Food Structure
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Abstract
A method for light and scanning electron microscopy of damaged resting peanut seed tissue was adapted as a research tool for evaluating the microstructural features of commercially available stabilized peanut butter. This method was used in the present study to evaluate the degree of homogenization of stabilized peanut butter by examining the spatial relationship which exists among the microstructural features. Light and scanning electron microscopy of three commercially available stabilized peanut butters revealed varying degrees of homogenization of broken cell and tissue fragments, protein bodies, and starch grains within a matrix of stabilized oil.
Recommended Citation
Young, Clyde T. and Schadel, William E.
(1990)
"A Method for the Examination of the Microstructure of Stabilized Peanut Butter,"
Food Structure: Vol. 9:
No.
2, Article 5.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/foodmicrostructure/vol9/iss2/5