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Honey from cotton blossoms tends to crystallize rapidly resulting in a product with hard texture and low spreadability, even if it is processed via a controlled crystallization treatment that is often employed for production of creamed honey. The aim of this study was to develop a cotton honey-based spread (CHS) with acceptable physical and textural properties by adding fructose (1–6%) and water (up to 18% final moisture) into the initial cotton honey as well as controlling the temperature during crystallization, Tcryst (5–23 °C × 20 days) and a conditioning (tempering) step as a follow-up process, Tcond (20–30 °C × 10 days). Multi-instrumental analysis (rheometry, calorimetry, microscopy, colorimetry) and sensory (spreadability, mouthfeel) evaluation were used for characterization of textural properties of the CHS preparations. With increased fructose and water contents the CHS formulations exhibited significant (p < 0.05) lower Glucose/Water ratios (crystallinity index), steady shear and complex viscosities, hardness, spreadability work and melting enthalpy of sugar microcrystals, as well as improved organoleptic characteristics of this new spread product based on cotton honey. Moreover, with increasing Tcryst, only the lightness and the melting enthalpy decreased, while the damping factor increased. Instead, the Tcond did not affect any of the above parameters (p > 0.05). Strong correlations were identified between compositional, physicochemical attributes and sensory characteristics of the formulated product, implying that instrumental analyses of CHS along with sensory tests can be a valuable holistic approach for understanding the macrostructure, evaluating the physical properties and quality attributes, and predicting the consumer preference of the new spread product.
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Sereti, V., Lazaridou, A., Tananaki, C. et al. Development of a Cotton Honey-Based Spread by Controlling Compositional and Processing Parameters. Food Biophysics 16, 365–380 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11483-021-09677-9
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