{"title":"Improvements in the Physical Properties of Agglomerated Milk Protein\u0000 Isolate/Skim Milk Powder Mixtures Via Fluidized Bed\u0000 Agglomeration","authors":"C. Seo","doi":"10.22424/jdsb.2022.40.3.134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22424/jdsb.2022.40.3.134","url":null,"abstract":"Protein-enriched dairy powder is widely consumed to promote muscle synthesis. Recently, in Korea, elderly people have also begun consuming protein powder products to prevent muscle loss. However, these protein-enriched powders have poor flowability and hydration properties because of the fine particles of spray-dried milk protein powder. Therefore, in this study, the fluidized bed agglomeration process was used to solve these problems. The rheological and physical properties of milk protein isolate (MPI)/skim milk powder (SMP) mixtures were effectively improved via fluidized bed agglomeration. The particle size of the MPI/SMP mixtures significantly increased from 35.7 – 58 µ m to 118 – 136 µ m, the flowability level improved from fair (21.4 – 26.3) to good (15.7 – 16.3), and the cohesiveness level changed from intermediate (1.27 – 1.36) to low (1.18 – 1.19) after fluidized bed agglomeration. In addition, the wetting time of the agglomerated MPI/SMP mixtures was effectively reduced to 4.67 – 58.3 s by fluidized bed agglomeration. These findings may be useful for manufacturing protein-enriched dairy powders with good instant properties.","PeriodicalId":15410,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91243360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}