荧光光谱发现,美拉德反应改变了乳清分离蛋白及其水解物的构象,使二者的结构更加松散。     

Fat reduction in comminuted meat products-effects of beef fat, regular and pre-emulsified canola oil

The effects of fat reduction (25.0%, 17.5%, and 10.0%) and substituting beef fat with canola oil or pre-emulsified canola oil (using soy protein isolate, sodium caseinate or whey protein isolate) on cooking loss, texture and color of comminuted meat products were investigated. Reducing fat from 25 to 10% increased cooking loss and decreased hardness. Canola oil or pre-emulsified treatments showed a positive effect on improving yield and restoring textural parameters. Using sodium caseinate to pre-emulsify the oil resulted in the highest hardness value. Cohesiveness was affected by fat type and level. The color of reduced fat meat batters was darker for all, except the beef fat treatments. Using canola oil or pre-emulsified oil resulted in a significant reduction in redness. The results show that pre-emulsification can offset some of the changes in reduced fat meat products when more water is used to substitute for the fat and that pre-emulsification can also help to produce a more stable meat matrix.     

Use of macroporous adsorption resin for simultaneous desalting and debittering of whey protein hydrolysates

Whey protein isolate (WPI) was hydrolysed to whey protein hydrolysates (WPH) of degree of hydrolysis equal to 15% using Protease N ‘Amano’ G (IUB 3.4.24.28) in a batch reactor at 55 °C and pH 7.0 according to the pH‐stat procedure. Ash was removed by adsorbing WPH onto macroporous adsorption resins (MAR). Following rinsing with deionised water, desorption was achieved by washing with 20%, 40% and 75% alcohol (v v^?1) to obtain the three fractions HS20, HS40 and HS75. Ash reduced from 15.71% (WPH) to 4.38% (HS20), 2.02% (HS40) and 2.38% (HS75). Similarly, the protein content was enriched from a low of 64.89% (WPH) to 94.74% (HS20), 95.32% (HS40) and 92.00% (HS75). The fractions were analysed for surface hydrophobicity (SH_o), angiotensin‐I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition, emulsifying activity index, total amino acids composition and molecular weight distribution. Fraction HS75 was objectionably bitter, showed superior ACE inhibition (lowest IC₅₀), had the highest content of hydrophobic and essential amino acids and contained about 71% of <600 Da with no fractions exceeding 4142 Da. Desorption with alcohol weakened the hydrophobic interaction forces between the peptides and resins and hence eluted the peptides, with the bitter HS75 being extracted.     

Heat Stability of Oil-in-Water Emulsions Containing Milk Proteins: Effect of Ionic Strength and pH

Emulsions (20 wt% soybean oil; 2 wt% protein) made with caseinate at pH 7 and with whey protein isolate (WPI) at pH 7 and 3 were stable to heating at 90 and 121°C. WPI emulsions destabilized at pH values between 3.5 and 4.0. In the presence of KCI (12.5–200 mM), large particles were formed in WPI emulsions at pH 3 and the emulsions were viscous. At pH 7, moderate concentrations of KCI decreased the heat stability and gels were formed. KCI had less effect on WPI emulsions made at pH 3. Combining the emulsions with caseinate allowed some control of the heat-induced gelation.     

添加非肉蛋白对菜籽油替代肥膘猪肉糜品质的影响

以菜籽油代替猪肉糜传统配方中的背膘,再分别添加大豆分离蛋白（soya protein isolate,SPI）、豌豆蛋白（pea protein,PP）和乳清分离蛋白（whey protein isolate,WPI）替代1.5%肉蛋白,研究不同蛋白质含量（12%、14%）下3 种非肉蛋白对猪肉糜脂肪损失及品质变化的影响。结果表明：在3 种非肉蛋白中,PP的乳化能力最差（48.78 m2/g）,SPI乳化能力最好（59.65 m2/g）;与全肉对照组相比,所有非肉蛋白处理组的蒸煮损失率均较低,当蛋白质含量从12%提高到14%时,添加非肉蛋白组的蒸煮损失率均增加;在12%和14%蛋白质含量下,添加SPI后猪肉糜的乳化特性有所提升,并更加稳定;质构分析结果表明,蛋白质含量的提高增加了猪肉糜硬度、黏聚性和胶着度,WPI组硬度最高,PP组硬度最低,表明非肉蛋白对质构的改性作用很强;与全肉对照组相比,添加非肉蛋白会导致产品的亮度值升高,红度值降低;此外,添加WPI制备的猪肉糜乳脂层蛋白质含量最低。     

