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Food Chemistry/Food Chemistry and Analysis
Food ChemistryFood Chemistry and Analysis• central questions‣ what is chemically present in a food ?‣ what is the behaviour of these chemicals ?
• why these questions‣ chemical quality of food products
‧ nutritional quality‧ chemical food safety‧ sensorial quality
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Food ChemistryFood Chemistry and Analysis• structure of the theoretical course‣ horizontal approach‣ major/minor components
• theory : Food Chemistry = Food Chemistry and Analysis• practicals Food Chemistry : 30 h• practicals FC&A : 60 h
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Who ?
• theory : Prof. Bruno De Meulenaer• practicals :‣ ir. Barbara Kerkaert‣ dr. ir. Frédéric Mestdagh‣MSc. Tania Cucu‣ Laurent De Smijtere‣Nathalie De Muer
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Evaluation
• practicals‣ permanent (lectures; laboratory; report)‣ periodically
‧ FC&A : open book examination‧ FC : open book examination
‣ share in total marks‧ FC&A : 33 %‧ FC : 20 %
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Evaluation
• theory‣ periodically‣ oral examination : 2 questions‣ written examination : 4-5 questions‣ share in total marks
‧ oral : 33 % (FC&A); 30 % (FC)‧ written : 33 % (FC&A); 30 % (FC)
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Evaluation-training
• test on the theory‣ chapter water + proteins
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General properties of water
•water is a very special molecule‣ why‣ consequences
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Moisture content of foodstuffs
•see table‣ variability‣ depending upon processing‣ link to stability ?
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Interactions with water
•macroscopical : waterbinding/waterholding capacity•molecular level : kinds of water‣ bound water
‧ constitutional‧ vicinal or monolayer‧ multilayer
‣ free water•properties : see table
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Wateractivity
•definition•practical importance : availability of water•theoretical calculation : Raoult
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Sorption isotherm
•link water activity and water content•link with kinds of water•influence of temperature
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Sorption isotherm-influence of temperatureClausius Clapeyron equation
RH
Taw Δ
−=∂∂
)/1(ln
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Sorption sotherm-influence of temperature
RH
Taw Δ
−=∂∂
)/1(ln
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Sorption isotherm-modelling
M = watercontentM0 = monolayer water
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Characterisation of water
•water content‣ physical‣ chemical‣ fast techniques NIR
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Characterisation of water
•kinds of water – matrix interaction‣ diffusion measurements‣ di-electrical measurements
‧ dielectric relaxation (principle microwave)‧ depending upon kind of water
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Characterisation of water
•kinds of water – matrix interaction‣ diffusion measurements‣ dieclectrical measurements
‧ dielectric relaxation
‣ pulsed NMR‧ relaxation of NMR signal
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Characterisation of water
•kinds of water – matrix interaction‣ diffusion measurements‣ dieclectrical measurements
‧ dielectric relaxation
‣ pulsed NMR‧ relaxation of NMR signal
‣ DSC-measurements‣ determination of water activity
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Relationship wateractivity and stability
•physical stability•chemical stability•biochemical stability•microbiological stability
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Relationship wateractivity and stability
•sometimes this relationship is not valid !‣ eg. hurdle theory (microbiological stability)‣ wateractivity = equilibrium, but foodstuffs are metastable‣ frozen foodstuffs:
waterdundercoole
ice
waterdundercoole
food frozenpartially
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aw ==
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Relationship wateractivity and stability
•sometimes this relationship is not valid !‣ eg. hurdle theory (microbiological stability)‣ wateractivity = equilibrium, but foodstuffs are metastable‣ frozen foodstuffs‣ water uptake by amorphous sucrose
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Glass transition theory
•from polymer science‣ polymer theory‣ molecular mobility theory
•water acts as a plasticizer in an polymericamorphous matrix
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Glasstransistion and mobility
•WLF kinetics versus Arrhenius kinetics‣ influence of temperature on
‧ mobility‧ viscosity‧ reaction speed
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Relationship aw - glasstransition
sorption isotherm 23°C
for abalone (seafruit)