This research assessed the storage stability of sweet cream butter from goat milk. Both salted (1.24% NaCl) and unsalted sweet cream butters prepared from goat milk were stored in closed plastic containers at refrigeration temperature (4°C) for 21days. Lightness of the cream butter decreased with storage time. Hardness of the butter significantly decreased, but stickiness values increased over the time. Acid degree values (ADV) of the butter increased as storage time progressed. Eleven free fatty acids (FFA) were isolated from the butter, and the concentrations of butyric (C4:0), capric (C10:0), lauric (C12:0), myristic (C14:0), palmitic (C16:0), and oleic (C18:1n9) acids increased over the 21d of storage. However, inclusion of 1.24% NaCl in the goat cream butter did not improve the storage stability of goat cream butter. The results indicated that autoxidation and/or hydrolytic rancidity might occur in the goat cream butter stored at refrigeration temperature for 21d.Keywords: salted and unsalted sweet cream butter, goat milk, storage stability, free fatty acid
Journal of Nutritional Health & Food Engineering
Research Article Open AccessStorage stability of sweet cream butter prepared from goat milk in a stainless steel container. Only half of the prepared butter was salted uniformly with 1.24% (w/w) NaCl in the container. Three batches of salted or unsalted sweet cream butter (batch/week) were produced within 3 consecutive weeks by using the same procedures described previously. Each batch of salted or unsalted butter was divided into four equal portions and each portion was subdivided into four samples. Individual samples of the salted or unsalted butter were placed in 250mL high density polyethylene (HDPE) wide mouth jars (200g butter/jar; Fisher Scientific Co., Pittsburg, PA, USA), sealed, and stored at refrigeration temperature(4°C) for 1, 7, 14 or 21d. All samples taken at each storage time (n=24; 12 jar/butter/d) were subject to physical and chemical analysis.
Physical and chemical analysisColor: At the end of each storage time, the color of butter was measured directly from the surface of butter, which was prepared by spreading the sample in the 6-well Multi well tissue culture plate (Becton Dickinson Labware Co., Lincoln Park, NJ, USA) to a volume of approximately 15.5cm 3 in each well. A Mini Scan XE Plus colorimeter (Hunter Associate Laboratory, Reston, VA, USA) with illuminant D65 as a light source was used to determine the CIE L*a*b* color coordinate values of butter. Total of six measurements were taken from each butter sample prepared on the plate according to Gonzalez et al.,9 and the average of six measurements was recorded as a color coordinate value of the each butter sample.Texture: Hardness and stickiness of the butter samples were determined over the 21d of refrigerated storage using a TA.XT2i texture analyzer (Stable Micro Systems Ltd., Godalming, UK) equipped with a 40° conical probe. The probe was travelled at 1.0mm/s to a depth of 2 mm from the surface of butter sample in the 2...