乳清多肽对D - 半乳糖衰老模型大鼠血清和脏器组织抗氧化效果的影响

研究乳清蛋白的碱性蛋白酶水解产物对D- 半乳糖(D-gal)衰老模型大鼠抗氧化效果的影响。将大鼠分为7组,包括正常对照组、D-gal 模型阴性对照组、D-gal ＋未水解乳清蛋白组、D-gal ＋乳清蛋白肽低剂量组、D-gal＋乳清蛋白肽中剂量组、D-gal ＋乳清蛋白肽高剂量组和D-gal ＋抗坏血酸模型阳性对照组。各处理组灌胃45d 后,检测衰老大鼠血清、心脏和肾脏的超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)活性和丙二醛(MDA)含量的变化及肝脏中过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性的变化。抗坏血酸阳性对照组和低、中、高剂量乳清多肽组均可使大鼠血清、心脏和肾脏的SOD 、GSH-Px 及CAT 活性提高,MDA 含量降低,并且与阴性对照组相比差异显著 (P ＜0.05)。其中,高剂量乳清多肽组(200mg/kg bw)对SOD 酶活性作用最显著,使血清SOD 活性比阴性对照组提高了29.2%。高剂量乳清多肽组使肾脏GSH-Px 活性及肝脏中CAT 活性达到了阳性对照抗坏血酸的水平(P ＞ 0.05),同时,中剂量乳清多肽组(100mg/kg bw)使心脏中的MDA 含量与阴性对照组相比下降了38.6%。结果表明,乳清多肽能够通过提高生物体内抗氧化酶系的活力,减少自由基对组织器官的损害,发挥其抗氧化作用,这说明乳清多肽在延缓机体衰老方面具有一定的效果。     

Heat-induced aggregation of whey proteins in the presence of κ-casein or sodium caseinate

Aggregates were formed by heating mixtures of whey protein isolate (WPI) and pure κ-casein or sodium caseinate at pH 7 and 0.1 M NaCl. The aggregates were characterized by static and dynamic light scattering and size exclusion chromatography. After extensive heat-treatment at 80 °C for 24 h, almost all whey proteins and κ-casein formed mixed aggregates, but a large proportion of the sodium caseinate did not aggregate. At a given WPI concentration the size of the aggregates decreased with increasing κ-casein or sodium caseinate concentration, but the overall self-similar structure of the aggregates was the same. The presence of κ-casein or caseinate therefore inhibited growth of the heat-induced whey protein aggregates. The results were discussed relative to the reported chaperone-like activity of casein molecules towards heat aggregation of globular proteins.     

Comparative evaluation of edible coatings to reduce fat uptake in a deep-fried cereal product

Eleven hydrocolloid materials including gelatine, gellan gum, κ-carrageenan-konjac-blend, locust bean gum, methyl cellulose (MC), microcrystalline cellulose, pectin (three types), sodium caseinate, soy protein isolate (SPI), vital wheat gluten and whey protein isolate (WPI) were compared for their film forming ability, suitability for fried foods, and water and fat transfer properties. Various selected formulations and preparation methods were investigated for their effectiveness, and for their heat stability on a product made from a pastry-mix. Gelatine, wheat gluten and sodium caseinate were not suitable in single material coating. The SPI, WPI and MC were the best materials for coating to reduce fat uptake during frying. Composite films of two to three materials in multiple coatings or a single coating with mixed materials were also evaluated. Multiple coatings provided large film thicknesses. SPI/MC and SPI/WPI mixed coatings provided the highest index value (reduction in fat uptake/decrease of water loss), and reduced the fat uptake up to 99.8%.     

Structural and Functional Properties of Caseinate and Whey Protein Isolate as Affected by Temperature and pH

The structural properties, i.e., active sulfhydryl (SH), flexibility and hydrophobicity, and functional properties, i.e., solubility, emulsion activity (EA), emulsion stability (ES), foam overrun (FO) and foam stability (FS), of commercial sodium caseinate (SC) and whey protein isolate (WPI) solutions were investigated at pH 6, 7 and 8 and at 25, 55 and 65°C. WPI contained a higher concentration of active SH and was more hydrophobic than SC. WPI provided comparable solubility and EA, lower FO, but higher FS than SC. Temperature and pH effects on the two proteins were somewhat inconsistent.     

Investigation into the interaction between resveratrol and whey proteins using fluorescence spectroscopy

Fluorescence spectroscopy was used to investigate the interaction between resveratrol and whey proteins. The whey proteins examined were lactoferrin, holo‐lactoferrin, apo‐lactoferrin, whey protein isolate (WPI) and the β‐lactoglobulin‐ and α‐lactalbumin‐rich fractions of WPI. Both an analytical‐grade and food‐grade resveratrol were examined. In all the systems studied, it was found that resveratrol interacted with the whey proteins to form a 1:1 complex. The binding constant, K_s, for the protein–resveratrol complex for all the proteins examined varied from 1.7 × 10⁴ to 1.2 × 10⁵ m ^?1. Furthermore, the interaction between the whey proteins and resveratrol did not affect the secondary structure of the proteins.     

