Foods (Dec 2024)

Yolk and Casein Sequence Self-Assembly for Low-Oil Emulsion Gel and Its Application in Low-Fat Mayonnaise

  • Anqi Bi,
  • Beiwei Zhu,
  • Ning Cong,
  • Ming Du,
  • Chao Wu,
  • Ling Zhang,
  • Yan Guo,
  • Tingting Cheng,
  • Pei Yu,
  • Xianbing Xu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/foods14010036
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
p. 36

Abstract

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High dietary fat food such as mayonnaise (70–80% oil content) can induce obesity and cardiovascular diseases, thus reducing their oil content is required. However, the development of low-fat mayonnaise is still a big challenge since reducing oil content will increase the fluidity, induce phase separation and decrease the stability of mayonnaise. Herein, we provide a novel strategy for developing yolk–casein-based low-fat mayonnaise (30% oil content) with a similar texture to commercial high-fat mayonnaise through post-acidification. Unexpectedly, compared with pre-acid-treated low-fat mayonnaise, the G′ and viscosity of the post-acid-treated low-fat mayonnaise were significantly improved by 77.80% and 90.18%, respectively. The semisolid properties required for low-fat mayonnaise were realized by forming a dense yolk–casein self-assembly network structure. This study provides a novel perspective for constructing edible soft-solid products with low fat intake.

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