Article: Determining effects of freezing on pasta filata and non-pasta filata mozzarella cheese by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging

ABSTRACT

The formation of ice during freezing of pasta filata and non-pasta filata Mozzarella cheeses, and the spatial redistribution of water T^sub 2^ relaxation time and the changes of water self-diffusion coefficient (D) within the unfrozen and frozen-stored cheese samples were observed by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging. Images of water spin number density and water T^sub 2^ relaxation time were obtained using spin-echo imaging pulse sequence. The water self-diffusion coefficient was measured by pulsed-field gradient spin-echo technique. The ice formation was accompanied by loss of signal intensity in the affected areas of the cheese sample. There was a significant change in T^sub 2^ ...

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