Oil-in-Water Emulsions Stabilized by Sodium Caseinate or Whey Protein Isolate as influenced by Glycerol Monostearate

Competitive adsorption between glycerol monostearate (GMS) and whey protein isolate (WPI) or sodium caseinate was studied in oil-in-water emulsions (20 wt % soya oil, deionized water, pH 7). Addition of GMS resulted in partial displacement of WPI or sodium caseinate from the emulsion interface. SDS-PAGE showed that GMS altered the adsorbed layer composition in sodium caseinate stabilized emulsions containing < 1.0 wt % protein. Predominance of β-casein at the interface in the absence of surfactant was reduced in the presence of GMS. The distribution of α-lactalbumin and β-lactoglobulin between the aqueous bulk phase and the fat surface in emulsions stabilized with WPI was independent of the concentration of added protein or surfactant.     

乳清分离蛋白水解物对猪肉糜抗氧化作用的研究

研究乳清分离蛋白(WPI)的碱性蛋白酶(alcalase)水解物的抗氧化能力,并将其应用于生肉糜中研究其抗氧化效果。实验分为6组,第1组为对照组,第2组加入2.0%的WPI未水解物,第3～5组中分别加入1.0%、1.5%、2.0%的水解物冻干粉(5h),第6组中加入0.02%的BHA,在冷藏过程中测定肉糜的红度值(a*)、硫代巴比妥酸值(TBARS)值、pH值、高铁肌红蛋白(MetMb)含量,并对产品的感官指标进行评定。结果表明,在贮藏7d内,与对照组相比,添加WPI水解物处理组能够显著抑制生肉糜脂肪的氧化(P<0.05),其中2%WPI水解物处理组效果最明显,能显著降低TBARS值、增加肉糜的红度值(a*)(P<0.05),且其高铁肌红蛋白(MetMb)含量仅为对照组的79%,与添加BHA处理组的水平相当。同时,WPI水解物处理组抑制脂肪的氧化效果比WPI未水解组好。因此,WPI水解物可以有效的抑制食物中脂肪氧化,且其抗氧化效果与水解物的使用量相关。     

Concentrated whey protein ingredients: A Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy investigation of thermally induced denaturation

Thermal denaturation of whey protein solutions was investigated from a structural perspective utilising attenuated total reflectance – Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (ATR‐FTIR). Solutions (100 g protein/L, pH 7) of commercial whey protein isolate (WPI) powders and enriched protein fractions of β‐lactoglobulin (β‐lg) and α‐lactalbumin (α‐la) were heat‐treated at temperatures of 50–90 °C. Subsequent analysis by ATR‐FTIR highlighted the structural changes occurring as a direct result of heat treatments. Molecularly, WPI dispersions exhibited pronounced differences in denaturation behaviour depending on their method of manufacture. ATR‐FTIR is an informative tool to discern the structural molecular interactions not apparent through physical analysis of concentrated ingredients.     

Soft matter characterisation of whey protein powder systems

Use of milk-derived protein powders in high-protein bars has grown significantly in recent years. Such products undergo deteriorative, hardening reactions during storage. This study explored the physical characteristics of whey protein powders, particle packing and ageing in bar matrices. The stability of a whey protein isolate (WPI) was compared with that of three WPI hydrolysates. The onset of solidity (ψ) was dependent on powder type, volume fraction (ϕ) and a particle interaction energy (U). Bars containing hydrolysates did not harden to the same extent as those containing intact WPI. For WPI, ψ occurred at ϕ of 0.73, compared with approximately 0.55 for two of the hydrolysates. Bars containing the most extensively hydrolysed proteins did not exhibit an equivalent liquid–solid transition. Hardening was lower in systems in which ψ occurred at low ϕ. Rheological characterisation of the liquid–solid boundary provides a means to better understand structural development in concentrated food systems.     

THERMO-RHEOLOGY,QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS,AND MICROSTRUCTURE OF FRANKFURTERS PREPARED WITH SELECTED PLANT AND MILK ADDITIVES1

The purpose of this study was to evaluate substitution of nonmeat proteins for meat protein on the thermo-rheology, quality characteristics, and microstructure of frankfurters. Batters were formulated to contain either 2% sodium caseinate or soy protein isolate, or 3.5% whey protein concentrate or wheat germ flour. The storage modulus (G') of all treatments initially decreased during temperature ramping from 20–50C, then increased rapidly from 60–80C, with all-meat batter exhibiting the highest G' at 80C. Substitution with nonmeat proteins decreased G', shear force, compression force, and red color of meat compared with all-meat frankfurters. Increased protein content, cooking yield, and decreased fat content were obtained with nonmeat protein formulations. Electron micrographs showed that nonmeat proteins were able to bind to the meat protein and fat, forming a protein-fat matrix with less coalescence of fat droplets. Sodium caseinate, soy protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, and wheat germ flour can be used as protein additives in comminuted meat products without adversely affecting their physical characteristics.