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Effect of change in pH of skim milk and ultrafiltered/diafiltered retentates on milk protein concentrate (MPC70) powder properties

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Poor solubility of milk protein concentrate (MPC) powders are attributed to their high protein and calcium contents. Concentration of skim milk in ultrafiltration (UF) and diafiltration (DF) increased total solids, protein and mineral contents and changed pH and ζ-potential values of the retentates that leads to milk proteins destabilization in 7× UF/DF retentates. Hence, this investigation was aimed to study the effect of change in pH of skim milk (no change; native pH maintained) and DF retentates (5.85 and 7.10) with KOH, NaOH and NaH2PO4∙2H2O on physicochemical, reconstitution, functional and rheological properties of fresh MPC70 powders. MPC70-7.10 powder had significantly higher (P < 0.05) solubility, but MPC70-NaOH and MPC70-5.85 showed significantly lower solubility than control. However, after two months storage at 25 ± 1 °C, control powder had significantly lower solubility (27.78% decrease) than treated powders. These changes in pH, significantly decreased calcium content and specific surface area; significantly improved viscosity, water binding, oil binding, emulsifying, foaming and buffering capacities, L*, a*, flowability, pH (except MPC70-5.85) and packed bulk density (except MPC70-NaOH) of treated powders over control. However, rennet coagulation time of all reconstituted powder solutions was similar. Hershel Bulkley, a best fit model, efficiently explained the pseudoplastic rheological behavior of all reconstituted MPC70 powders. This investigation had established that change in pH could improve the functional properties of MPC70 powders and is a simple, cheap, compatible and easy to use approach. Treated MPC70 powders could replace control in several food formulations owing to their improved functional properties.

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    Ganga Sahay Meena, Ashish Kumar Singh, Vijay Kumar Gupta, Sanket Borad & Pankaj T. Parmar

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Meena, G.S., Singh, A.K., Gupta, V.K. et al. Effect of change in pH of skim milk and ultrafiltered/diafiltered retentates on milk protein concentrate (MPC70) powder properties. J Food Sci Technol 55, 3526–3537 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-018-3278-8

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