Critical review of sensory texture descriptors: From pureed to transitional foods for dysphagia patients.

Dysphagic people need to change their diet to avoid pain or risk of choking. For example, they can eat texture modified foods (including pureed and transitional foods, that is, food that start with one texture and change into another because of moisture or heating). Simple testing methods proposed by the IDDSI initiative can be performed to characterize texture modified food but these methods are not always relevant for understanding oral texture and mouthfeel properties.

Short communication: Effect of stirring operations on changes in physical and rheological properties of nonfat yogurts during storage.

The rheological and physical properties of stirred yogurt depend on several parameters, including the mechanical stress caused by stirring, smoothing, and cooling conditions (duration, intensity, or temperature). However, the literature reports little information about the effects of mechanical stress from all of the stirring operations on changes in yogurt properties during storage. The aim of this study was to determine, by means of a technical scale unit, the combined effects of stirring in the yogurt vat, smoothing, and cooling on changes in the rheological properties of nonfat yogurt during storage at 4°C.

Individual and sequential effects of stirring, smoothing, and cooling on the rheological properties of nonfat yogurts stirred with a technical scale unit.

Few studies have considered the impact of unit operations during stirred yogurt manufacture because their operational sequence is difficult to replicate at the laboratory scale. The aim of this study was to investigate the individual and sequential effects of stirring in the yogurt vat, smoothing, and cooling on the rheological properties of yogurts, using a technical scale unit simulating some industrial conditions. The yogurts were prepared from a milk mixture that was standardized to contain 14% total solids, 0% fat, and 4% protein, and then homogenized, heated (94.