Yolk modifications during the storage of eggs could influence thequality of yolk products. The aimof this research was to study the rheological behavior and theevolution of some chemical parametersin yolk during the storage of shell eggs at 30, 20, and 5
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C.Water content, pH, furosine, pyroglutamicacid, and uridine increased during storage as a function oftemperature. The yolk of fresh eggsshowed pseudoplasticity (
n = 0.87) with a viscositydecrease from 1.85 to 1.49 Pa·s for an increasein the shear rate from 7.36 to 46.3 s
-1.A progressive transition from pseudoplasticity toNewtonityand a decrease in apparent viscosity were observed during storage.The aggregation temperatureevaluated by loss modulus and storage modulus measurements rose from 72
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C (fresh eggs) to 80.5
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C (stored eggs). Highly significant correlations between thechemical parameters, especially forthe storage at 30
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C, were found; viscosity was highly correlatedwith dry matter.Keywords: Egg storage; furosine; loss modulus; pyroglutamic acid;rheological behavior; storagemodulus; uridine; viscosity; yolk