Hagiwara and Hartel (1996) found that sweeteners affect ice crystallization
primarily by depression of freezing point although
sweeteners also influence viscosity and glass transition temperature
and can exert specific growth inhibition effect on ice crystal.
In Table 3, the viscosity and surface tensions of the aqueous
solution and aqueous suspensions were listed. It is noticeable
that sugar alcohols significantly reduced the surface tension of
aqueous solution, while they showed a negligible change in those
of suspensions. However, they remarkably reduced the viscosity
the water content in suspensions from minimum value of 57.2 to
66.46 wt%. The minimum value of the water content is the minimum
amount of the water phase added to obtain a homogenous