IngredientDB: A GUI-based Matlab database program for estimating the pH of acid or acidified food formulations from buffer capacity models

Abstract

A Matlab GUI program, IngredientDB, was developed to help determine the pH and buffering of ingredients in acidic food products based on product formulations. A database of buffer capacity models for both low acid and acid food ingredients was developed and used to show how individual food ingredients influence the final product pH. The IngredientDB program may be used for in silico formulations of acidic food products to help assure the quality and safety of these foods.

Keywords

• Buffer capacity
• Acid food
• Acidified food
• pH modeling
• Food formulation