Effect of addition of gelatin on microstructure of acidic milk gels and yoghurt and on their rheological properties

Abstract A study was made of the effect of the addition of gelatin on the microstructure of acid-heat-induced milk gels (90°C, pH=5.3) and yoghurt with and without the addition of 5% of milk solids, and a comparison was made with the microstructure of acidic milk gelatin gels obtained without heating (pH=5.3). It was seen that in the acid-heat-induced gels and in yoghurt the gelatin interacted with the network of milk proteins as a connection between the clusters formed, whereas it was the gelatin alone that was the basis of the formation of the gel when the milk did not reach the casein coagulation point (pH=5.3, unheated). The results of firmness tests indicated that the addition of 1.5% of gelatin developed fairly firm, deformable systems in all the cases studied, with a definite break point and almost total absence of syneresis. Dynamic rheology showed that the yoghurts with added gelatin exhibited more solid-like behaviour than the ones prepared without it.

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