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Zein/Pectin Nanoparticle-Stabilized Sesame Oil Pickering Emulsions: Sustainable Bioactive Carriers and Healthy Alternatives to Sesame Paste

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In this study, a kind of Pickering emulsion with a desirable interface architecture and sesame paste flavor was prepared using zein, apple pectin (AP), and sesame oil. Zein-AP composite nanoparticles (ZAPs) were first assembled via an anti-solvent procedure and electrostatic adsorption for stabilizing sesame-oil-in-water Pickering emulsions (ZASPEs). ZASPEs (volume fraction of oil φ = 0.7) exhibited excellent plasticity and viscoelasticity (indicated by low-field NMR spectroscopy and rheology). Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), demonstrated the anchoring of ZAPs at the oil–water interface, while cryo-SEM confirmed the three-dimensional microstructural network formed inside the emulsion. Compared to a commercial sesame paste, diluted ZASPEs (φ = 0.35) exhibited similar rheological and sensory properties, while ZASPEs (φ = 0.7) and diluted ZASPEs possessed greater smoothness and spreadability. Accordingly, the current ZASPEs as new additions to the existing Pickering emulsions not only function as bioactive carriers but also impart desirable flavor in food applications.

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This work was supported by the Key R&D project of Shandong Province (2019GNCI06048), the National Science Foundation of China (31571836), the Shandong Agricultural Innovation Team (SDAIT-24-05), the Major Projects of agricultural application technology innovation in Shandong Province (2018), and the Shandong “Double Tops” Program (SYT2017XTTD04).

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  1. College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Food Processing Technology and Quality Control of Shandong Higher Education Institutes, Taian, 271018, People’s Republic of China

    Yang Jiang, Feng Li, Dapeng Li, Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse & Qingrong Huang

  2. School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse

  3. Department of Food Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 65 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA

    Qingrong Huang

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Jiang, Y., Li, F., Li, D. et al. Zein/Pectin Nanoparticle-Stabilized Sesame Oil Pickering Emulsions: Sustainable Bioactive Carriers and Healthy Alternatives to Sesame Paste. Food Bioprocess Technol 12, 1982–1992 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-019-02361-4

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