Food Hydrocolloids only publishes original and novel research that is of high scientific quality. Research areas include basic
and applied aspects of the characteristics, properties, functionality and use of macromolecules in food systems. Hydrocolloids in this
context include polysaccharides, modified polysaccharides and proteins acting alone, ... click here for full Aims & Scope
Food Hydrocolloids only publishes original and novel research that is of high scientific quality. Research areas include basic
and applied aspects of the characteristics, properties, functionality and use of macromolecules in food systems. Hydrocolloids in this
context include polysaccharides, modified polysaccharides and proteins acting alone, or in mixture with other food components, as thickening
agents, gelling agents, film formers or surface-active agents. Included within the scope of the journal are studies of real and model
food colloids - dispersions, emulsions and foams - and the associated physicochemical stability phenomena - creaming, sedimentation,
flocculation and coalescence.
In particular,Food Hydrocolloids covers: the full scope of hydrocolloid behaviour, including
isolation procedures, chemical and physicochemical characterization, through to end use and analysis in finished food products; structural
characterization of established food hydrocolloids and new ones ultimately seeking food approval; gelling mechanisms, syneresis and polymer
synergism in the gelation process; rheological investigations where these can be correlated with hydrocolloids functionality, colloid
stability or organoleptic properties; theoretical, computational or simulation approaches to the study of colloidal stability, provided
that they have a clear relationship to food systems; surface properties of absorbed films, and their relationship to foaming and emulsifying
behaviour; phase behaviour of low-molecular-weight surfactants or soluble polymers, and their relationship to food colloid stability;
droplet and bubble growth, bubble nucleation, thin-film drainage and rupture processes; fat and water crystallization and the influence
of hydrocolloids on these phenomena, with respect to stability and texture; direct applications of hydrocolloids in finished food products
in all branches of the food industry, including their interactions with other food components;and toxicological, physiological and metabolic
studies of hydrocolloids.
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