Physical Properties of Foods Based on Milk Protein/Plant Protein
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Physics and Theory".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 February 2024) | Viewed by 4389
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As natural food-grade biological macromolecules, proteins play an important role in both food processing and human nutrition. Proteins are widely applied in formation of gels, emulsions, foam, membrane, carrier of active ingredients, etc. Dairy proteins and soy proteins (plant proteins) are the major types of protein sources used in food. Various methods (chemical, enzymatic, and physical) can be used to improve the physical properties of protein-based food systems. The development of science and technology has brought new perspectives to the relationship between the structure and functional characteristics of proteins, as well as greater possibilities for the application of proteins.
The present Special Issue aims to provide original research in the field:
- Methods (chemical, enzymatic, and physical) for the structural modification of proteins;
- Functional properties (emulsifying, gelling, foaming, film-forming, etc.) of proteins after structural modification;
- Relationship between the structure and functional properties of proteins.
Dr. Zhihua Pang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- milk proteins
- plant proteins
- physical properties
- rheology
- tribology
- gelation
- emulsification
- foaming
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