Water‐in‐oil‐in‐water (W/O/W) double emulsions are a promising technology for encapsulation appli... more Water‐in‐oil‐in‐water (W/O/W) double emulsions are a promising technology for encapsulation applications of water soluble compounds with respect to functional food systems. Yet molecular transport through the oil phase is a well‐known problem for liquid oil‐based double emulsions. The influence of network crystallization in the oil phase of W/O/W globules was evaluated by NMR and laser light scattering experiments on both a liquid oil‐based double emulsion and a solid fat‐based double emulsion. Water transport was assessed by low‐resolution NMR diffusometry and by an osmotically induced swelling or shrinking experiment, whereas manganese ion permeation was followed by means of T2‐relaxometry. The solid fat‐based W/O/W globules contained a crystal network with about 80% solid fat. This W/O/W emulsion showed a reduced molecular water exchange and a slower manganese ion influx in the considered time frame, whereas its globule size remained stable under the applied osmotic gradients. Th...
Correction for 'Food-grade monoglyceride oil foams: the effect of tempering on foamability, f... more Correction for 'Food-grade monoglyceride oil foams: the effect of tempering on foamability, foam stability and rheological properties' by Robbe Heymans et al., Food Funct., 2018, DOI: 10.1039/c8fo00536b.
We report, for the first time, the fabrication of oleofilms (containing more than 97 wt% edible l... more We report, for the first time, the fabrication of oleofilms (containing more than 97 wt% edible liquid oil) using high internal phase emulsions (with oil volume fraction φoil = 0.82) as templates. Advanced microscopy studies revealed an interesting microstructure of these films where jammed oil droplets were embedded in a dried matrix of biopolymeric complexes.
The influence of tempering (i.e., successive heating and cooling) on crystallization properties o... more The influence of tempering (i.e., successive heating and cooling) on crystallization properties of semicrystalline milk fat-in-water emulsions was studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and cryoscanning electron microscopy. Melting profiles obtained by DSC indicate a fractionation process of milk fat in every individual fat droplet. The long spacings, as observed by XRD, were useful in the designation of polymorphic changes to a shift in fatty acid composition of the crystals. An increased layer thickness of the 3L-crystals at 20 and 30 °C tempering points to a preferential incorporation of long-chain unsaturated fatty acids over short-chain fatty acids. Additionally, at 30 °C, an increased layer thickness of the 2L-crystals assumes the incorporation of longer-chain saturated fatty acids. The highly mixed crystals, an inherent property of milk fat, seem to be fractionated in purer crystals grouping triacylglycerols with a similar fatty acid composition. Moreover, a di...
Water‐in‐oil‐in‐water (W/O/W) double emulsions are a promising technology for encapsulation appli... more Water‐in‐oil‐in‐water (W/O/W) double emulsions are a promising technology for encapsulation applications of water soluble compounds with respect to functional food systems. Yet molecular transport through the oil phase is a well‐known problem for liquid oil‐based double emulsions. The influence of network crystallization in the oil phase of W/O/W globules was evaluated by NMR and laser light scattering experiments on both a liquid oil‐based double emulsion and a solid fat‐based double emulsion. Water transport was assessed by low‐resolution NMR diffusometry and by an osmotically induced swelling or shrinking experiment, whereas manganese ion permeation was followed by means of T2‐relaxometry. The solid fat‐based W/O/W globules contained a crystal network with about 80% solid fat. This W/O/W emulsion showed a reduced molecular water exchange and a slower manganese ion influx in the considered time frame, whereas its globule size remained stable under the applied osmotic gradients. Th...
Correction for 'Food-grade monoglyceride oil foams: the effect of tempering on foamability, f... more Correction for 'Food-grade monoglyceride oil foams: the effect of tempering on foamability, foam stability and rheological properties' by Robbe Heymans et al., Food Funct., 2018, DOI: 10.1039/c8fo00536b.
We report, for the first time, the fabrication of oleofilms (containing more than 97 wt% edible l... more We report, for the first time, the fabrication of oleofilms (containing more than 97 wt% edible liquid oil) using high internal phase emulsions (with oil volume fraction φoil = 0.82) as templates. Advanced microscopy studies revealed an interesting microstructure of these films where jammed oil droplets were embedded in a dried matrix of biopolymeric complexes.
The influence of tempering (i.e., successive heating and cooling) on crystallization properties o... more The influence of tempering (i.e., successive heating and cooling) on crystallization properties of semicrystalline milk fat-in-water emulsions was studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and cryoscanning electron microscopy. Melting profiles obtained by DSC indicate a fractionation process of milk fat in every individual fat droplet. The long spacings, as observed by XRD, were useful in the designation of polymorphic changes to a shift in fatty acid composition of the crystals. An increased layer thickness of the 3L-crystals at 20 and 30 °C tempering points to a preferential incorporation of long-chain unsaturated fatty acids over short-chain fatty acids. Additionally, at 30 °C, an increased layer thickness of the 2L-crystals assumes the incorporation of longer-chain saturated fatty acids. The highly mixed crystals, an inherent property of milk fat, seem to be fractionated in purer crystals grouping triacylglycerols with a similar fatty acid composition. Moreover, a di...
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