The effect of homogenizing pressure on fat structure
of coconut milk were conducted using optical standard
microscope (Fig. 2). It was found that the non homogenized
sample had larger fat globule sizes than homogenized
ones. During the homogenization, the high shear
forces acted on dispersed phase to reduce droplet size
(Floury et al., 2002). Small fat globule sizes were obtained
at higher homogenizing pressures. Reduction in
the fat particle diameters resulted in an increase in K
value and thus improved the product stability