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| Sloan, A.E., D. Schlueter and T.p. Labuza. 1977. Effect of sequence and method of addition of humectants and water on Aw lowering ability in an IMF system. Journal of Food Science 42:94. |
| Purpose: The research reported here is on the investigation of sequence and the method of addition of multiple humectants and water on the final Aw in an IMF model system. |
| Abstract: The sequence and method of addition of multiple humectants and water to a food system has been reported to have an effect on the resultant water activity (Aw). These effects using three major classes of water-binding agents were investigated in a model intermediate moisture dog food system. both the sequence of addition of each humectant and water and the method of addition by either adding directly to the food or initially dissolving the humectants in the water were varied. Water activity was measured by the vapor pressure manometric technique. This study has shown that neither the sequence or the method of addition of multiple humectants to an IMF food system has an effect on the final Aw. The Ross equation can be used to predict the final Aw in multi-humectant systems with a high degree of accuracy. |
| PRODUCT | WATER ACTIVITY |
| Collagen added to 45C water followed by sucrose at 2 hr | 0.865
45C water followed
by sucrose immediately
45C water followed
by collagen at 2 hr
