Open AccessCompatibility of selected plant-based shortening as lard substitute: microstructure, polymorphic forms and textural properties
Author(s) -
J.M.N. Marikkar,
J.M.N. Marikkar,
Miskandar Mat Sahri,
Filip Van Bockstaele,
Koen Dewettinck,
Bangun Nusantoro
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
grasas y aceites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.384
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1988-4214
pISSN - 0017-3495
DOI - 10.3989/gya.0813162
Subject(s) - palm stearin , microstructure , compatibility (geochemistry) , palm oil , materials science , chemistry , food science , mineralogy , composite material
A study was carried out to determine the compatibility of three plant-based shortening mixtures to lard shortening (LD) in terms of microstructure, polymorphic forms, and textural properties. The shortenings of binary, ternary, and quaternary fat mixtures were prepared according to a standard procedure by blending mee fat (MF) with palm stearin (PS) in a 99:1 (w/w) ratio; avocado fat (Avo) with PS and cocoa butter (CB) in a 84:7:9 (w/w) ratio; palm oil (PO) with PS, soybean oil (SBO) and CB in a 38:5:52:5 (w/w) ratio, respectively. The triacylglycerol composition, polymorphic forms, crystal morphology, and textural properties of the shortening were evaluated. This study found that all three plant-based shortenings and LD shortening were similar with respect to their consistency, hardness and compression and adhesiveness values. However, all plant-based shortening was found to be dissimilar to LD shortening with respect to microstructure