Abstract:Effects of thermal, microwave, and ultrasonic treatments on emulsification of silver carp protein were studied with silver carp as raw material. The results indicated that its emulsifying activity and emulsifying stability increased firstly and then showed a decreasing trend with the increase of the heating temperature, microwave, and ultrasonic power. Compared with the protein at room temperature, the emulsifying activity of protein increased by 3679% at 35℃ for 9min, and the emulsifying stability increased by 142% at 35℃ for 7min. Compared with the protein untreated by microwave, the emulsifying activity of protein treated by 100W microwave for 40s increased by 135 times, and the emulsifying stability of protein treated by 100W microwave for 30s increased by 1585%. Compared with the protein untreated by ultrasound, the emulsifying activity of protein treated by 160W ultrasound for 10min increased by 567%, and the emulsifying stability of protein treated by 200W ultrasound for 15min increased by 985%.