Journal
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 354, Issue 2, Pages 739-748Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2010.11.055
Keywords
Protein; Surfactant; Unadsorbed emulsifiers; Interface; Oil-in-water emulsion
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- INRA
- Region Pays de la Loire
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Unadsorbed emulsifiers affect the physical and chemical behaviour of oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions. A simple methodology to quantify unadsorbed emulsifiers in the aqueous phase of O/W emulsions has been developed. Emulsions were centrifuged and filtered to separate the aqueous phase from the oil droplets and the concentration of unadsorbed emulsifiers in the aqueous phase determined. The quantification of unadsorbed surfactants based on the direct transesterification of their fatty acids was validated for Tween 20, Tween 80, citric acid ester (Citrem), Span 20 and monolauroyl glycerol. To determine unadsorbed proteins, results obtained with Folin-Ciocalteu reagent or UV-spectrophotometry were compared on emulsions stabilized by beta-lactoglobulin (BLG), beta-casein (BCN) or bovine serum albumin (BSA). The first method gave more accurate results especially during aging of emulsions in oxidative conditions. The whole methodology was applied to emulsions stabilized with single or mixed emulsifiers. This approach enables optimization of emulsion formulations and could be useful to follow changes in the levels of unadsorbed emulsifiers during physical or chemical aging processes. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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