LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, cilt.134, 2020 (SCI-Expanded)
This study was aimed at determining effects of different carrier materials and temperatures on water adsorption properties and net isosteric heat of vacuum-dried honey powders. The particle size and Carr index of samples were between 100.04 and 169.29 mu m. and 23.03-26.59%, respectively. The adsorption isotherms of samples were type II and the Caurie and Peleg models were found to be best for evaluating the adsorption properties of samples. The mean X-0 values and adsorption surface areas of samples with maltodextrin, gum Arabic and whey protein isolate were 4.43, 4.76 and 4.22 g/100 g dry matter and 74.89, 65.51 and 68.76 m(2)/g, respectively. Increasing the temperature decreased the number of adsorbed layers and adsorption surface area of samples. Additionally, the net isosteric heat of samples decreased from 10.09 to -0.78, 20.02 to -0.53 and 7.30 to 0.04 kJ/mol when the moisture content increased by 3-50 g/100 g dry matter in samples with maltodextrin, gum Arabic and whey protein isolate, respectively.