Understanding water activity change in oil with temperature.
Current Research in Food Science(2020)
摘要
Our recent studies and several publications suggest that the low water activity (aw) of oil in thermal processing might be a major contributing factor towards the increased thermal resistance of bacteria in oils. In this study, we developed a reliable method to measure the water activity of oil by measuring the equilibrium relative humidity in a small headspace. Using this method, water activity of peanut oil was found to decrease exponentially with increasing temperature. A model derived from excess Gibbs free energy was fitted to the observations with an R2 = 99.6% and RMSE = 0.01 (aw). Our results suggest that the sharply reduced water activity of oil resulting from a rise in temperature could cause desiccation of bacteria. This is a possible explanation for the protective effect of oil in thermal processing.
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Water activity,Peanut oil,Thermal processing,Excess gibbs free energy,Low-moisture food
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