Abstract
To overcome the limited shelf life of fresh fruit juice, manufacture aim to reduce the juice
to a powdered form that can be available all year around. One technique of powder
formulation is the use of spray dryer. However fruit juices are rich in fruit sugars and
organic acids, which make them difficult to spray dry. Their low glass transition
temperatures lead to stickiness problems in the spray dryer. This work investigates the
prediction of the glass transition temperature (Tg) of fruit juice powders and mixtures
including high molecular weight components often used as drying aids of their mixtures.
The ability to predict glass transition temperatures enables optimization of powder
formulations and spray dryer operation to avoid sticking problems.
A semi-empirical model is presented to predict the glass transition temperature of fruit
juice powders on the basis of the chemical composition and the Tg values of the individual
pure components.--Shortened abstract
Date
2019
Rights
The Author
Publisher
Massey University
Description
Embargoed until 1 July 2021