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| Author(s): |
Juliana Neves Rodrigues Ract
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Conjunto das Químicas (IQ e FCF) (CQ/DBDCQ) |
| Defense date: | 2006-05-03 |
| Examining board members: |
Luiz Antonio Gioielli;
Marisa Aparecida Bismara Regitano D'Arce;
Renato Grimaldi;
Suzana Caetano da Silva Lannes;
Ana Lucia Barreto Penna
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| Advisor: | Luiz Antonio Gioielli |
| Abstract | |
For many years, butter has been held in the highest esteem by consumer but its world consumption has steadily declined due to its high contents of saturated fatty acids and cholesterol. More recently, trans fatty acids, which are commonly resent in hydrogenated argarines, have been found to cause detrimental effects when consumed in high amounts. This observation has increased the interest in alternative methods of lipid modification. Therefore, the objective of this work was to develop a milkfat based structured lipid, presenting higher contents of unsaturated fatty acids than original butter and consequently better spreadability, besides containing phytosterols and serving as a base of a functional food with a cholesterol lowering health claim. Blends containing milkfat (MF), sunflower oil (SO) and phytosterol esters (PE) were prepared and then chemically and enzimatically interesterified. The fatty acid composition, consistency, solid fat content (SFC), crystallization kinetics and crystal structure, among other physical and chemical properties were analyzed. The blends presented about 60% of unsaturated fatty acids with the addition of up to 40% of SO and 25% of PE to MF, which originally presented close to 33% of unsaturated fatty acids. Chemical interesterification improved the plasticity of the blends, while the enzymatic reaction did not substantially alter it. The addition of small amounts of SO and PE to MF caused a great decrease in its consistency, while SFC decreased almost proportionally to the addition of these components. The edition of videos made possible the observation of crystal structure formation and it represented a tool of great importance in the fats and oils crystallization research. The emulsion prepared with the blend containing 25.0% of PE, 7.5% of SO, and 67.5% of MF presented a substantial improvement in consistency when compared to butter commercially available. (AU) | |