Edible Oil Blends: Chemistry, Functionality, and Health Aspects (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780443248498)

Edible Oil Blends: Chemistry, Functionality and Health Aspects, gives readers insight into the advantages of blending traditional and non-traditional oils for optimal nutrition and enhanced product development. The book sheds light on how the intricate concoctions of triacylglycerol, phospholipids, carotenoids, antioxidants and fatty acids can improve nutrition and contemporary food applications. Edible Oil Blends: Chemistry, Functionality and HealthAspects, demonstrates how blended oils stemming from olive, coconut, sunflower, soybean, sesame, grapeseed and more, can alter an oils' chemical composition for increased cooking stability, enhanced sensory characteristics and more desirable ratios of saturated, mono-and poly-unsaturated fatty acids and essential fatty acids. Each chapter highlights a specific oil and discusses the bioactive compounds, physiochemical properties, biological properties and the economic value of each.

Author: Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan
ISBN-10: 0443248494
ISBN-13: 9780443248498
Publisher: Academic Press
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2025
Pages: 450
Format: Paperback