Food Technology
Zahra Sadri Saeen; Mohammadreza Khani; Vajiheh Fadaei Noghani
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[1]Introduction: Butter is a type of dairy product made of sweet cream or sour cream. It is a perishable food that can be spoiled due to chemical changes during storage. Rancidity is one of the main problems caused by lipolysis and oxidation of fatty acids, which cause off-flavor and reduce the nutritional ...
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[1]Introduction: Butter is a type of dairy product made of sweet cream or sour cream. It is a perishable food that can be spoiled due to chemical changes during storage. Rancidity is one of the main problems caused by lipolysis and oxidation of fatty acids, which cause off-flavor and reduce the nutritional quality of butter. By adding low concentrations of antioxidant compounds, autooxidation can be prevented or delayed. It is also possible to increase the shelf life of butter by adding antioxidants. However, the carcinogenic effect of some synthetic antioxidants and consumer preference has led manufacturers to use more natural antioxidants. Chia seeds contain significant amounts of protein, fat, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins. Moreover, many bioactive compounds with high antioxidant potential are found in chia seeds such as phenolic acids, flavonoids, tocopherols, and sterols. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the effects of chia seed extract in sweet cream butter to improve its chemical and sensory properties during refrigeration storage. Materials and Methods: For this purpose, the alcoholic extract of chia seed was prepared by adding chia seed powder to 70% ethanol (5% w/v) with stirring for 24 h, at room temperature. The filtered extracts were concentrated with a rotary evaporator. The concentrated mixture was dried in an oven at 40 °C and kept in an amber glass container in the refrigerator at 4 °C until the experiment was performed. Total phenolics content and antioxidant activity of chia seed extract were evaluated by the Folin–Ciocalteu colorimetric method using gallic acid as standard and for free radical scavenging ability by DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl) method, respectively. Then, chia seed extract was added to butter with different percentages (0.05, 0.1, 0.25, and 0.5%) and its effects on chemical properties including acidity, acid value, peroxide value, and thiobarbituric acid were evaluated for two months at 15-day intervals in refrigerated storage. Also, sensory properties including color, odor, taste, texture, and overall acceptance of butter samples were assessed using 15 untrained evaluators based on a 5-point hedonic test as above conditions. The results were reported as means± standard deviation and they were analyzed with analysis of variance using the software SPSS version 14. Statistical differences were analyzed by Duncan’s multiple range test (p<0.05). Results and Discussion: The results of total polyphenols content were 1108.78 ± 111.79 mg gallic acid per 100 g of extract and radical scavenging activity of chia seed extract in the concentration range of 4 to 20% was 35.17 ± 0.47 to 64.92 ± 2.95%. Also, the efficient concentration (EC50) of chia seed extract was 12.13 ± 0.59 mg/L in this study. It is known that the smaller the EC50, it will be the greater the antioxidant or free radical scavenging activity. According to the results, it was found that the concentration of chia extract has a significant effect on free radical scavenging (p<0.05) so that with increasing the concentration of the extract, its inhibitory properties increased. The results showed that the addition of different concentrations of chia seed extract and storage time were significant on the acidity and acid value of butter samples so that with increasing the amount of chia seed extract in treatments, the amounts of acidity and acid value increased significantly (p<0.05). Also, the acidity and acid value in all samples of butter increased significantly with increasing storage time during refrigeration (p<0.05). However, the amount of these two indices in treatments containing chia extract increased at a slower rate than the control sample during storage time, which could be due to the effect of phenolic compounds in chia seed extract in controlling the activity of lipolytic enzymes. Moreover, the results revealed that with increasing the concentration of the chia seed extract from the 15th day to the end of the storage period, the amounts of peroxide value and thiobarbituric acid of butter treatments significantly decreased compared to the control sample (p<0.05). This is due to the antioxidant effects of phenolic compounds in chia seed extract that delay the oxidation process. In this study, all chemical indices increased significantly during the storage time (p<0.05). All the samples in evaluated sensory properties were significantly different from the control sample (except odor) during 60 days of storage (p<0.05), in this way treatments had better sensory scores in color and taste properties compared to the control. In general, a concentration of 0.5% chia extract delayed oxidative damage, but in terms of sensory evaluation, a treatment containing 0.25% chia extract is selected and introduced as the most desirable treatment.
