Zhou Lei, Zhang Jian, Yin Yantao, Zhang Wangang, Yang Yuling
Key Laboratory of Meat Processing and Quality Control, Ministry of Education China, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Meat Production and Processing, Quality and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
College of Food Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing 210046, China.
Foods. 2021 May 26;10(6):1201. doi: 10.3390/foods10061201.
The current study aimed to investigate the effects of ultrasound-assisted emulsification on the emulsifying and rheological properties of myofibrillar protein (MP) pork fat emulsions under different protein/fat ratios. Changes in emulsion profile, confocal laser scanning microscope images, cryo-scanning microscope images, particle size, protein solubility, surface hydrophobicity and free sulfhydryl groups were determined. Ultrasound significantly increased the emulsifying activity, the emulsifying stability and the flow index for all emulsions, while it decreased the viscosity coefficient of emulsions except for the treatment of protein/fat ratio of 1:15. The results showed that sonication reduced the particle size of the fat particles and evenly distributed the emulsion droplets. Sonication moved the distribution curve of droplet size to the smaller particle size direction and decreased the D3,2 and D4,3 values of emulsion. Sonication resulted in increased bindings between protein hydrophobic groups and fat particles. After ultrasound treatment, more sulfhydryl groups were exposed to aqueous solution, which might decrease the protein solubility in aqueous solution. Ultrasound-assisted emulsification could directly enhance the emulsifying and rheological properties of MP-stabilized pork fat emulsions at different protein/fat ratios, in particular at the ratio of 1:10.
本研究旨在探究超声辅助乳化对不同蛋白质/脂肪比例下肌原纤维蛋白(MP)-猪脂肪乳液的乳化和流变学特性的影响。测定了乳液特性、共聚焦激光扫描显微镜图像、冷冻扫描显微镜图像、粒径、蛋白质溶解度、表面疏水性和游离巯基的变化。超声显著提高了所有乳液的乳化活性、乳化稳定性和流动指数,而除了蛋白质/脂肪比例为1:15的处理外,超声降低了乳液的粘度系数。结果表明,超声处理减小了脂肪颗粒的粒径,并使乳液滴均匀分布。超声使液滴尺寸分布曲线向较小粒径方向移动,降低了乳液的D3,2和D4,3值。超声处理导致蛋白质疏水基团与脂肪颗粒之间的结合增加。超声处理后,更多的巯基暴露于水溶液中,这可能会降低蛋白质在水溶液中的溶解度。超声辅助乳化可直接增强不同蛋白质/脂肪比例下MP稳定的猪脂肪乳液的乳化和流变学特性,尤其是在1:10的比例下。