Abstract
Knowledge of the behavior of corn starch during frozen storage is necessary to understand more complex systems. In the present study, ice recrystallization in corn starch (0.3% and 3%, w/w)/sucrose (40%, w/w) solution was investigated at −10 °C based on the theory of Ostwald ripening. The addition of corn starch to the sucrose solution increased the ice recrystallization (IR) rate constant. To explore the mechanism causing higher IR rate constant, fluorescence microscopy was used to analyze the distribution of corn starch molecules. Fluorescence micrograph showed corn starch distributed homogenously in the freeze-concentrated phase. Ice crystal size distribution assessment showed that at the same average radius, the addition of corn starch increased the standard deviation of ice crystal size distribution. The findings revealed that the addition of corn starch widened the distribution of ice crystal size, which may be the mechanism causing higher IR rate constant. To inhibit the ice recrystallization process, antifreeze protein type III (AFP III) was added to sucrose solutions with and without corn starch. In the presence of corn starch, 0.01-mg/mL AFP III was enough to significantly reduce the IR rate. Conversely, the samples without corn starch did not show a significant reduction in IR rate constant at the same AFP III concentration. The outcomes revealed that corn starch enhanced the activity of AFP III. The results of this study showed that corn starch increased the IR rate constant, and AFP III supplemented with corn starch was synergistically more efficient in retarding IR rate constant.
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