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September 11-13, 2023 | Valencia, Spain

Food Colloids and Polymers

Food Colloids and Polymers

Food colloids give many different food products structure, texture, and mouth-feel; for example, jam, ice cream, mayonnaise, etc. Food colloid contains hydrocolloid that provides food products with thickening, gelling, emulsification, and stabilizing properties. Food polymers are edible plant, animal and micro-organism polymers that can be used in food systems, including proteins, polysaccharides, etc.. Oils and/or lipids from plants and animals, although their molecular weights are relatively small, could also be considered as food polymers. The stabilization of food colloids represents an important functional property of food polymers. Proteins and polysaccharides are the two main types of food polymers found in oil-in-water emulsions, and some food emulsion products contain both types of macromolecules.

Examples: 1) Food colloids are sols, gels, emulsion, and foam. For example, egg white foam is a simple colloid system. Air bubbles (disperse phase) are trapped in the egg white (continuous phase) resulting in a foam.

2) Food polymers can be classified into three groups based on their sources: (1) plant-based food polymers, such as starch, dietary fiber, and cereal protein; (2) animal-based food polymers, such as meal protein; (3) microorganism-based food polymers, such as fungus polysaccharides.

  • Advances in Food Colloids
  • Microstructure and Processing of Food Colloids
  • Macromolecules
  • Behaviour of Food Structures
Committee Members
Speaker at Food Science and Technology 2023 - Pier Giorgio Righetti

Pier Giorgio Righetti

Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
Speaker at Food Science and Technology 2023 - Maria Jesus Villasenor Llerena

Maria Jesus Villasenor Llerena

Castilla- La Mancha University, Spain
Speaker at Food Science and Technology 2023 - Viktor Fedorovich Stukach

Viktor Fedorovich Stukach

Omsk State Agrarian University, Russian Federation
FAT 2023 Speakers
Speaker at Food Science and Technology 2023 - Bill Lauto

Bill Lauto

St. John's University, United States
Speaker at Food Science and Technology 2023 - Suparna Bhattacharya

Suparna Bhattacharya

University of Nebraska Lincoln, United States
Speaker at Food Science and Technology 2023 - Carolin Edinger

Carolin Edinger

Anton Paar ProveTec Gmbh, Germany
Speaker at Food Science and Technology 2023 - Pasquale Massimiliano Falcone

Pasquale Massimiliano Falcone

Marche Polytechnic University, Italy

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