Huishan Shen , Shangzhen Cheng , Zan Cui , Weimin Kang , Yanyan Zhang , Xingli Liu , Hongwei Wang , Hua Zhang
{"title":"Impact of soluble soybean polysaccharides with different molecular weights on the pasting, gel, and structural properties of potato starch","authors":"Huishan Shen , Shangzhen Cheng , Zan Cui , Weimin Kang , Yanyan Zhang , Xingli Liu , Hongwei Wang , Hua Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.146531","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Polysaccharides affect the properties of starch, with the effect dependent on their molecular structure. Therefore, this study prepared three soluble soybean polysaccharides (SSPS) with different molecular weights and investigated the effects of the three SSPS on the pasting, gel, and structural properties of potato starch. The results showed that adding three molecular weights of SSPS significantly reduced the swelling power, peak viscosity, breakdown, final viscosity, and setback of potato starch, while significantly increasing the thermodynamic temperature (<em>T</em><sub>o</sub>, <em>T</em>ₚ, and <em>T</em><sub>c</sub>) of starch. The addition of high molecular weight SSPS (H-SSPS) promoted the formation of a dense gel network structure and significantly improved the storage modulus (<em>G′</em>), loss modulus (<em>G″</em>), gel strength, and hardness of starch gel. However, the addition of middle molecular weight SSPS (M-SSPS) and low molecular weight SSPS (L-SSPS) formed a relatively loose gel network structure and significantly reduced the <em>G′</em>, <em>G″</em>, hardness, and gel strength of the starch gel. X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results revealed that H-SSPS could improve the short-range order and crystallinity of starch gel, while M-SSPS and L-SSPS reduced the stability of the ordered structure of starch gels. Overall, H-SSPS can effectively enhance starch's gel properties. This study helps to expand the application of SSPS and improve the quality of starch-based foods.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":318,"journal":{"name":"Food Chemistry","volume":"495 ","pages":"Article 146531"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Food Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308814625037835","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Polysaccharides affect the properties of starch, with the effect dependent on their molecular structure. Therefore, this study prepared three soluble soybean polysaccharides (SSPS) with different molecular weights and investigated the effects of the three SSPS on the pasting, gel, and structural properties of potato starch. The results showed that adding three molecular weights of SSPS significantly reduced the swelling power, peak viscosity, breakdown, final viscosity, and setback of potato starch, while significantly increasing the thermodynamic temperature (To, Tₚ, and Tc) of starch. The addition of high molecular weight SSPS (H-SSPS) promoted the formation of a dense gel network structure and significantly improved the storage modulus (G′), loss modulus (G″), gel strength, and hardness of starch gel. However, the addition of middle molecular weight SSPS (M-SSPS) and low molecular weight SSPS (L-SSPS) formed a relatively loose gel network structure and significantly reduced the G′, G″, hardness, and gel strength of the starch gel. X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results revealed that H-SSPS could improve the short-range order and crystallinity of starch gel, while M-SSPS and L-SSPS reduced the stability of the ordered structure of starch gels. Overall, H-SSPS can effectively enhance starch's gel properties. This study helps to expand the application of SSPS and improve the quality of starch-based foods.
期刊介绍:
Food Chemistry publishes original research papers dealing with the advancement of the chemistry and biochemistry of foods or the analytical methods/ approach used. All papers should focus on the novelty of the research carried out.