谷物平衡水分研究概况

控制吸湿是谷物安全贮藏的基本原则之一,平衡水分测定可用来判断谷物水分变化的趋向.概述了谷物平衡水分测定的原理及数学模型分析,并归纳,发生纳滞后效应的可能理论、影响谷物吸着(包括吸附与解吸)等温线测定的因子,还重点介绍了近年发展起来的、利用平衡水分吸附/解吸数据分析谷物及食品的热动力学函数--水分吸着等热.这些研究进展对完善我国储粮生态区域划分、谷物主产区低温干燥、设计干燥程序和设备、谷物及加工产品的包装及货架期皆有意义.     

Beyond water activity: recent advances based on an alternative approach to the assessment of food quality and safety.

Water, the most abundant constituent of natural foods, is a ubiquitous plasticizer of most natural and fabricated food ingredients and products. Many of the new concepts and developments in modern food science and technology revolve around the role of water, and its manipulation, in food manufacturing, processing, and preservation. This article reviews the effects of water, as a near-universal solvent and plasticizer, on the behavior of polymeric (as well as oligomeric and monomeric) food materials and systems, with emphasis on the impact of water content (in terms of increasing system mobility and eventual water "availability") on food quality, safety, stability, and technological performance. This review describes a new perspective on moisture management, an old and established discipline now evolving to a theoretical basis of fundamental structure-property principles from the field of synthetic polymer science, including the innovative concepts of "water dynamics" and "glass dynamics". These integrated concepts focus on the non-equilibrium nature of all "real world" food products and processes, and stress the importance to successful moisture management of the maintenance of food systems in kinetically metastable, dynamically constrained glassy states rather than equilibrium thermodynamic phases. The understanding derived from this "food polymer science" approach to water relationships in foods has led to new insights and advances beyond the limited applicability of traditional concepts involving water activity. This article is neither a conventional nor comprehensive review of water activity, but rather a critical overview that presents and discusses current, usable information on moisture management theory, research, and practice applicable to food systems covering the broadest ranges of moisture content and processing/storage temperature conditions.     

COMPUTER SIMULATION OF VITAMIN DEGRADATION IN A DRY MODEL FOOD SYSTEM DURING STORAGE1

During storage of dry foods, oxidative mechanisms can result in nutrient degradation. Accurate prediction of the vitamin content for dry foods during storage is essential to provide the processor with the assurance of meeting label claims. Since appropriate shelf-life tests for measurement of vitamin degradation represents an alternative worth considering. A mathematical model of the relationship between the rate constant of ascorbic acid oxidation and water activity was established. Computer simulation to predict product moisture content and ascorbic acid degradation in a dry model food product was developed by considering the simultaneous influence of water activity and temperature on rate constants which change with storage time due to varying storage environments. The computer simulation predicts product moisture content and vitamin degradation in good agreement with the experimental data. The simulation will account for the influence of storage temperature and relative humidity as well as characteristics of the food product and package material.     

贮藏温湿度对糙米平衡含水率的影响

为解决糙米贮藏过程中含水率随贮藏温湿度变化的问题,应用静态称重法对糙米籽粒进行了不同温度和相对湿度条件下的吸附与解吸平衡含水率试验,分析了温度、相对湿度对糙米平衡含水率的影响规律.利用SAS软件处理试验结果,拟合了Henderson等5种经典模型的参数并评价了拟合效果,确定了最佳拟合模型及其优化参数.结果表明,修正GAB模型及其优化参数组合最适合描述糙米籽粒的吸附和解吸平衡含水率,其相关系数分别为0.998 3和0.9977.     

