The Specialists for Pectin - Herbstreith & Fox
The Specialists for Pectin - Herbstreith & Fox
The Specialists for Pectin - Herbstreith & Fox
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Standardized pectin<br />
quality guarantees<br />
reproducible product<br />
properties.<br />
Sophisticated Methods <strong>for</strong> Standardization<br />
Guarantee Reproducible Results.<br />
Since pec tin is ex tract ed from nat u ral<br />
veg e ta ble raw ma te ri als, its prop -<br />
erties may dif fer de pend ing on the qual -<br />
ity of the raw ma te ri al.<br />
We, as pec tin spe cial ists, must sup ply<br />
us ers with prod ucts <strong>for</strong> large- scale in -<br />
dus tri al pro duc tion that guar an-<br />
tee re li able and re pro du cible<br />
re sults on the ba sis of a stan -<br />
dard ized pec tin grade.<br />
De pend ing on the use of pec -<br />
tin, dif fer ent meth ods of stan -<br />
dard iza tion are be ing em ployed. Three<br />
essential methods:<br />
USA-SagMethod<br />
<strong>The</strong> stan dard iza tion of high me thylester<br />
pec tins to con stant grades is interna<br />
tion al ly done by way of a Ridgelimeter<br />
ac cord ing to the “USA-Sag Meth od”.<br />
In this meth od, a sug ar-wa ter gel is<br />
pro duced at 65 % TSS and a pH of<br />
ap prox i mate ly 2.2. Af ter a de fined<br />
cool ing pe ri od and cool ing tem per<br />
a ture, the per cent age of sag ging<br />
under its spe cif ic weight is meas<br />
ured and con vert ed to USA-<br />
Sag. A fre quent stan dard is<br />
150°USA-Sag. <strong>The</strong> disadvantage<br />
of the<br />
method is that the<br />
low pH range of the test<br />
gel does not rec om mend it self <strong>for</strong> prac ti -<br />
cal work and it does not pro vide any in -<br />
<strong>for</strong> ma tion on the gel tex ture. <strong>The</strong> simple<br />
handling and good reproducibility are the<br />
advantages of this method.<br />
Measuringbreakingstrengthwiththe<br />
PektinometerMarkIV<br />
<strong>The</strong> “in ner strength” of a gel is called<br />
“break ing strength”. It correlates more<br />
with the sen so ry per cep tion of stabil ity<br />
than the USA-Sag val ue. Thus pec tins<br />
often are as sessed al so <strong>for</strong> their break<br />
ing strength. To de ter mine the break ing<br />
strength, the internal gel<br />
stability of a standard gel<br />
(65% TSS, pH 3.0) is<br />
meas ured by way of the<br />
HerbstreithPektinometer<br />
by pull ing a central share<br />
in sert out of the gel at constant<br />
velocity. <strong>The</strong> <strong>for</strong>ce<br />
nec es sary <strong>for</strong> this pur pose<br />
is meas ured by a strain<br />
gauge.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>for</strong>ce variation is ad di -<br />
tional ly re cord ed as a<br />
<strong>for</strong>ce-dis place ment di a -<br />
gram on the display providing<br />
in<strong>for</strong> ma tion on the gel<br />
tex ture.<br />
Settingtemperatureandsettingtime<br />
Stan dard iza tion of setting temperature<br />
and setting time is done by using highquality<br />
Rheometers. <strong>The</strong>se meas ure -<br />
ments are sup ple ment ed by tex ture<br />
anal y sis. Thus the dy nam ic Weis sen -<br />
berg in dex provides val ues which cor re -<br />
late well with sen so ry im pres sions.<br />
<strong>The</strong> thickening prop er ties of pectins<br />
such as <strong>for</strong>mation of a yield point or the<br />
viscosity are also determined rheometrically.<br />
In pen e tra tion meas ure ments<br />
with the Tex ture Anal y ser, the<br />
<strong>for</strong>ce of re sis tance is meas ured<br />
which acts on a test plun ger<br />
pen e trat ing a gel over a de fined<br />
path or disrupting into it,<br />
respectively.<br />
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