Interactions between whey proteins and calcium salts and implications for the formulation of dairy protein-based nutritional beverage products: A review

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Whey-based nutritional beverages are often fortified with calcium (Ca) in order to deliver the recommended intake of Ca. However, technical and product quality challenges are often experienced with Ca fortification of whey protein-based nutritional solutions, such as poor heat stability, high viscosity, colloidal instability, and impaired heat transfer. Understanding of the relationships and interactions between whey proteins and Ca relative to liquid process (e.g., ready to feed products, feed material prior to drying) is essential to designing and formulating nutritional whey-based products with desired physicochemical and colloidal stability properties. This article reviews the interactions between whey proteins and Ca salts used in the formulation of nutritional whey-based products as well as major processing implications associated with Ca fortification of whey-based solutions.

Original languageEnglish
JournalComprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
Volume21
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)1254-1274
Number of pages21
ISSN1541-4337
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
informationNestlé.The authors would like to acknowledge Nestlé for providing financial support for this work. The authors are also grateful to Dr. Eileen O'Neill (School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland) for her positive suggestions.

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    Research areas

  • beverage, calcium, dairy, formulation, whey protein

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