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Richard W. Hartel is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Food Science. They have contributed extensively to subfields including Nutrition and Dietetics, Animal Science and Zoology, Biomaterials, and Mechanics of Materials.

The main topics covered in their research comprise:

  • Proteins in Food Systems
  • Microencapsulation and Drying Processes
  • Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis
  • Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
  • Food composition and properties
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Collagen: Extraction and Characterization

Hartel has authored papers published in several journals, with frequent venues including:

  • Journal of Food Science
  • Journal of Food Engineering
  • Food Hydrocolloids
  • Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
  • Food Production Processing and Nutrition

Recent published papers include:

  • Confectionery gels: Gelling behavior and gel properties of gelatin in concentrated sugar solutions, 2021, Food Hydrocolloids
  • The stability of aerated emulsions: Effects of emulsifier synergy on partial coalescence and crystallization of milk fat, 2020, Journal of Food Engineering
  • Understanding stickiness in sugar-rich food systems: A review of mechanisms, analyses, and solutions of adhesion, 2021, Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
  • Citric acid and heating on gelatin hydrolysis and gelation in confectionery gels, 2022, Food Hydrocolloids
  • Effects of structural attributes on the rheological properties of ice cream and melted ice cream, 2020, Journal of Food Science

The scientist has also published books under different publishers. Notably, these include "Emotions and Service in the Digital Age" (2020) published by Research on emotion in organizations, and "Delivering Functionality in Foods" (2022) published by Springer Nature.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hartel are:

  • Ruican Wang
  • Yrjö H. Roos
  • Mackenzie M. Hansen
  • Dieyckson Osvani Freire
  • Biqing Wu

Best Publications

  • Ice Cream Structural Elements that Affect Melting Rate and Hardness

    M.R. Muse;R.W. Hartel

  • Effects of overrun on structural and physical characteristics of ice cream

    Rosalina P. Sofjan;Richard W. Hartel

  • Crystallization in Foods

    Richard W. Hartel

  • Fat bloom in chocolate and compound coatings

    Pierre Lonchampt;Richard W. Hartel

  • Moisture and Shelf Life in Sugar Confections

    R Ergun;R Lietha;R W Hartel

  • Arrested coalescence in Pickering emulsions

    Amar B. Pawar;Amar B. Pawar;Marco Caggioni;Roja Ergun;Richard W. Hartel

  • Food Emulsifiers and Their Applications

    Gerard L. Hasenhuettl;Richard W. Hartel

  • Sugar crystallization in food products

    Richard W. Hartel;Arun V. Shastry

  • The Effect of Minor Components on Milk Fat Crystallization

    Amanda J. Wright;Richard W. Hartel;Suresh S. Narine;Alejandro G. Marangoni

  • Rheological Properties of Milkfat and Butter

    A.J. Wright;M.G. Scanlon;R.W. Hartel;A.G. Marangoni

  • Relation of fat bloom in chocolate to polymorphic transition of cocoa butter

    J. Bricknell;R. W. Hartel

  • Ice crystallization during the manufacture of ice cream

    Richard W. Hartel

  • Mechanisms of Ice Crystallization in Ice Cream Production

    K.L.K. Cook;R.W. Hartel

  • Principles of food processing

    Dennis R. Heldman;Richard W. Hartel

  • Effect of Sweetener, Stabilizer, and Storage Temperature on Ice Recrystallization in Ice Cream

    Tadashi Hagiwara;Richard W. Hartel

  • Effect of milk fat fractions on fat bloom in dark chocolate

    Myung H. Lohman;Richard W. Hartel

  • Confectionery Science and Technology

    Richard W. Hartel;Joachim H. von Elbe;Randy Hofberger

  • Effect of processing conditions on crystallization kinetics of a milk fat model system

    M. L. Herrera;R. W. Hartel

  • Determination of Ice Crystal Size Distributions in Frozen Desserts

    D.P. Donhowe;R.W. Hartel;R.L. Bradley

  • Recrystallization of ice in ice cream during controlled accelerated storage

    Daniel P. Donhowe;Richard W. Hartel

  • Effect of High Intensity Ultrasound on Crystallization Behavior of Anhydrous Milk Fat

    Silvana Martini;A. H. Suzuki;R. W. Hartel

  • Solubility of fatty acids in supercritical carbon dioxide

    P. Maheshwari;Z. L. Nikolov;T. M. White;R. Hartel

  • Crystallization and solidification properties of lipids

    Neil Widlak;Richard W. Hartel;Suresh S. Narine

  • Physical chemistry of foods

    Henry G. Schwartzberg;Richard W. Hartel

Frequent Co-Authors

Yrjö H. Roos
Yrjö H. Roos University College Cork
Terry A. Howell
Terry A. Howell Agricultural Research Service
Bhesh Bhandari
Bhesh Bhandari University of Queensland
Suresh S. Narine
Suresh S. Narine Trent University
Alejandro G. Marangoni
Alejandro G. Marangoni University of Guelph
Rickey Y. Yada
Rickey Y. Yada University of British Columbia
Noemí E. Zaritzky
Noemí E. Zaritzky National University of La Plata
Robert C. Lindsay
Robert C. Lindsay University of Wisconsin–Madison
John R. Whitaker
John R. Whitaker University of California, Davis
John H. Perepezko
John H. Perepezko University of Wisconsin–Madison

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