Effect of homogenization and ultrasonication on the physical properties of insoluble wheat bran fibres
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Authors: | R. Hu1, Z. Min1, B. Adhikari2, Y. Liu3 1State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, 214122 Wuxi, Jiangsu, China 2School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, City Campus, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia 3Guangdong Galore Food Co. Ltd, Zhongshan 528447, China |
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Abstract : | Wheat bran is rich in dietary fibre and its annual output is abundant, but underutilized. Insoluble dietary fibre often influences food quality negatively; therefore, how to improve the physical and chemical properties of insoluble dietary fibre of wheat bran for post processing is a challenge. Insoluble dietary fibre was obtained from wheat bran and micronized using high-pressure homogenization, high-intensity sonication, and a combination of these two methods. The high-pressure homo-genization and high-pressure homogenization+high-intensity sonication treatments significantly (p<0.05) improved the solubility, swelling, water-holding, oil-holding, and cation exchange capacities. The improvement of the above properties by high-intensity sonication alone was marginal. In most cases, the high-pressure homogenization process was as good as the high-pressure homogenization+high-intensity sonication process in improving the above-mentioned properties; hence, the contribution of high-intensity sonication in the high-pressure homogenization+high-intensity sonication process was minimal. The best results show that the minimum particle size of wheat bran can reach 9 μm, and the solubility, swelling, water-holding, oil-holding, cation exchange capacities change significantly. |
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Keywords : | homogenization, ultrasonication, wheat bran, insoluble dietary fibre, physical properties | ||||||||||
Language : | English |