Award details

Moisture transport in multiphase multicomponent food biopolymer matrices

Reference	D18809
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Brian Hills
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Stephen Ring, Dr Reg Wilson
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Food Materials Science Division
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	193,620
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/10/2003
End date	30/09/2006
Duration	36 months

Abstract

The redistribution of moisture in processed foods is a major cause of food quality deterioration during storage. Finding solutions is hindered by our lack of understanding of the molecular and microstructural factors controlling moisture migration in complex multicomponent, multiphase biopolymer systems. The same problem arises in the design of edible multicomponent biopolymer moisture barriers for extending food shelf-life. We therefore propose a fundamental study of the factors controlling moisture migration in complex biopolymer systems using advanced spectroscopic and imaging techniques. These data will be used to formulate generic mathematical models for shelf-life prediction, edible barrier design, encapsulation and microbial spoilage.

Summary

unavailable

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

I accept the terms and conditions of use (opens in new window)

export PDF file

back to list new search