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CONSISTENCY OF HYDROGENATED FATS AND SOYBEAN OIL BLENDS

Consistency is an important functional aspect of plastic fats, that are a dispersion of fat crystals in liquid oil. The relationship between the two phases and the crystalline character of the solid phase determine the consistency and the firmness of the samples. The aim of this study was to determine the yield value of two hydrogenated vegetable fats and its binary and ternary mixtures, with the presence or not of soybean oil, from the results of the texture analyser (TA XT2), varying the penetration depths and the angle of the cones. A multiple regression model was applied (special cubic type) to mixtures, using a software MIXPLOT for construction of triangular diagram. The compression force varied between 0.0080 and 5.459 kg, depending on the sample and on the penetration depth of the cone. For cones of angles 30, 40 and 45° , consistencies were statistically similar, at p <0,05. For some samples, the results using the cone of 20° were statistically differents. Such differences can be justified by the geometry of cone of 20° to be different, in function of the flat tip of the cone. Results showed that soybean oil didn't contribute statistically to the consistency. The relative coefficients of the interactions were always negative, demonstrating antagonic effect for the consistency, characteristic of eutectic interactions among fats. This effect is due to the incompatibility in solid state among the components of mixture.

consistency; hydrogenated fat; eutectic mixture


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