| Abstract: Background: Individual factors, which interfere in the continuous churning, were manipulated
to enhance the rheological properties and chemical composition of butter. This process
leads to achieve softer; more spreadable, and ultimately healthier product for consumers. In addition
it could prevent hardening of texture especially in winter.
Methods: Firstly, Pasteurized cream with different fat contents (40 & 45% fat) was passed through
heat treatments, and then it was injected to a continuous churn. Textural and melting behavior and
fatty acid composition of butter were analyzed.
Results: Increasing the fat content of cream (from 40 to 45 %) and holding time (from 3h to 5h) in
mid-temperature (18 ºC) and reducing the churning temperature (from 12 ºC to 10 ºC), resulted in
soft butter texture and improved butter spreadability. Loss Tangent (tan ) was increased from 0.11
to 0.74 (T=15 ºC;f=1Hz). The melting temperature of butter was decreased from 36ºC to 32ºC and
total trans fatty acid content was decreased from 3.2 % to 1.87 %.
Conclusion: It was concluded that such heating process (which has been studied and reported in
patents) absorbs the low- SFC fats of the cream, integrates them into the butter texture a softer and
more spreadable product. |