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New insight on the formation of whey protein microbeads by a microfluidic system

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The current paper describes the formation of whey protein microbeads (WPM) having a spherical shapeand a monodispersed size distribution. A microfluidic flow-focusing geometry was used to control the production of whey protein microdroplets in a hydrophobic phase. The microfluidic system consists of two inlet channels where the WPI solution and the lipophilic phase were separately injected towards the flow-focusing (FF) junction where they eventually meet, then co-flow. A whey protein isolate (WPI) solution of 150 g/kg protein and two types of hydrophobic phases, i.e. sunflower oil and n-dodecane, were tested as the continuous phase. The formation of WPM was observed microscopically. The aim of the present study was to describe the production of stable monodisperse WPM in suspension in milk ultrafiltrate using a microfluidic system. Hints to perform the control of the running parameters, i.e. choice of the hydrophobic phase or fluids flowrates, are provided. The results showed that in the sunflower oil, microdroplets had a large polydisperse size distribution, while in n-dodecane, microdroplets with narrow size distribution were obtained. Stabilization of the whey protein microdroplets through heat-gelation at 75 °C for 20 min in n-dodecane produced WPM and no change in shape nor size is observed. Meanwhile replacing the n-dodecane by MUF using centrifugation and washing caused the swelling of the WPM, but dispersity remained low. From this study, microfluidic system seemed to be a suitable method to be used for producing small quantities of monodisperse WPM.
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hal-01709342 , version 1 (29-05-2018)

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Robi Andoyo, Fanny Guyomarc'H, Hervé Tabuteau, Marie-Hélène Famelart. New insight on the formation of whey protein microbeads by a microfluidic system. 1. International Conference and exhibition on powder tecchnology INDONESIA (ICePTi) 2017, Aug 2017, Bandung, Indonesia. pp.030022, ⟨10.1063/1.5021215⟩. ⟨hal-01709342⟩
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