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Cellulose particles filled oil-in-water emulsion: a facile strategy to prepare edible oleogels

  • Yanlei Li , Ying Le , Zhiming Gao EMAIL logo , Wenxin Jiang , Yuehan Wu ORCID logo , Dan Yuan , Wei Lu , Hui Chen , Juan Zhang and Zifang Chen
Published/Copyright: January 23, 2025
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International Journal of Food Engineering
From the journal International Journal of Food Engineering Volume 21 Issue 2

Abstract

In this work, a facile strategy of filling the O/W emulsions with cellulose particles to prepare edible oleogels was reported. Two preparation processes, particle filling in water phase of emulsion (PFWP) and one pot dispersing (OPD) are adopted. The effect of cellulose particle concentration and water content on the formation and properties of oleogels were evaluated. Results showed that both of the two processes (PFWP and OPD) could form an oleogels, within a wide range of particle concentration (20 wt% – 40 wt%) and water contents (15 wt% – 25 wt%). The formed oleogels have good centrifugal stability, thixotropic recovery properties and thermostability. The storage moduli of the oleogels increased with an increase of cellulose particle concentration, which is associated with the stronger capillary bridges network. Our results provide a fast and simple approach for oil structuring, which should have great potential application in food industry, especially in food bakery.

Keywords: edible oleogels; cellulose particle; particle filling water phase; one-pot dispersion
Corresponding author: Zhiming Gao, Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, P.R. China; and Glyn O. Phillips Hydrocolloid Research Centre, School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, P.R. China, E-mail:
Yanlei Li and Ying Le contributed equally to this work.

Funding source: Scientific Research Foundation of the Hubei University of Technology

Award Identifier / Grant number: XJ2021001501

Funding source: Hubei Provincial Special Project of Science and Technology Development

Award Identifier / Grant number: 42000024205T000000107

Funding source: National Natural Science Foundation of China

Award Identifier / Grant number: 31972033 and 32202048

  1. Research ethics: The local Institutional Review Board deemed the study exempt from review, and this study comply with local legal requirements.

  2. Informed consent: Not applicable.

  3. Author contributions: Yanlei Li: Visualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing-review & editing. Ying Le: Methodology, Investigation. Zhiming Gao: Conceptualization, Investigation, Formal analysis, Writing-review & editing. Wenxin Jiang: Supervision. Yuehan Wu: Data Curation. Methodology. Wei Lu: Methodology. Dan Yuan: Supervision. Hui Chen: Supervision. Juan Zhang: Supervision. Zifang Chen: Supervision.

  4. Use of Large Language Models, AI and Machine Learning Tools: There is no use of Large Language Models, AI and Machine Learning Tools in this work.

  5. Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this manucript.

  6. Research funding: This study was carried out the financial support of Hubei Provincial Special Project of Science and Technology Development (No. 42000024205T000000107), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31972033 and No. 32202048), the Scientific Research Foundation of the Hubei University of Technology (No. XJ2021001501).

  7. Data availability: Data will be made available upon request.

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Supplementary Material

This article contains supplementary material (https://doi.org/10.1515/ijfe-2024-0236).

Received: 2024-10-14
Accepted: 2024-12-23
Published Online: 2025-01-23

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