Studies on selected physicochemical properties and microstructure of β-casein-enriched ingredients for applications in formulated nutritional products

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dc.contributor.advisorO'Mahony, Seamus Anthonyen
dc.contributor.advisorKelly, Alanen
dc.contributor.advisorexternalBrodkorb, Andréen
dc.contributor.authorLi, Meng
dc.contributor.funderIrish Dairy Levy Research Trusten
dc.contributor.funderTeagasc Walsh Scholarship Schemeen
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-11T08:55:04Z
dc.date.available2021-05-11T08:55:04Z
dc.date.issued2020-09
dc.date.submitted2020-09
dc.description.abstractThe milk protein β-casein (β-CN) possesses excellent functional properties and is the most abundant casein in human milk. Therefore, β-CN has the potential to be used as an ingredient in nutritional food applications, in particular in infant formulae (IF). However, the manufacture of β-CN products using various feed materials and enrichment approaches can lead to considerably differences in the overall composition and purity of β-CN in such ingredients. These differences would be expected to influence the physicochemical and functional properties of β-CN ingredients and their formulated nutritional products. This thesis presents an investigation of the physicochemical and microstructural properties of three different β-CN products (pure β-CN [β-CNpure, β-CN=90% of total protein], β-CN concentrate [β-CNconc, 80% purity], β-CN-enriched ingredient [β-CNen, 58% purity]) in different dairy systems (solutions, emulsions and model IF). The results of this work demonstrated that the three β-CN products exhibited different thermal-induced association behaviour, which was highly dependent on the purity and composition of β-CN products, along with the presence of ionic calcium and phosphates. Both β-CNpure and β-CNen showed significantly lower surface/interfacial tension compared to whey protein isolate (WPI), indicating the excellent surface-active properties of β-CN. The stability of 10% oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions stabilised with 0.5% β-CNconc was strongly dependent on the state of association of β-CN in aqueous solution. β-CNpure was covalently labelled using a fluorescent dye (NHS-Rhodamine) and the mixture of labelled β-CN and WPI (1:1 w/w) was employed as an emulsifier in O/W emulsions. Combining covalent and generic labelling techniques with confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) allowed simultaneous visualisation of β-CN and WPI at the interface of oil droplets. β-CN-enriched model IF were also produced with β-CNen and WPI at various whey protein:casein ratios in the range 100:0-0:100, where the model IF enriched with β-CNen better reflected the protein profile of human milk. Increasing the proportion of β-CNen increased the stability and viscosity of IF and decreased the wettability and dispersibility of β-CNen IF powders. Overall, the findings of these studies are of relevance to end-users of β-CN-enriched products in controlling the association behaviour of β-CN and improving the stability of nutritional products enriched with β-CN.en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationLi, M. 2020. Studies on selected physicochemical properties and microstructure of β-casein-enriched ingredients for applications in formulated nutritional products. PhD Thesis, University College Cork.en
dc.identifier.endpage242en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/11268
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity College Corken
dc.relation.projectIrish Dairy Levy Research Trust (ProPart project number MDDT 6261)en
dc.rights© 2020, Meng Li.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectβ-caseinen
dc.subjectEmulsionen
dc.subjectAggregationen
dc.subjectMicroscopyen
dc.titleStudies on selected physicochemical properties and microstructure of β-casein-enriched ingredients for applications in formulated nutritional productsen
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD - Doctor of Philosophyen
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