[en] Filling fats are used in bakery and confectionery applications. These fats are made up of complex
mixtures of triacylglycerols (TAG). The crystallization, melting behaviour and polymorphic stability of
fat blends are determined by the behaviour of the TAGs that they contain. Filling functionalities are
influenced by their fat composition but also by the processing conditions used for crystallization. In this study, the crystallization behaviour of fat blends, all based on shea stearin as hard fat (which is high in 1,3-distearoyl-2-oleoyl glycerol (SOS)) combined with either sunflower oil, shea olein or rapeseed oil, were investigated by means of pulsed nuclear magnetic resonance (pNMR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Blends containing either 30 or 40% shea stearin combined with one of the soft fats were selected as they met the criteria required for filling fats. Under static isothermal conditions (at 10°C, 15°C or 20°C), a two-step crystallization was observed for those blends, which can be explained by polymorphic transitions from a-form into more stable forms. All the selected blends exhibited different crystallization mechanisms according to theTAGcomposition of the liquid phase and their complementarity with TAG from the solid phase.
Disciplines :
Food science
Author, co-author :
Danthine, Sabine ; Université de Liège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Science des alim. et formul.
Delatte, Sophie
Blecker, Christophe ; Université de Liège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Science des alim. et formul.
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