MOISTURE ADSORPTION BEHAVIOR OF BISCUITS FORMULATED USING WHEAT, OATMEAL AND PASSION FRUIT FLOUR

Moisture adsorption isotherms from a new biscuit considered as functional food were determined using a gravimetric static method at 25 and 40C and over a range of relative humidity from 0.112 to 0.903. The biscuit had 2.5, 3.3, 10.0 and 31.0% of ash, fiber, protein and fat, respectively, and 4.7% moisture content. The equilibrium moisture content of the biscuit (kg/kg) increased when the storage temperature at any given water activity ( A _w) was reduced. The experimental data were analyzed using different models, namely Guggenheim–Anderson–de Boer (GAB) (three-parameter relationships), Henderson and Oswin (both models with two parameters), which exhibited a sigmoid shape at the studied temperatures. The maximum isosteric heat of sorption was 21.6 kJ/mol, which exponentially decreased when the moisture content was increased. The GAB model was found to be the most suitable for describing the adsorption characteristics at the temperature and A _w range studied, according to the relative error and the coefficient determination.

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

This article describes the characterization of moisture adsorption behavior of a new biscuit considered as functional food. In general, the sorption behaviors of several foods have been studied extensively; nevertheless, a reduced number of published articles about biscuit sorption isotherms are found in the literature. The experimental data reported in this article may be important for the scientific community of the food science and technology. Isosteric heat of sorption is important for the determination of the binding strength of water to the food, as well as the amount of water present in the food.     

Water transport in starchy foods: Experimental and mathematical aspects

BackgroundThe availability and movement of water inside the food materials play essential roles for food stability by affecting their physical and chemical properties, and microbiological activity. Understanding the moisture sorption behavior is a necessary step to control food properties. Food processing unit operations like drying and cooking influence the behavior of starch since such systems trigger swelling or shrinkage as a result of moisture sorption or desorption mechanisms. Also, these processes alter many aspects of starch-containing foods such as acceptability, nutritional value, quality, and shelf-life.Scope and approachTherefore, understanding the water transport in starchy foods and the changes occurring in functional properties of starch has a great importance to describe and model their sorption and drying behavior. First, the primary mechanisms occurring during water transport such as moisture sorption, swelling, gelatinization, and glass transition are discussed using experimental results presented in the literature. Additionally, the hybrid mixture theory (HMT) and its potential for predicting transport mechanisms in starchy foods is discussed.Key findings and conclusionsIn addition to experimental considerations, the mathematical modeling provides complementary information to predict the heat and fluid transfer. The hybrid mixture theory based multiscale models are able to describe the physico-chemical changes and general transport mechanisms occurring within a porous food matrix. This theory can also be used to predict the quality changes in food products during processing.     

冷藏、冻藏时间对玉米醇溶蛋白膜影响

不同冷藏、冻藏时间对玉米醇溶蛋白膜特性有一定影响,蛋白膜机械特性、平衡水分含量和水蒸汽透过率随冷藏、冻藏时间变化而变化。随着冷藏、冻藏时间不断增加,蛋白膜抗拉强度和延伸率都呈下降趋势；但冷藏条件下蛋白膜机械特性较冻藏条件下为好；蛋白膜平衡水分含量随时间增加而降低；蛋白膜水蒸汽透过率随冷藏、冻藏时间增加而上升。     

小米挤压膨化产品的吸湿动力学研究

挤压膨化食品极易从周围环境中吸收水分,导致脆性丧失;对吸湿动力学过程的了解有助于选定合适的包装材料和存储环境。将4种形态的小米挤压膨化产品在不同温度、相对湿度下吸湿,并对吸湿过程进行模拟分析。与扩散模型、Peleg模型相比,Weibull模型最能预测小米挤压膨化产品的吸湿行为。根据Weibull模型,同一温度下,初始吸湿速率随相对湿度增大而近似线性增大。同一相对湿度下,总体吸湿速率随温度升高呈近似线性增大。温度越低、相对湿度越高,平衡水分越高。不同样品间的平衡水分差异较小,而吸湿速度差异明显,尤其在低温—低相对湿度条件时。外层气孔结构的差异可能是样品间初始吸湿速率差异的主要原因。     

