Water separation, also termed
wheying-off, is the common defect that may occur during storage of
desserts, yogurts or smoothies. Prevention of this defect is achieved by
increasing the content of total solids or adding stabilizers (Remeuf et
al., 2003). Except for VYLBmadewith rice and soy flour, all the other beverages
showed high values of WHC which were comparable to those of
soy-based and fortified milk yogurt (Harte et al., 2002; Kovalenko and
Briggs, 2002).