Combining cellulose nanofibrils and galactoglucomannans for enhanced stabilization of future food emulsions

Cellulose nanofibrils for one-step stabilization of multiple emulsions (W/O/W) based on soybean oil.

Cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) were incorporated in water-in-oil (W/O) microemulsions and emulsions, as well as water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) multiple emulsions using soybean oil. The addition of CNF to the aqueous phase expanded the composition range to obtain W/O/W emulsions. CNF also increased the viscosity of the continuous phase and reduced the drop size both of which increased the stability ...

Cellulose fibers and nanofibrils for adhesive reinforcement

Introduction In wood industry, adhesive bonding is one of the key process steps. To ensure continuing technological progress in wood industry it is necessary to explore new possibilities of improvement in adhesive bonding. The potential routes for performance improvements suggested by a state of the art report issued by COST Action E13 Wood Adhesion and Glued Products (Dunky et al. 2002) focus ...

Porous Materials from Cellulose Nanofibrils

Spirulina; the food for future

Spirulina is a cyanobacterial photosynthesis that is grown commercially in many tropical and subtropical countries and temperate regions for human and animal nutrition. This commercial product is used as a rich source of protein and vitamins in the pharmaceutical, food and chemical industries due to its valuable nutrients. In the last two decades, the production of microalgae for food has incre...

Long-term stabilization of foams and emulsions with in-situ formed microparticles from hydrophobic cellulose.

We report a simple method to produce foams and emulsions of extraordinary stability by using hydrophobic cellulose microparticles, which are formed in situ by a liquid-liquid dispersion technique. The hydrophobic cellulose derivative, hypromellose phthalate (HP), was initially dissolved in water-miscible solvents such as acetone and ethanol/water mixtures. As these HP stock solutions were shear...