烟草样品等温吸湿模型的比较与分析

为了筛选出适合不同烟草样品的等温吸湿模型,从食品等温吸湿研究领域的众多模型中选择了14种常用的数学模型,包括理论模型8种:BET模型、GAB模型、Kühn模型、Smith模型1（非溶胀材料）、Smith模型2（溶胀材料）、Harkins模型、Hailwood模型和Lewicki模型,经验/半经验模型6种:Peleg模型、Ferro Fontan模型、DLP模型、Konstance模型、Oswin模型和Polynomial模型,对12个不同类型烟草样品的实验数据进行拟合,通过决定系数（R2）和平均相对误差（MRE）对模型的拟合效果进行了评价,并用18个不同类型的烟草样品对优选模型进行了验证。结果表明,GAB和DLP模型具有较好的普遍适用性,可分别作为烟草样品等温吸湿研究领域的理论模型和经验/半经验模型进行推广应用。      

Moisture sorption isotherms and isosteric heat for pistachio

The equilibrium moisture contents (EMC) of pistachio were determined using the standard static-gravimetric method at 15, 25, 35 and 40 °C for pistachio powder at 15, 35 °C for pistachio kernel and pistachio nut for water activity (a _w) ranging from 0.11 to 0.9. At a given water activity, the results show that the moisture content decreases with increasing temperature. The experimental sorption curves are then described by the BET, GAB, Henderson, Oswin, Smith and Halsey models. A nonlinear regression analysis method was used to evaluate the constants of the sorption equations. The Smith model was found to be suitable for describing the sorption curves. The isosteric heat of adsorption of water was determined as a function of moisture content from the equilibrium data at different temperatures using the Clasius–Clapeyron equation.     

Moisture desorption isotherms of medium-grain rough rice

Moisture desorption isotherms (EMC/ERH) of medium-grain rough rice (Japonica variety) were determined using a constant environment chamber for various combinations of air temperature (11.8-51.0 degrees C) and relative humidity (37.1-89.7%). The initial moisture contents were in the range of 24.7-41.6% dry basis. A thin-layer technique was used to achieve uniform drying. Each test was continued until the moisture content change in 24h was less than 0.1% dry basis. The final moisture content was considered as the dynamic equilibrium moisture content. Four three-parameter EMC/ERH equations, the modified Henderson, modified Chung-Pfost, modified Oswin and modified Halsey equations, were compared for their ability to fit the experimental EMC/ERH data. The residual sum of squares (RSS) and standard error of estimate (SEE) were adopted as the criteria to evaluate the fitting performance of the models. The modified Chung-Pfost equation was identified as the most appropriate equation for representing the EMC/ERH desorption isotherms of rough rice. Coefficients for equilibrium moisture content as a function of equilibrium relative humidity and temperature are given. The EMC/ERH data obtained in this study agreed well with previously published data. However the average isotherm, combining desorption and adsorption data, of ASAE does not predict the desorption EMC of rough rice accurately.     

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUID FOODS—A REVIEW

Theoretical and semi-empirical models for estimating the thermal conductivity (k) of liquid foods are reviewed. Seven models were considered; five, all containing temperature as an independent variable, were selected for their simplicity and apparent accuracy for further study and statistical evaluation. Experimental k values of 158 food samples, such as fruit and vegetable juices, sugar solutions, egg white and dairy products, were obtained from the literature. The model by Riedel (1949) described the data the best, producing the lowest standard error in the estimation of experimental values. Using thermal conductivity of water would give errors almost four times as much as if the Riedel model was used. These semi-empirical models could also be used to estimate average k values in processes where temperature and/or solids content were varying. Theories of thermal conductivity applicable to liquid food systems were reviewed.     

冻藏温度对玉米醇溶蛋白膜的影响

冻藏温度对玉米醇溶蛋白膜特性有一定影响。结果表明:蛋白膜的机械特性、平衡水分含量和水蒸气透过率随冻藏温度的变化而发生变化。随着冻藏温度的降低,蛋白膜的抗拉强度和延伸率都呈下降的趋势;蛋白膜的平衡水分含量随冻藏温度的降低先上升,而后又略有下降;水蒸气透过率随冻藏温度的降低而上升。     

Determination of safe storage moisture content of soybean expeller by means of sorption isotherms and product respiration

