Nowadays, there is an increasing consumer demand for more natural and environmentally friendly food additives. The current research aimed to produce and characterize a new additive based on bentonite and the phenolic compounds from green propolis extract, as well as to characterize the effect of this additive on the rheological properties of carrageenan hydrogels. The new additive (biohybrid) was obtained after...
Nanocomposites-forming solutions (NFS) based on cassava starch and laponite were prepared and next characterized by means of dynamic oscillatory and steady shear rheological tests to evaluate their ability to be processed by knife coating. The effects of speed (rpm) and homogenization time on the laponite dispersion characteristics were first analyzed. Laponite dispersions were affected by both process paramete...