Sustainable Wheat Protein Biofoams: Dry Upscalable Extrusion at Low TemperatureShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Biomacromolecules, ISSN 1525-7797, E-ISSN 1526-4602, Vol. 23, no 12, p. 5116-5126Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Glycerol-plasticized wheat gluten was explored for producing soft high-density biofoams using dry upscalable extrusion (avoiding purposely added water). The largest pore size was obtained when using the food grade ammonium bicarbonate (ABC) as blowing agent, also resulting in the highest saline liquid uptake. Foams were, however, also obtained without adding a blowing agent, possibly due to a rapid moisture uptake by the dried protein powder when fed to the extruder. ABC's low decomposition temperature enabled extrusion of the material at a temperature as low as 70 °C, well below the protein aggregation temperature. Sodium bicarbonate (SBC), the most common food-grade blowing agent, did not yield the same high foam qualities. SBC's alkalinity, and the need to use a higher processing temperature (120 °C), resulted in high protein cross-linking and aggregation. The results show the potential of an energy-efficient and industrially upscalable low-temperature foam extrusion process for competitive production of sustainable biofoams using inexpensive and readily available protein obtained from industrial biomass (wheat gluten).
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2022. Vol. 23, no 12, p. 5116-5126
Keywords [en]
Ammonium bicarbonate, Blowing agents, Energy efficiency, Pore size, Processing, Proteins, Sodium bicarbonate, Temperature, 'Dry' [, Added water, Biofoam, Food grade, Large pore size, Liquid uptake, Lows-temperatures, Moisture uptake, Wheat gluten, Wheat proteins, Extrusion, bicarbonate, carboxylic acid, cysteine, foaming agent, gluten, limonene, protein, sodium carbonate, sodium chloride, water, glycerol, Article, chemical structure, cross linking, crystal, decomposition, density, disulfide bond, foam, foam cell, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, gravimetry, high performance liquid chromatography, high temperature, hydrophobicity, hydrostatic pressure, infrared spectroscopy, kinetics, low temperature, moisture, polymerization, porosity, powder, protein aggregation, protein conformation, protein cross linking, reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography, solubility, surface property, temperature sensitivity, ultrasound, water transport, heat, metabolism, wheat, Glutens, Hot Temperature, Triticum
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Polymer Technologies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-329011DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00953ISI: 000884851100001PubMedID: 36349363Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85141993638OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-329011DiVA, id: diva2:1767611
Note
QC 20230614
2023-06-142023-06-142024-09-16Bibliographically approved
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