
Gels, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(5), P. 313 - 313
Published: April 23, 2025
This research investigates the influence of inorganic salts on curdlan production, gel strength, molecular weight (Mw), and texture properties, to provide insights into optimizing fermentation conditions. Five different were individually incorporated medium assess their impact. The results showed that FeCl3 significantly reduced yield, Mw, quality, indicating its unsuitability for fermentation. FeSO4 at 0.01% enhanced such as springiness chewiness, though higher concentrations had adverse effects. MnCl2 exhibited limited impact with low notably decreasing hardness, springiness, chewiness. CoCl2 was most effective additive, a concentration 0.002% achieving optimal texture, levels diminished these benefits. ZnCl2 0.04% improved Mw but minimal effect other properties. A correlation (R2 = 0.5064) observed between Mw’s critical role in curdlan’s mechanical Overall, specific demonstrated potential enhancing quality offered practical tailoring processes achieve desired properties industrial applications.
Language: Английский