The poor thermal stability and ion tolerance of whey protein hydrolysates (WPH) restrict its application in emulsions, while glycosylation shows potential benefits in improving WPH stability. However, the relationship between saccharides with different Mw and the glycosylation behavior of WPH rich in short peptides is unclear. In response, the effect of different saccharides on glycosylated WPH rich in short peptides and its emulsion stability were investigated. Grafted small Mw saccharides were more beneficial to the emulsion stability of WPH. Specifically, grafting xylose effectively inhibited 121 °C sterilization and 5 mM CaCl-induced coalescence of WPH emulsion (687.50 nm) by comprehensively enhancing steric hindrance, conformational flexibility and electrostatic repulsion, and dissociating large aggregates into small aggregates. Conversely, grafting maltodextrin (30,590 Da) reduced thermal stability of WPH emulsion (4791.80 nm) by steric shielding and bridging flocculation. These findings provide new sights into glycosylation mechanism for WPH and achieving its application in nutritional emulsions.
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Condensed Matter Theory Group, School of Studies in Physics, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, 474 011, India.
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Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Electrochemical Innovation Lab, University College London, London, UK.
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Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu, China.
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Alexander Grass Center for Bioengineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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