Soybean expeller (SBE) is rich in protein and has a relatively high and variable oil composition (7–15%). With the increasing use of the SBE for animal nutrition there arose a need for understanding the quality deterioration during storage. The goal of this research was to determine the storability of SBE by developing a model for predicting its equilibrium moisture content (EMC), using the EMC model to determine its safe storage moisture content (SSMC), and by measuring dry matter loss (DML) for SBE incubated at 10 °C and 20 °C for 46 days. Samples of SBE with different residual oil contents were collected and an EMC experiment was carried out to determine the sorption isotherms at 65, 70, 75 and 80% RH; at 10 and 20 °C for samples with 6.2, 9.6 and 15.3% oil content. A second set of samples was used for determining the respiration rate at 20 °C. The Enhanced Halsey model was fitted to the SBE EMC/equilibrium relative humidity (ERH) data and it was established that the residual oil content significantly affected the sorption isotherms. By considering an ERH of 67% or below to be a safe storage condition, the SBE should be stored at or below 12.2% moisture content (m.c.) if the temperature is at or below 20 °C and an the oil content is 7%. However, according to the respiration experiments it would be safe to store SBE up to 16% m.c. (equivalent to 75% ERH). Considering a DML limit of 0.1%, the allowable storage time of SBE at a m.c. lower than 15.4% (ERH of 75%) was at least 46 days. The widely accepted practice of incorporating the gums present in the extracted oil, diluted in water, back into the SBE should be avoided since it increases the m.c. of the product and substantially reduces the allowable storage time.     

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY PREDICTION FOR FOODSTUFFS: EFFECT OF MOISTURE CONTENT AND TEMPERATURE

ABSTRACT

A wide variation of the reported experimental data of thermal conductivity of solid food materials makes difficult their utilization in food processing applications. The published values of thermal conductivity of various foods were classified and analyzed statistically to reveal the influence of material moisture content and temperature. Empirical models, relating thermal conductivity to material moisture content and temperature, are fitted to all literature data for each material. The data are screened carefully using residual analysis techniques. A potential model is proposed and parameters are estimated for different foods.     

Influence of drying on the equilibrium moisture content (EMC) of particles and particleboards from pinewood

Experiments were carried out to determine the influence of drying wood flakes under different conditions on their equilibrium moisture content (EMC) as well as on the equilibrium moisture content of particleboards made thereform. Severe-dried flakes showed lower EMC than mild-or moderate-dried flakes at 20°C and 65% rel. humidity. However, particleboards made from particles dried under mild, moderate and severe conditions revealed no significant differences in the EMC when glued using the same binder and pressing conditions. Particleboards bonded with different binders showed, in confirmation of previous results, significant differences in the EMC     

Sorption equilibrium moisture and isosteric heat of cold plasma treated milled rice

To promote industrial adoption of cold plasma as a sustainable and safe processing technology for rice, data on equilibrium moisture content (EMC) for cold plasma treated milled rice of five Chinese varieties were collected by a gravimetric method at 11–96% equilibrium relative humidity (ERH) and a temperature range of 15–35 °C. Nine models were fitted well to the sorption data, with the modified Guggenheim–Anderson–deBoer equation (3-MGAB), modified Henderson equation (MHE), and a polynomial equation being the best fits. At a constant ERH, the EMC was negatively correlated with temperature, whereas there was a strong effect of temperature on the sorption isotherms of the milled rice. Initially, the isosteric heats of sorption for the cold plasma treated rice decreased rapidly with increasing sample moisture content (MC); however, when MC was higher than 15% of the wet basis (w.b.), further increases in MC caused a slight decrease in heat sorption values. The heat of vaporization of the milled rice approached the latent heat of pure water at a moisture content of ~17.5% w.b., which was ~2500 kJ/kg. The isosteric heat of sorption values of the milled rice predicted by the modified Chung-Pfost equation (MCPE) and MHE models negatively correlated with temperature. At 70% ERH, the safe-storage MC of the cold plasma treated rice were ≤14.5% w.b. at 25 °C. In comparison to the untreated milled rice, the cold plasma treated rice with 120 W for 20 s and 60 s significantly decreased the water contact angle and increased kernel broken index, without significantly changing the appearance quality of milled rice. The cold plasma treated rice with 120 W-20 s had insignificantly higher EMC than that of 120 W-60 s at the studied temperature range. This study demonstrates that helium cold plasma treatment insignificantly changed hygroscopic property of milled rice whilst maintaining the appearance quality.     

