Adhesion in Foods (eBook)

Professor Amos Nussinovitch, Department of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.

About the Author ix

Acknowledgments xi

Outline xiii

1 Adhesion: Definition and Nomenclature 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Adhesives--a Brief Historical Viewpoint 1

1.3 Nomenclature and Definitions of Adhesion Terms 6

1.4 Concluding Remarks 11

References 12

2 Adhesion Mechanisms and Measurements 17

2.1 Introduction 17

2.2 The Phenomenon of Adhesion 17

2.3 Methods of Determining Adhesion of Food Materials 27

2.4 Adhesion Strength Measurements 29

2.5 Wettability 30

References 39

3 Stickiness of Foods and Its Relation to Technological Processes 47

3.1 Introduction 47

3.2 Dough Properties and Stickiness 47

3.3 Cookies, Breads, Cakes, and Pasta 49

3.4 Stickiness of Rice 54

3.5 Fruit Powders 57

3.6 Stickiness of Milk Powders 59

3.7 Cereal Products 60

3.8 Relations Between Technological Processes and Stickiness 61

References 65

4 Perception of Stickiness 75

4.1 Introduction 75

4.2 Collection and Classification of Words for Descriptions of Food Texture 75

4.3 Principles of Objective Measurements of Stickiness 77

4.4 The Problematic Nature of Instrumental Determinations 78

4.5 Perception of Stickiness in Oil?-in?-Water Dairy Emulsions 79

4.6 Stickiness of Dispersions, Semi?-solids, and Sugar?-rich Foods 80

4.7 Changes in Sensory Stickiness Perception with Age 84

References 88

5 Hydrocolloids as Adhesive Agents in Foods 93

5.1 Introduction 93

5.2 Food Uses and Applications of Adhesives 93

5.3 Hydrogel-Adherend Relationships and Structure-Function Issues 94

5.4 Hydrocolloid Adhesion Tests 96

5.5 Hydrocolloids as Wet Glues 98

5.6 Hydrocolloids as Adhesives in Foods 100

5.7 Hydrocolloid Adhesion: Future Prospects and Possible Developments 109

References 110

6 Adhesion Phenomena in Coated, Battered, Breaded, and Fried Foods 115

6.1 Introduction 115

6.2 A Few Definitions 115

6.3 Enrobing Processes 118

6.4 Types of Batter and Their Use in Different Products 119

6.5 Breaded Products 128

6.6 New Batters and Breadings 131

References 132

7 Electrostatic Adhesion in Foods 137

7.1 Introduction 137

7.2 Technology of Electrostatic Powder Spraying 137

7.3 Adhesion of Food Powders onto Food Products 140

7.4 Adhesion of Sodium Chloride and Its Effect on Coating 143

7.5 Other Food?-Related Uses of Electrostatic Adhesion 147

References 152

8 Multilayered Adhered Food Products 159

8.1 Introduction 159

8.2 Multilayered Hydrocolloid?-Based Foodstuffs 159

8.3 Stiffness and Compressive Deformabilities of Multilayered Texturized Fruits and Gels 160

8.4 Other Edible Multilayered Hydrocolloid Products 161

8.5 Layered Cellular Solids 164

8.6 Future Biotechnological Potential Uses of Multilayered Gels 165

8.7 Methods to Estimate Properties of Multilayered Products 167

8.8 Current Systems and Methods to Prepare Multilayered Products 168

8.9 Problems Related to Multilayered and Colored Products 169

References 174

9 Adhesion of Substances to Food Packages and Cookware 179

9.1 Wetting Properties of Food Packaging 179

9.2 Adhesion of Fermented Dairy Products to Packaging Materials 182

9.3 Active Food Packaging and Bacterial Adhesion 184

9.4 Antimicrobial Food Packaging 185

9.5 Protein Adsorption to Processing Surfaces 187

9.6 Adhesion of Edible Oils to Food?-Contact Surfaces 188

9.7 Microorganism Adhesion to and Oil Removal from Modified Surfaces 188

9.8 Aspects of Non?-stick Coatings for Cookware 190

References 192

Index 199