Physicochemical study of mixed systems composed by bovine caseinate and the galactomannan from Gleditsia amorphoides.

Model systems formed by sodium caseinate (NaCAS) and espina corona gum (ECG) were studied. There was no evidence of attractive interactions between NaCAS and ECG macromolecules. Aqueous mixtures of NaCAS and ECG phase-separate segregatively over a wide range of concentrations.