Morteza Kashaninejad; Seyed Mohammad Ali Razavi; Mostafa Mazaheri Tehrani; Mahdi Kashani-Nejad
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In this study, the compositional, rheological, thermal and textural properties of omega-3 cow's butter (OCB), conventional cow's butter (CCB) and sheep’s butter (SB) were evaluated. The fatty acid composition of SB showed a relatively high content of the short chain fatty acids (SCFA) compared ...
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In this study, the compositional, rheological, thermal and textural properties of omega-3 cow's butter (OCB), conventional cow's butter (CCB) and sheep’s butter (SB) were evaluated. The fatty acid composition of SB showed a relatively high content of the short chain fatty acids (SCFA) compared with that of cow's butters and higher levels of CLA and omega 3 fatty acids in OCB were observed. Regarding to the firmness, at refrigeration temperature (5 °C), SB was much firmer than CCB and OCB, but as a function of temperature, it was softened much quicker. However, at temperatures around 18°C it was already softer than the latter. From dynamic rheological data, it was found that butter samples display solid-like viscoelastic behavior since the values of G׳ were much higher than those of G″ with a low dependence on frequency. The values of G׳ and G″ also decreased in butters containing more percentage of unsaturated fatty acids. The temperature effect on the viscosity followed an Arrhenius-type relationship and OCB had a less activation energy than others, indicating that the butter containing high SCFA was more sensitive to temperature changes. Through differential scanning calorimetery, the thermal behavior of the butters during melting was analyzed.
Leila Khajehvandi; Majid Javanmard; Mohammad Reza Eshaghi
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Introduction: Studies in recent years have led to the emergence of a new concept in the packaging industry namely “Active packaging”. Contrary to popular packaging that needs to be completely neutral and ineffective, in different kinds of active packaging, there is an interaction with food ...
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Introduction: Studies in recent years have led to the emergence of a new concept in the packaging industry namely “Active packaging”. Contrary to popular packaging that needs to be completely neutral and ineffective, in different kinds of active packaging, there is an interaction with food or environment, and has an active role in food materials maintenance (Brody et al, 2008). Nowadays, various kinds of polymeric materials and their different characteristics and forms has resulted in easy design and production of packaging based on special requirements of a food product (Lopez-rubio et al, 2004). Polyethylene and polypropylene along with cardboard boxes are used for packing butter (Milts, 1988). It has been proved that Alpha-Tocopherol maintains its stability in the processing conditions and low aw also maintain its stability, alpha – Tocopherol has desirable migration characteristics and excellent solubility in polyolephines. use of alpha- Tocopherol is more affordable compared to other antioxidants (Lee, 2005; Wessling et al, 1998).The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of alpha-tocopherol coating on the surface of polymer films in preventing the oxidation of lipid in butter.Materials and Methods:MaterialsDL-alpha-tocopherol acetate, low density polyethylene film(LDPE) , biaxial oriented polypropylene film (BOPP), traditional-lactic butter with salt made from cow's milk .MethodsPreparation of films: In this stage, first alpha-tocopherol was prepared with three concentrations of %0.1, %0.15and %0.2, and %70 ethanol was used as solvent. In the next step, low density polyethylene and polypropylene films were prepared in enough dimensions and numbers, and were washed and sterilized by %70 ethanol. Then, different concentrations of alpha-tocopherol (%0.1, %0.15,%0.2) were separately covered on a sufficient number of films via spraying (under identical conditions).to complete coverage of the films surface, spraying alpha-tocopherol was performed 3 times. after drying, films were kept in dark place (Pereira et al, 2011).Packaging and storage of butter: At this stage, butter pieces weighing 45 grams covered with LDPE and BOPP films with three different concentrations of alpha-tocopherol (%0.1,%0.15,%0.2) were