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Pressure induced macromolecular dispersion for the characterisation of non-starch polysaccharides used in the food industry

Reference	D11439
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor S Ross-Murphy
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Stephen Harding
Institution	King's College London
Department	Medical & Molecular Genetics SM
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	296,784
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	18/10/1999
End date	18/10/2002
Duration	36 months

Abstract

We intend to employ the pressure cell heating route introduced by German workers, in their work on starch systems. A previous study by the PI has already proved how useful this approach can be, when applied to non-starch polysaccharide (NSP), xyloglucan, and how it may furnish insight into both application and fundamental science driven objectives. Previous researchers have undoubtedly been limited because of their inability to obtain suitable dispersed systems. The pressure route offers an effective means to circumvent such problems. We intend to examine the differences in properties of several NSPs of interest to the food industry, employing a variety of physico-chemical techniques. The work is highly relevant to Food Manufacturing because of the importance of NSPs in both conventional and high pressure processing routes.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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