title: Flow behavior characteristics of ice cream mix made with buffalo milk and various stabilizers.
abstract: Ice cream made with buffalo milk, using optimum levels of various stabilizers of plant origin, was evaluated for its flow behavior characteristics, with the objective of producing an acceptable quality product. The minimum variation in the viscosity of mix was observed at three rates of shear (348.88, 523.33 and 1046.66 S(-1)) for all ice cream mixes. The flow behavior index (n) of all the mixes having optimum levels of various stabilizers was observed to be less than 1; indicating their pseudoplastic nature. Consistency coefficient (m) of sodium alginate was found to be 1.19; highest among all the stabilizers, followed by gelatin (1.17), karaya (1.08), guar gum (0.75), acacia gum (0.70), ghatti gum (0.36), and the control (0.29). The consistency coefficient (m) signifies the apparent viscosity of the pseudoplastic fluid. The viscosity of the mixes having various stabilizers (optimum levels) was found to be in descending order: Sodium alginate, gelatin, karaya, guar gum, acacia, ghatti and control.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India.
authors.forename: Kuldip S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Minhas
authors.forename: Jiwan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Sidhu
authors.forename: Gurmail S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Mudahar
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000464:Alginates / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes; D005524:Food Technology; D005685:Galactans / Q000032:analysis; D005780:Gelatin / Q000032:analysis; D020723:Glucuronic Acid; D006170:Gum Arabic / Q000032:analysis; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D007054:Ice Cream / Q000032:analysis; D007618:Karaya Gum / Q000032:analysis; D008351:Mannans / Q000032:analysis; D008892:Milk; D053149:Plant Gums; D012212:Rheology; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D000464:Alginates; D005685:Galactans; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D008351:Mannans; D053149:Plant Gums; D020723:Glucuronic Acid; D006170:Gum Arabic; D007618:Karaya Gum; D005780:Gelatin; C007894:guar gum