Please cite this article as: Witt, T., Stokes, J.R.,Physics of food structure breakdown and bolus formation during oral processing of hard and soft solids, COFS (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10. 1016/j.cofs.2015.06.011 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.
Abstract.Recent studies on the oral processing of hard and soft foods are presented with consideration for the underlying physics involved during the transformation of food to a semifluid bolus for swallowing. Significant insights are being realized about the temporal aspects of the dominant processes of comminution, agglomeration, hydration and dilution, and connections to the dominant textural properties are emerging. The field is still challenged by interindividual differences in oral physiology, but in vitro approaches to characterise the evolution of the food bolus have the potential to provide structure-property-oral processing relationships. Integrated approaches and development of techniques to measure the in-use physics of oral processing are critical for advanced food structure design.