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Yongmei Mo1, Qingfei Duan2, Fuhan Xie1
1Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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Crystal dumpling wrapper production is hampered by rapid surface dehydration, severe freeze-cracking propensity, and storage-induced retrogradation. Modulation of blended starch properties through functional additives was investigated. This study systematically evaluated the impact of hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate (HPDSP), trehalose (TRE), guar gum (GG), and composite phosphates (CP) on physicochemical and structural properties of wheat-potato starch composite gel. Concurrently, the effects of additives on the cracking rate of crystal dumplings and texture of wrappers were investigated. Analysis revealed that apparent viscosity was increased by all additives except CP. Different additives significantly improved the freeze-thaw stability of the composite gel during the first three cycles. GG maintained enhanced freeze-thaw stability throughout the entire freeze-thaw cycle (dehydration shrinkage rate: 2.69-40.55%). Multivariate analytical techniques (SEM, FTIR, XRD, DSC) collectively indicated that the additives effectively inhibited starch retrogradation, whilst HPDSP showed the strongest retrogradation inhibition. CP enhanced water-retention capacity and produced a softer blended gel (hardness at 21 days was 100.56 gf). Furthermore, additives significantly reduced the freezing cracking rate of crystal dumplings and improved the textural properties of dumpling wrappers.
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