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Title: Effect of glycerol concentration on WPI-okra blended edible films
Authors: Kostovska, Renata
Supervisors: Zinoviadou, Kyriaki
Subjects LC: Dissertations, Academic
Okra
Edible coatings
Active food packaging
Proteins
Starch
Polysaccharides
Biochemistry
Keywords: WPI-okra blended edible films
Glycerol
Water vapor permeability
Moisture uptake
Tensile properties
Microstructure
Issue Date: Jun-2016
Publisher: Perrotis College
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Abstract: Edible films were prepared by incorporating different levels of glycerol (0,5 % 1% and 2% w/w in the film forming solution) into whey protein isolate (WPI) - okra blend films. The effect of different concentrations of glycerol on water vapor permeability (WVP), moisture uptake, tensile properties (tensile strength and elongation at break) and microstructure were determined. Different glycerol levels did not exhibit a significant effect on WVP and tensile properties. However, by increment of glycerol content and %RH, there was a significant increment in moisture uptake. A small decrease of maximum tensile strength (σ max) accompanied with a modest increase in elongation at break (%EB) was observed by increasing glycerol concentration. Yet, firstly an anti-plasticizing effect of glycerol at low concentration was observed by increment of glycerol content, nevertheless this phenomena was probably influenced also by okra that was not purified prior to use.
Description: Includes bibliographical references, illustrations and charts.
A dissertation presented to the Perrotis College and Cardiff Metropolitan University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science with Honors in Food Science and Technology.
BSc (Hons) in Food Science and Technology
Length: 61 pages
Type: Dissertation
Publication Status: Not published
URI: http://repository.afs.edu.gr/handle/6000/141
https://librarycatalog.afs.edu.gr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=23698
Repository: DAPL
Restrictions: All rights reserved
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Language: en
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