Table 3 Thermal characteristic1 of faba bean protein concentrate (FBC) and FBC-anionic gum mixtures

Sample Anionic gum addition (%2) Melting temperature (°C) Melting enthalpy (J/g)

Onset Peak End

FBC 0 82.6±2.6bcd 91.9±0.1hijk 100.1±0.2bcdefg 2.4±0.4abcdef

FBC-NaA3 5 81.8±0.8bcd 91.6±0.3ijk 102.1±0.0abc 2.8±0.7abcd
10 85.2±2.1b 94.1±0.7de 99.9±1.1bcdefg 2.5±0.5abcde
20 89.8±2.8a 97.9±0.0a 102.9±1.5ab 1.0±0.1fg

FBC-LMA3 5 82.1±0.7bcd 91.4±0.7jk 98.2±0.6cdefg 2.3±0.3bcdef
10 83.2±0.8bcd 92.6±0.2fghi 99.5±1.2bcdefg 3.0±0.0abc
20 85.3±0.2b 94.3±0.0cd 100.6±0.0bcdef 2.9±0.1abc

FBC-λCA3 5 82.6±0.3bcd 92.3±0.2ghij 101.6±3.2abcd 2.4±0.6bcdef
10 83.3±0.1bcd 93.2±0.0defg 99.5±0.0bcdefg 3.3±0.0ab
20 85.6±0.8b 95.3±0.4bc 101.5±0.0abcd 3.5±0.0ab

FBC-GLG3 5 81.0±0.8cd 91.5±0.5ijk 97.2±0.0efg 1.5±0.3defg
10 84.0±0.6bcd 93.7±0.1def 100.1±0.0bcdefg 3.5±0.3ab
20 85.3±0.4b 96.3±0.2b 105.2±0.4a 3.8±0.2a
1Mean values of three replicate measurements; Values sharing the same lowercase letters within columns are not significantly different at p<0.05.
2Based on dry FBC weight
3NaA, sodium alginate; LMA, low-methoxyl amidated pectin; λCA, λ-carrageenan; GLG, gellan gum.