Monitoring of milk rennet coagulation: Chemical and physical perspective using Raman spectroscopy

The present study applies Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics to monitor the milk renneting process. Raman sensor information (Laser 785 nm) was simultaneously retrieved with rheological measurements to predict the curd cutting time. Principal component analysis was conducted on Raman spectra to col...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Sibono, Stefania Tronci, Martin Aage Barsøe Hedegaard, Massimiliano Errico, Massimiliano Grosso
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Published: Elsevier 2025-06-01
Series:Applied Food Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772502225000113
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author Leonardo Sibono
Stefania Tronci
Martin Aage Barsøe Hedegaard
Massimiliano Errico
Massimiliano Grosso
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Massimiliano Errico
Massimiliano Grosso
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description The present study applies Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics to monitor the milk renneting process. Raman sensor information (Laser 785 nm) was simultaneously retrieved with rheological measurements to predict the curd cutting time. Principal component analysis was conducted on Raman spectra to collect the relevant information on the coagulating process. Rheological cutting time was modelled using the time at the inflection point of first principal component scores, from which an R2 of 0.901 was obtained for calibration purposes, while 0.872 resulted from a 6-fold cross-validation. For the first time, the response of the Raman sensor was also used to assess the dynamic evolution of signal intensity for every individual Raman shift in order to identify which chemical bonds and molecules are significantly involved in the renneting process. To this concern, the role of tryptophan, PO43− groups, aspartic acid and phenylalanine results to be important in projecting the original spectra in the principal component subspace. Raman signals can be employed to study the physical behavior of renneting milk and to analyze the changes in chemical bonds, depending on the data pretreatment method applied, specifically in baseline correction. The presented results demonstrate that Raman spectroscopy can be successfully implemented to provide quantitative and qualitative knowledge of the milk coagulation process.
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spelling doaj-art-18bbe01ea82a473aac09e4add520b5f72025-01-11T06:42:17ZengElsevierApplied Food Research2772-50222025-06-0151100701Monitoring of milk rennet coagulation: Chemical and physical perspective using Raman spectroscopyLeonardo Sibono0Stefania Tronci1Martin Aage Barsøe Hedegaard2Massimiliano Errico3Massimiliano Grosso4Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, Chimica e dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Marengo 2, Cagliari, 09123, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, Chimica e dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Marengo 2, Cagliari, 09123, ItalyDepartment of Green Technology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense, 5230, DenmarkDepartment of Green Technology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense, 5230, DenmarkDipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, Chimica e dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Marengo 2, Cagliari, 09123, Italy; Corresponding author.The present study applies Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics to monitor the milk renneting process. Raman sensor information (Laser 785 nm) was simultaneously retrieved with rheological measurements to predict the curd cutting time. Principal component analysis was conducted on Raman spectra to collect the relevant information on the coagulating process. Rheological cutting time was modelled using the time at the inflection point of first principal component scores, from which an R2 of 0.901 was obtained for calibration purposes, while 0.872 resulted from a 6-fold cross-validation. For the first time, the response of the Raman sensor was also used to assess the dynamic evolution of signal intensity for every individual Raman shift in order to identify which chemical bonds and molecules are significantly involved in the renneting process. To this concern, the role of tryptophan, PO43− groups, aspartic acid and phenylalanine results to be important in projecting the original spectra in the principal component subspace. Raman signals can be employed to study the physical behavior of renneting milk and to analyze the changes in chemical bonds, depending on the data pretreatment method applied, specifically in baseline correction. The presented results demonstrate that Raman spectroscopy can be successfully implemented to provide quantitative and qualitative knowledge of the milk coagulation process.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772502225000113Real-timeCutting timeRaman spectroscopyChemometricsMilkRheology
spellingShingle Leonardo Sibono
Stefania Tronci
Martin Aage Barsøe Hedegaard
Massimiliano Errico
Massimiliano Grosso
Monitoring of milk rennet coagulation: Chemical and physical perspective using Raman spectroscopy
Applied Food Research
Real-time
Cutting time
Raman spectroscopy
Chemometrics
Milk
Rheology
title Monitoring of milk rennet coagulation: Chemical and physical perspective using Raman spectroscopy
title_full Monitoring of milk rennet coagulation: Chemical and physical perspective using Raman spectroscopy
title_fullStr Monitoring of milk rennet coagulation: Chemical and physical perspective using Raman spectroscopy
title_full_unstemmed Monitoring of milk rennet coagulation: Chemical and physical perspective using Raman spectroscopy
title_short Monitoring of milk rennet coagulation: Chemical and physical perspective using Raman spectroscopy
title_sort monitoring of milk rennet coagulation chemical and physical perspective using raman spectroscopy
topic Real-time
Cutting time
Raman spectroscopy
Chemometrics
Milk
Rheology
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772502225000113
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