Stabilization mechanisms of organic high protein functional drinks

目前市场上有许多类型的即饮饮料，其成分的目标是 特定的消费者需求。例如，年轻人、老年人、运动员等的产品，以及生活饮料 根据特定的成分配方，具有理想的物理或感官特性。富含蛋白质 饮料(我们工业合作伙伴的重点)是这个市场中一个快速增长的部分。然而， 在饮料中添加蛋白质，特别是在高浓度的情况下，可能会产生许多质量问题，如 由于储存过程中的物理不稳定(沉淀、乳状物和胶状物)，并导致不良反应 纹理。对于我们的工业合作伙伴来说，在开发新产品时解决物理稳定性的策略是 必须克服这些挑战，使产品具有较长的存储时间。我们的研究小组将 使用胶体化学方法准确预测不同类别成分的配伍情况 它们与高浓度的蛋白质混合在一起。我们将开发的相图允许我们的 工业合作伙伴瞄准最理想的配料类型，以及利用 天然亲水胶体，使它们能够制造货架稳定、对有机气味有利、有营养和 功能性高蛋白高纤维饮料。因此，这项研究的结果将是非常有益的 对于公司来说，作为主要的有机产品生产商，以及帮助在加拿大国内发展这一行业 旨在改善加拿大人健康生活方式的经济。

Many types of ready-to-drink beverages are currently in the market whose composition is targeted toward certain consumer needs. Examples are products for youth, elderly, athletes, etc., and also lifestyle beverages with desirable physical or organoleptic properties based on specific ingredient formulations. Protein-enriched beverages (the focus of our industrial partner) are a rapidly growing sector of this market. However, the addition of proteins to beverages, particularly at high concentration, can create a number of quality issues such as physical instability (precipitation, creaming and gelation) during storage, and contribute to undesirable texture. For our industrial partner, strategies to address physical stability when developing new products are essential to overcome these challenges so that the products have long storage times. Our research group will use a colloid chemistry approach to accurately predict the compatibility of various classes of ingredients when they are mixed with high concentrations of proteins. The phase diagrams we will develop with allow our industrial partner to target the most desirable types of ingredients, as well as taking advantage of the addition of natural hydrocolloids, to allow them to manufacture shelf-stable, organoleptically desirable, nutritious and functional high-protein high-fibre beverages. Therefore, the outcomes of this study will be highly beneficial for the company, as a major organic product producer, as well as help grow this sector within the Canadian economy that is targeting healthy lifestyle improvements for Canadians.