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Understanding Protein Functionality and Its Impact on Quality of Plant-Based Meat Analogues
A greater understanding of protein functionality and its impact on processing and end-product quality is critical for the success of the fast-growing market for plant-based meat products. In this research, simple criteria were developed for categorizing plant proteins derived from soy, yellow pea, a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10486508/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37685165 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12173232 |
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author | Flory, Jenna Xiao, Ruoshi Li, Yonghui Dogan, Hulya Talavera, Martin J. Alavi, Sajid |
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description | A greater understanding of protein functionality and its impact on processing and end-product quality is critical for the success of the fast-growing market for plant-based meat products. In this research, simple criteria were developed for categorizing plant proteins derived from soy, yellow pea, and wheat as cold swelling (CS) or heat swelling (HS) through various raw-material tests, including the water absorption index (WAI), least gelation concentration (LGC), rapid visco analysis (RVA), and % protein solubility. These proteins were blended together in different cold-swelling: heat-swelling ratios (0:100 to 90:10 or 0–90% CS) and extruded to obtain texturized vegetable proteins (TVPs). In general, the WAI (2.51–5.61 g/g) and protein solubility (20–46%) showed an increasing trend, while the LGC decreased from 17–18% to 14–15% with an increase in the % CS in raw protein blends. Blends with high CS (60–90%) showed a clear RVA cold viscosity peak, while low-CS (0–40%) blends exhibited minimal swelling. The extrusion-specific mechanical energy for low-CS blends (average 930 kJ/kg) and high-CS blends (average 949 kJ/kg) was similar, even though both were processed with similar in-barrel moisture, but the former had substantially lower protein content (69.7 versus 76.6%). Extrusion led to the aggregation of proteins in all treatments, as seen from the SDS-PAGE and SEC-HPLC analyses, but the protein solubility decreased the most for the high-CS (60–90%) blends as compared to the low-CS (0–40%) blends. This indicated a higher degree of crosslinking due to extrusion for high CS, which, in turn, resulted in a lower extruded TVP bulk density and higher water-holding capacity (average 187 g/L and 4.2 g/g, respectively) as compared to the low-CS treatments (average 226 g/L and 2.9 g/g, respectively). These trends matched with the densely layered microstructure of TVP with low CS and an increase in pores and a spongier structure for high CS, as observed using optical microscopy. The microstructure, bulk density, and WHC observations corresponded well with texture-profile-analysis (TPA) hardness of TVP patties, which decreased from 6949 to 3649 g with an increase in CS from 0 to 90%. The consumer test overall-liking scores (9-point hedonic scale) for TVP patties were significantly lower (3.8–5.1) as compared to beef hamburgers (7.6) (p < 0.05). The data indicated that an improvement in both the texture and flavor of the former might result in a better sensory profile and greater acceptance. |
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spelling | pubmed-104865082023-09-09 Understanding Protein Functionality and Its Impact on Quality of Plant-Based Meat Analogues Flory, Jenna Xiao, Ruoshi Li, Yonghui Dogan, Hulya Talavera, Martin J. Alavi, Sajid Foods Article A greater understanding of protein functionality and its impact on processing and end-product quality is critical for the success of the fast-growing market for plant-based meat products. In this research, simple criteria were developed for categorizing plant proteins derived from soy, yellow pea, and wheat as cold swelling (CS) or heat swelling (HS) through various raw-material tests, including the water absorption index (WAI), least gelation concentration (LGC), rapid visco analysis (RVA), and % protein solubility. These proteins were blended together in different cold-swelling: heat-swelling ratios (0:100 to 90:10 or 0–90% CS) and extruded to obtain texturized vegetable proteins (TVPs). In general, the WAI (2.51–5.61 g/g) and protein solubility (20–46%) showed an increasing trend, while the LGC decreased from 17–18% to 14–15% with an increase in the % CS in raw protein blends. Blends with high CS (60–90%) showed a clear RVA cold viscosity peak, while low-CS (0–40%) blends exhibited minimal swelling. The extrusion-specific mechanical energy for low-CS blends (average 930 kJ/kg) and high-CS blends (average 949 kJ/kg) was similar, even though both were processed with similar in-barrel moisture, but the former had substantially lower protein content (69.7 versus 76.6%). Extrusion led to the aggregation of proteins in all treatments, as seen from the SDS-PAGE and SEC-HPLC analyses, but the protein solubility decreased the most for the high-CS (60–90%) blends as compared to the low-CS (0–40%) blends. This indicated a higher degree of crosslinking due to extrusion for high CS, which, in turn, resulted in a lower extruded TVP bulk density and higher water-holding capacity (average 187 g/L and 4.2 g/g, respectively) as compared to the low-CS treatments (average 226 g/L and 2.9 g/g, respectively). These trends matched with the densely layered microstructure of TVP with low CS and an increase in pores and a spongier structure for high CS, as observed using optical microscopy. The microstructure, bulk density, and WHC observations corresponded well with texture-profile-analysis (TPA) hardness of TVP patties, which decreased from 6949 to 3649 g with an increase in CS from 0 to 90%. The consumer test overall-liking scores (9-point hedonic scale) for TVP patties were significantly lower (3.8–5.1) as compared to beef hamburgers (7.6) (p < 0.05). The data indicated that an improvement in both the texture and flavor of the former might result in a better sensory profile and greater acceptance. MDPI 2023-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10486508/ /pubmed/37685165 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12173232 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Flory, Jenna Xiao, Ruoshi Li, Yonghui Dogan, Hulya Talavera, Martin J. Alavi, Sajid Understanding Protein Functionality and Its Impact on Quality of Plant-Based Meat Analogues |
title | Understanding Protein Functionality and Its Impact on Quality of Plant-Based Meat Analogues |
title_full | Understanding Protein Functionality and Its Impact on Quality of Plant-Based Meat Analogues |
title_fullStr | Understanding Protein Functionality and Its Impact on Quality of Plant-Based Meat Analogues |
title_full_unstemmed | Understanding Protein Functionality and Its Impact on Quality of Plant-Based Meat Analogues |
title_short | Understanding Protein Functionality and Its Impact on Quality of Plant-Based Meat Analogues |
title_sort | understanding protein functionality and its impact on quality of plant-based meat analogues |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10486508/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37685165 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12173232 |
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