1. Effect of Mixing Time on the Properties of Dark and Milk Chocolate Produced in a Ball Mill
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Jurkić, Marijana, Ačkar, Đurđica, and Barišić, Veronika
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mixing time ,chocolate ,viscosity ,čokolada ,BIOTEHNIČKE ZNANOSTI. Prehrambena tehnologija ,BIOTECHNICAL SCIENCES. Food Technology ,tvrdoća ,viskoznost ,kuglični mlin ,vrijeme miješanja ,ball mill ,hardness - Abstract
Cilj ovog diplomskog rada bio je ispitati utjecaj vremena miješanja na svojstva tamnih i mliječnih čokolada. Za proizvodnju čokolada korišten je laboratorijski kuglični mlin uz primjenu sljedećih uvjeta: temperatura kupelji 55 °C; 2,5 kg kuglica za tamnu čokoladu, 3 kg kuglica za mliječnu čokoladu; brzina miješanja60 o/min. Čokolade su proizvedene u kugličnom mlinu s vremenima miješanja od 3, 4 i 5 h te nakon temperiranja, upločavanja i hlađenja na 8 °C određeni su sljedeći parametri: boja (odmah nakon hlađenja, nakon 24 h, nakon 48 h i nakon tjedan dana), tekstura, veličina čestica i viskoznost. Rezultati su pokazali da je ukupna promjena boje veća kod tamnih čokolada u odnosu na mliječne čokolade. Tvrdoća kod tamnih čokolada je najmanja u uzorku koji se miješao 4 h, dok uzorak s istim vremenom miješanja kod mliječnih čokolada ima najveću tvrdoću. Najveće smanjenje čestica kod tamnih i mliječnih čokolada primijećeno je kod uzoraka koji su se najduže miješali. Povećanjem vremena miješanja došlo je i do povećanja vrijednosti Casson – ove plastične viskoznosti, a u usporedbi s tamnim čokoladama veću granicu tečenja imaju uzorci mliječnih čokolada. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of mixing time on the properties of dark and milk chocolates. For production of chocolate laboratory ball mill was used under the following conditions: bath temperature 55 °C, 2.5 kilograms of balls for dark chocolate, 3 kilograms of balls for milk chocolate; speed of mixing 60 rpm. Chocolates were produced with mixing times of 3, 4 and 5 hours and after tempering, moulding and cooling at 8 °C the following parameters were determined: colour (after cooling, after 24 hours, after 48 hours and after one week), texture, particle size and viscosity. The results showed that the total colour change was greater for dark chocolates compared to milk chocolates. Hardness for dark chocolates was lowest in the sample that was mixed for 4 hours, while milk chocolate with the same mixing time had the highest hardness. The largest decrease of particles in both dark and milk chocolates was observed in the samples that were mixed the longest time. Increasing the mixing time also led to an increase in the value for Casson plastic viscosity and, compared to dark chocolates, milk chocolate samples had a higher yield stress.
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- 2020