Influence of Fatty Acid Moieties of Sorbitan Esters on Polymorphic Occurrence of the Palm Mid‐Fraction

The influence of chain length and subcell packing of fatty‐acid moieties in sorbitan esters (SE) on the polymorphism of the palm midfraction (PMF) was examined. SE with different fatty‐acid moieties (sorbitan tripalmitate; sorbitan tristearate [STS]; and sorbitan tribehenate [STB]) were blended with...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society 2018-06, Vol.95 (6), p.709-720
Main Authors: Ishibashi, Chinami, Hondoh, Hironori, Ueno, Satoru
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chain length structure
Emulsifier
Fat crystallization
Heterogeneous nucleation
Subcell packing
Template effect
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The influence of chain length and subcell packing of fatty‐acid moieties in sorbitan esters (SE) on the polymorphism of the palm midfraction (PMF) was examined. SE with different fatty‐acid moieties (sorbitan tripalmitate; sorbitan tristearate [STS]; and sorbitan tribehenate [STB]) were blended with PMF and PMF polymorph formation was examined using synchrotron radiation X‐ray diffraction and differential interference contrast microscopy. PMF without additives was crystallized in the β′ form under the isothermal condition at 22 °C; however, the addition of STS, which forms an α subcell structure, promoted the crystallization of PMF in the α form. In contrast, crystallization of PMF in the β′ form was accelerated by the addition of STB. These results showed that when the chain length of the fatty‐acid moiety between fat and emulsifiers was similar, the crystallization of PMF in the α form was promoted by the α subcell packing in STS crystals that were nucleated prior to PMF crystallization. In contrast, STB crystals, which have an α subcell packing, accelerated the crystallization of PMF in the β′ form because of the large difference between the chain lengths of STB and PMF. Therefore, structural similarities in both the chain length and the subcell packing are essential features that regulate the template effect, and the promotion of the crystallization of PMF in the β′ form by the addition of STB was caused by heterogeneous nucleation.
ISSN:0003-021X
1558-9331
DOI:10.1002/aocs.12062