烟草薄片平衡含水率影响因素探究

平衡含水率及主流烟气水分对再造烟叶的物理性能、加工特性、燃烧、风味和感官质量有很大影响。为研究再造烟叶中影响平衡含水率的因素,测定了再造烟叶的物理结构(比表面积、孔体积、孔径)和化学成分(烟草常规成分、细胞壁物质、灰分及钙),应用SPSS简单相关性分析分析了其与平衡含水率的相关性。结果表明,碳酸钙、灰分与平衡含水率呈显著负相关;钾、氯、果胶与平衡含水率呈显著正相关;其他成分相关性不显著。     

Water activity,water glass dynamics,and the control of microbiological growth in foods

Water is probably the single most important factor governing microbial spoilage in foods, and the concept of water activity (a_w) has been very valuable because measured values generally correlate well with the potential for growth and metabolic activity. Despite some drawbacks (e.g., solute effect), the concept of a_w has assisted food scientists in their effort to predict the onset of food spoilage as well as to control food‐borne disease hazards in food products. In the last decade the concept of a_w has been challenged. It has been suggested that reduced‐moisture food products (e.g., low and intermediate) may be nonequilibrium systems and that most of them are in the amorphous metastable state, which is very sensitive to changes in moisture content and temperature. It has been proposed that the glass transition temperature T_g (temperature at which the glass‐rubber transition occurs), is a parameter that can determine many product properties, the safety of foods among them. The concept of water dynamics, originating in a food polymer science approach, has been suggested instead of a_w to better predict the microbial stability of intermediate‐moisture foods. The usage of a_w to predict microbial safety of foods has been discouraged on the basis that (1) in intermediate‐moisture foods the measured water vapor pressure is not an equilibrium one, and because a_w is a thermodynamic concept, it refers only to equilibrium; and (2) the microbial response may differ at a particular a_w when the latter is obtained with different solutes.

This review analyzes these suggestions on the basis of abundant experimental evidence found in the literature. It is concluded that nonequilibrium effects (e.g., inability of water to diffuse in a semimoist food) appear to be in many cases slow within the time frame (food's shelf life) of the experiments and/or so small that they do not affect seriously the application of the a_w concept as a predictor of microbial stability in foods.

The claims that a food science polymer approach to understanding the behavior of aqueous sugar glasses and concentrated solutions may be used to predict the microbial stability of food systems is not substantiated by experimental evidence. This approach does not offer, at the present time, a better alternative to the concept of a_w as a predictor of microbial growth in foods.

It is also recognized that a_w has several limitations and should be always used carefully, and this must include precautions regarding the possible influences of nonequilibrium situations. This aspect may be summarized by simply saying that anyone who is going to employ the term water activity must be aware of the implications of its definition.     

Critical moisture content for microbial growth in dried food‐processing residues

BACKGROUND: Food‐processing residues are good feedstocks for biofuel and biochemical production because they have high energy content and are abundant. Year‐round biofuel and biochemical production requires proper storage to prevent microbial decomposition and thermal runaway. In this study, microbial activity of tomato pomace (TP), grape pomace (GP), fermented grape pomace (FGP) and sugar beet pulp (SBP) was monitored at nine different moisture contents. RESULTS: Maximum and cumulative respirations for each feedstock with respect to moisture content followed a sigmoidal relationship. The critical moisture content below which no microbial activity was detected for SBP, TP, FGP and GP was 24–31, 16–21, 23–33 and 43–46% (dry basis) respectively. A logarithmic relationship was observed (R² = 0.94) between critical moisture content and initial water‐soluble carbohydrate (WSC) content of the processing residues. CONCLUSION: The critical moisture content below which no microbial activity was detected and the relationship between critical moisture content and initial WSC content were determined in this study for four food‐processing residues. Both parameters permit evaluation of the potential for deterioration of food‐processing residues during storage based on moisture content and WSC content. Copyright © 2010 Society of Chemical Industry