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  • Food Science
  • Materials Science
  • Rheology

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  • Milk chocolate is a dense granular suspension with a continuous fat phase (cocoa butter).
  • Maintaining structural integrity at temperatures above the fat melting point is a challenge for chocolate products.
  • Heat stability is crucial for chocolate's texture and shelf-life.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the mechanisms behind the enhanced heat stability of milk chocolate upon glycerol addition.
  • To understand how glycerol affects the mechanical properties and phase behavior of milk chocolate.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental investigations including indentation tests for mechanical strength.
  • Analysis of fat polymorph and melting behavior.
  • Exploration of capillary suspension models.

Main Results:

  • Glycerol addition significantly increased milk chocolate's bulk yield strength, proportional to the square of its volume fraction.
  • Glycerol did not alter the fat polymorph or melting behavior.
  • Evidence did not support a standard capillary suspension model.

Conclusions:

  • Glycerol enhances heat stability in milk chocolate, likely by acting as a viscous 'glue' or facilitating sugar-glycerol bridges.
  • These mechanisms impede the motion and rearrangement of cocoa butter, improving structural integrity above the fat melting point.
  • Further quantitative explanation for the observed strength increase is needed.