Specialty oils and fats in food and nutrition : properties, processing and applications

Specialty Oils and Fats in Food and Nutrition: Properties, Processing and Applications examines the main specialty oils and fats currently in use in food processing, as well as those with significant potential. Specialty oils and fats have an increasing number of applications in the food industry, d...

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Other Authors Talbot, Geoff (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK : Woodhead Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier, 2015.
SeriesWoodhead Publishing in food science, technology, and nutrition ; no. 290.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781782423973
1782423974
1782423761
9781782423768
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Specialty Oils and Fats in Food and Nutrition: Properties, Processing and Applications; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition; Part One: Properties and processing of specialty oils and fats; Chapter 1: Olive oil: Properties and processing for use in food; 1.1 . Mediterranean world and the culture of the olive tree; 1.2 . Grades of olive oil: Definitions, standards, legislation; 1.3 . Composition of virgin olive oil; 1.3.1 . Fatty acids, triacylglycerols; 1.3.2 . Partial glycerides.
  • 1.4 . Properties of VOO and conventional methods for quality evaluation and authenticity1.4.1 . Ascertaining the grade; 1.4.2 . Identity; 1.4.3 . Properties and methods not included in international standards; 1.4.3.1 . Oxidative stability; 1.4.3.2 . Polar phenols; 1.4.3.3 . Absorbance at 225 nm; 1.4.3.4 . Measurement of antioxidant capacity; 1.4.3.5 . Partial glycerides; 1.4.3.6 . Polymeric compounds and oxidation products as determined by high-performance size-exclusion chromatography (H ...
  • 1.5 . Synopsis of health effects of virgin olive: Claims related to fatty acid composition and polar phenols1.5.1 . Health claims; 1.5.2 . Bioactivity of various minor constituents; 1.5.2.1 . Polar phenolic compounds; Hydroxytyrosol, tyrosol, oleuropein, oleocanthal, and others; Lignans; Flavonoids; Hydroxy-isochromans; 1.5.2.2 . Nonpolar phenols; 1.5.2.3 . Nonphenolic compounds; Triterpene dialcohols and hydroxyterpenic acids; Phytosterols; Squalene; 1.6 . Processing of nonedible oils: Composition and properties of refined olive oil and refined residue oil; 1.6.1 . Refined olive oil.
  • 1.6.2 . Refined olive residue (olive pomace) oil1.7 . Factors affecting virgin olive oil composition, properties, quality, and nutritional value; 1.7.1 . Pedoclimatic factors, fruit maturity, cultivar; 1.7.2 . Processing of fruits, storage, and packaging; 1.7.3 . Innovative proposals to maintain high levels of biophenols in virgin olive oil; 1.7.3.1 . Preprocessing; 1.7.3.2 . Crushing and malaxation; 1.7.3.3 . Filtration; 1.7.3.4 . Cloudy (veiled) virgin olive oil; 1.8 . Culinary applications; 1.8.1 . Frying; 1.8.2 . Innovative proposals for the production of olive-based products.