Soy protein isolate cold-set gels. / Geleificação a frio de isolados proteicos de soja.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

The induction of gelation by high temperatures can be undesirable in some food applications. When submitted to the thermal treatment, that even moderate, some products of soy may develop not desirable flavors and aromas, limiting its application. The preparation of protein gels using cold-gelation consists of two steps: a stable dispersion of protein aggregation is obtained after heating of a solution of native proteins and gelation induced by lowering the pH or by adding salt. In contrast with the heatinduced gelation, the stage of activation of the protein in the cold-gelation process is previous to the stages of aggregation and gelation, what it allows to determine the properties of aggregates after heating and thereby control final gels properties. Although heat-induced gelation of soy protein has been extensively studied, little is known about the capacity of soy protein to form cold-set gel. The present study has investigated the effects that heat-treatment during soy protein isolates preparations (SPI) in the cold-set gelation by the addition of CaCl2. SPI was obtained from soy defatted flour and heated at 60 or 80°C after the neutralization step, followed of freeze-dried. Protein concentrations of 3 and 5% and heating times of 15 and 30 min were used in order to obtain aggregates with different physical properties. Cold-set gels were obtained from 12 and 14 % (w/w) of protein dispersions, with or without CaCl2 addition (5 and 15 mM). Denaturation followed by aggregation was verified by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), turbidity, water solubility, free sulfhydryl groups (SH), superficial hydrophobicity and size exclusion-high performance liquid chromatography (SE-HPLC). The results indicated higher aggregation degree and increased molar mass of aggregates when the protein concentration was enhanced to 5% in the pre-heating of the SPIs. The isolates without heat-treatment and the isolates heated at 60°C did not form gels in any of the experimental conditions utilized, while for the IPSs heated at 80ºC, the values of G?, G?? and tan ? were characteristic of a viscous-elastic solid, suggesting the formation of a stable three-dimensional matrix, independent of CaCl2 addition. The cold-induced soy protein gels without the presence of salt were more translucent and with lower porous structure and higher water retention capacity (91.9 - 82.5%), than those obtained with 15 mM of CaCl2. The gels obtained by 5 and 15 mM of CaCl2 addition were opaque and more consistent that gels without the presence of salt. However, gels obtained by 15 mM of CaCl2 were whitened, indicating the formation of large aggregates with lower water retention capacity (51.2 - 76.1%). The results showed that the cold-set gels formed from heat treated SPIs exhibited different macroscopic characteristics, attributable to the type of aggregate formed in the heating step and to the quantity of posterior addition of CaCl2. At the same time, the type of aggregate formed in the heating step was mainly influenced by protein concentration and denaturation degree. The CaCl2 addition was not determining for gel formation but has an important role on his structure. It was concluded that manipulation of thermal conditions can lead to aggregates and soy protein isolate cold-set gels formation with desirable physicalchemical properties.

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viscosidade agregação thermal denaturation soy protein viscosity propriedades funcionais functional propertie desnaturação termica proteinas de soja

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