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Gelatin vs polysaccharide in mixture with sugar.

Stefan Kasapis¹, Insaf M Al-Marhoobi, Marcin Deszczynski

¹Department of Food Science & Nutrition, College of Agricultural & Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 34, Al-Khod 123, Sultanate of Oman. stefan@squ.edu.om

Biomacromolecules

|September 10, 2003

Summary

Gelatin forms reinforced networks in sugar solutions, unlike polysaccharides which degrade. This structural difference is linked to gelatin

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Area of Science:

Biopolymer science
Materials science
Food science

Background:

Gelling agents like gelatin and polysaccharides are crucial in various industries.
Understanding their network structure in the presence of co-solutes is vital for material properties.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the structural behavior of gelatin networks in sugar solutions.
To contrast gelatin's behavior with gelling polysaccharides (agarose, kappa-carrageenan, deacylated gellan).

Main Methods:

Small deformation dynamic oscillation
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Visual observations

Main Results:

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Gelatin forms reinforced networks in sugar, while polysaccharides disaggregate and dissolve.
Polysaccharide network strength and coil-to-helix transition enthalpy decrease with sugar.
Gelatin network strengthening correlates with a more pronounced transition enthalpy.

Conclusions:

Gelatin and polysaccharides exhibit distinct structural responses to sugar co-solutes.
Gelatin's aggregation leads to a phase-separated structure, reinforcing the network.
Polysaccharides' disaggregation results in network collapse and reduced transition enthalpy.