Evaluation of physicochemical properties of honey powder using rice and pea proteins as carriers

Author(s)

Toniazzo, Taise ; Collado-Gonzalez, Mar ; Tadini, Carmen Cecilia ; Mackie, Alan R.

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Food Research International; v. 167, p. 8-pg., 2023-03-24.

Abstract

Honey is a special product widely appreciated because of its peculiar flavor and aroma as well as its beneficial effects on health due to its constituents. However, the use of honey in its natural form can present several dis-advantages to the food industry because of its high viscosity and density. This work aimed to obtain honey powder using rice, pea, or a mixture of both proteins as carriers by spray drying and to characterize physi-ochemically. Also, the mass balance was performed to evaluate changes in humidity and temperature that occurred by the drying air during the process. The honey showed acceptable physicochemical parameters by the legislation of honey quality control in regard to color (143.43 +/- 4.34) mm Pfund, free acidity (46.41 +/- 0.53) meq/kg, pH (3.73 +/- 0.03), fructose content (46.52 +/- 0.56) g/100 g and glucose content (35.88 +/- 0.16) g/100 g, which leads to the production of honey powder. Among the carriers tested, the honey powder using rice protein achieved the highest powder recovery yield at (64.88 +/- 0.64) %. The physicochemical properties were evaluated and the phenolic compounds were not negatively affected by spray drying conditions, maintaining a value of gallic acid equivalent (GAE) content at (301.31 +/- 20.95) mg/kg of honey. Therefore, this work shows honey as an alternative food ingredient in powdered form, including the growing market for using alternative protein. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/07914-8 - FoRC - Food Research Center
• Grantee: Bernadette Dora Gombossy de Melo Franco
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers - RIDC
• FAPESP's process: 17/19266-1 - Development and characterization of powder honey produced by spray drying and spray chilling methods
• Grantee: Taíse Toniazzo
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 19/26525-9 - Effects on digestibility of powder honey in semi -dynamic model
• Grantee: Taíse Toniazzo
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor