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Industrial hydrogenation of rice bran oil, a substitute for tallow
Author(s) -
Holla K. S.,
Press R. R.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02540792
Subject(s) - tallow , bran , rice bran oil , food science , chemistry , oleic acid , animal fat , composition (language) , organic chemistry , pulp and paper industry , biochemistry , engineering , raw material , linguistics , philosophy
The Indian soap industry's hard fat requirement was met until recent years by imported animal tallows. The search for alternate hard fats, consequent to the ban on the import of animal tallows in 1983, led to realization of the striking similarity in the fatty acid composition of mutton tallow and hydrogenated rice bran oil, except for the trans oleic acid content. This paper traces the course of compositional changes undergone by rice bran oil during industrial hydrogenation, employing gas liquid chromatography and infra red spectroscopy.