Effect of sucrose ester addition on nucleation and growth behavior of milk fat-sunflower oil blends.
The effects of addition of the sucrose esters (SE) P-1670, P-170, and S-170 to a high-melting fraction of milk fat (HMF) and its blends with sunflower oil (SFO) on nucleation and growth were studied by laser polarized light turbidimetry and polarized light microscopy (PLM). The three SE delayed nucleation of HMF at the temperatures selected. P-1670 did not modify average crystal size after 3 h at crystallization temperature (T(c)) or crystal size distribution and modified crystallization kinetics only slightly. P-170 and S-170, however, markedly diminished crystal size and narrowed crystal size distribution. Activation free energies of nucleation at equivalent supercooling, calculated using the Fisher-Turnbull equation, significantly increased with addition of SE. According to these results, among the mechanisms described in the literature for fats or emulsions, the cocrystallization hypothesis is the one that better described the effects of sucrose esters on crystallization behavior in these systems.
Cerdeira
Marina
M
Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos, Calle 47 y 116, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Martini
Silvana
S
Hartel
Richard W
RW
Herrera
Maria Lidia
ML
D000818:Animals; D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D003460:Crystallization; D004952:Esters / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005524:Food Technology; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008859:Microscopy, Polarization; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D013395:Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000074242:Sunflower Oil; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
D004952:Esters; D008055:Lipids; D010938:Plant Oils; D000074242:Sunflower Oil; D013395:Sucrose