packed. To prepare the control sample, butter was packed with alpha-tocopherol lacked films. The experiments of determining the amount of peroxide and acidity, and Sensory evaluation test was conducted on a sample of butter before packaging, and were repeated in tenth, twentieth ,and thirtieth days.Determining the amount of alpha-tocopherol remained on the films : At this stage, in order to determine the amount of alpha-tocopherol remaining on the films, weight difference of films before and after spraying alpha-tocopherol, and drying them on the films was measured. The amount was calculated by mg/cm2 stated (Contini et al, 2012).Measurement of alpha-tocopherol migration to ethanol: The total amount of alpha-tocopherol migrate from the films into the similar lipid matter(%95 ethanol)were calculated by the colorimetric method using a standard alpha-control solution and drawing the calibration curve(Corrales et al, 2009).The Sensory evaluation test: To evaluate the sensory properties including taste, color, smell and public acceptance, five-point hedonic test was used(Tafreshi et al, 2013).Methods and tools for data analysis: All tests were repeated three times. For data analysis, a factorial experiment in a completely randomized design was used. Alpha-tocopherol concentration, time and type of film were the main factors. Duncan multiple range test was used to assess the differences between means in the confidence level of %5.For all statistical analysis, MSTAT-C software version 14 was used.Results and Discussion: Findings from surveying the migration process into 95% ethanol solution, indicates that alpha-tocopherol were remained on the surface of polymeric films (LDPE &BOPP) after drying, and migrated from the surface of films into ethanol %95. With the increase of time and concentration of alpha-tocopherol, migration from the surface of films into ethanol increased (p
Aliakbar Gholamhosseinpour; Mostafa Mazaheri Tehrani; Seyed Mohammad Ali Razavi; Hassan Rashidi
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In this research, a mixture of MPC, WPC, SMP, Soy milk, Margarine, Butter and water was used for production of UF-Feta cheese analogue.Variables were MPC (8%, 9%, 10%), WPC (0%, 1.5%, 3%), soy milk (5%, 10%, 15%) and margarine (0%, 5%, 10%). Chemical (total solids, protein, acidity) and sensory (color ...
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In this research, a mixture of MPC, WPC, SMP, Soy milk, Margarine, Butter and water was used for production of UF-Feta cheese analogue.Variables were MPC (8%, 9%, 10%), WPC (0%, 1.5%, 3%), soy milk (5%, 10%, 15%) and margarine (0%, 5%, 10%). Chemical (total solids, protein, acidity) and sensory (color and appearance, aroma, texture, flavor, total acceptance) properties of Samples were analyzed 3 days post- manufacture.The central composite design (CCD) was employedand the results were analyzedusing response surface methodology (RSM). Coefficients of determination, R2, of fitted regression models for mentioned variables ranged between 84.94-99.99 and the lack-of-fit was not significant for all response at 95%. Hence, the models for all the response variables were highly adequate.The results showed that the optimum processing conditions for producing cheese with standard total solids and protein content and highest overall values for the sensory properties were: 9.13% MPC, 3% WPC, 15% soy milk and 7.65% margarine.
Roya Fathitil; Javad Hesari; Sodeif Azadmard Damirchi; Mahbub Nemati; Seyed Hadi Peighambardoust; Seyed Abbas Rafat
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Milk fat is frequently adulterated to meet the demand which exceeds the supply and to increase profit margins. Samples of butter adulterated with different levels (5, 10 and 15% w/w) of margarine were prepared and analysed using different methods including refractive index, iodine, reichert-meissl and ...
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Milk fat is frequently adulterated to meet the demand which exceeds the supply and to increase profit margins. Samples of butter adulterated with different levels (5, 10 and 15% w/w) of margarine were prepared and analysed using different methods including refractive index, iodine, reichert-meissl and polenske values. GC and HPLC were utilized to determine fatty acid and tocol profiles of samples, respectively. Results showed that margarine addition up to the level of 15%, had a significant (p
