Alginate/whey protein isolate-based emulgel as an alternative margarine replacer in processed cheese: Impact on rheological, mechanical, nutritional, and sensory characteristics
Mahdieh Zare, Mohammad‐Taghi Golmakani, Mehrdad Niakousari, Mohammad Hadi Eskandari, Fatemeh Ghiasi, Seyed Mohammad Hashem Hosseini
Abstract
Effects of partial or full replacement of margarine by alginate/whey protein isolate-based olive oil emulgel (E) on nutritional, physicochemical, mechanical, and rheological properties of processed cheese (PC) were investigated in this work. All formulated samples had the same amount of total fat, dry matter, and pH. According to the results of the fatty acids profile, the processed cheese sample in which the margarine was fully replaced by the emulgel (EPC 100 ) had the highest (49.84%) oleic acid content and showed a reduction of 23.7% in saturated fatty acids compared with the control sample (EPC 0 : formulated just with margarine). EPC 0 had the highest hardness among various cheese samples, which was also confirmed by its compact microstructure. Dynamic oscillatory measurements revealed that EPC 100 had the highest crossover strain (or resistance to deformation). The high rigidity of this sample was related to the 3-dimensional structure of emulgel. According to the creep test results, EPC 100 showed the lowest relative recovery (flowability). A high temperature-dependency of viscoelastic moduli was observed in EPC 0 at 42°C. No significant differences were observed between color attributes and sensory properties of various cheese samples. Alginate/WPI-based olive oil emulgel can be considered as a healthy margarine replacer in processed cheese.