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cream separated during mixing

Posted by Sanek on January 21, 2019 at 6:28 am

Hi!

Could anyone help me?

I tried to make cream with the same ingredients as before, but this time it for some reason has separated during mixing with homogenizer, looks similar to when you add spoiled milk into hot tea/coffee…

What can be a reason for this?

Sanek replied 5 years, 8 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
4 Replies

em88

Member
January 21, 2019 at 7:38 am

There are many factors, temperature, mixing speed, bad weighting, you forgot to add the emulsifiers, you added something else by mistake, pH, different supplier for your ingredients. Do again the cream and pay attention.
Doreen

Member
January 23, 2019 at 2:09 pm

If you give your formula in % and describe the process, there’s a better chance on getting help.
chemicalmatt

Member
January 23, 2019 at 9:59 pm

Sanek, if you were making an inverse-phase emulsion (w/o or w/Si) and applied high sheer homogenization, that is the reason it broke. Too much sheer will disrupt those formulas. You can mix well, but not too well, believe it or not.
Sanek

Member
January 25, 2019 at 7:16 am

Thanks everyone for your help! I will try to repeat the process with more attention to details and see what happens…

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