Sterol ester

In 2000, the US Food and Drug Administration issued a health claim which states that consuming foods containing plant sterol and stanol esters along with other low cholesterol and saturated fat foods can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease (Jones, Vanstone, Raeini-Sarjaz, & St-Onge, 2003). Today, many functional foods in the form of margarines, spread, yogurt, and others, have been enriched with phytosterols and advocated as being able to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. Phytosterols

composed of plant stanol esters and has been scientifically proven to help lower cholesterol levels in humans. With the prevalence of high cholesterol in the world population and the incidence of mortality associated with a high cholesterol level, it is no wonder that Raisio had a deep desire to share

(“Benecol,” 2010). Benecol has become a successful additive to multiple product lines due to its unique ingredient of plant stanol ester. The ingredient has been proven to reduce cholesterol levels and can easily be added to any food (Grant, 2010). Raisio, up until 1997, produced much of the plant stanol it needed and was self-sufficient in its exploitation of stanol ester technology (Grant, 2010). Raisio then made the decision to become part of Johnson & Johnson in order to gain global marketing, manufacturing

Effects of Pre-harvest Factors Pre-harvest factors can influence the final quality of a product including papaya. Post-harvest product qualities develop during growing of the product and are maintained and not improved by post-harvest technologies (Hewett, 2006). Depending on the cultivar, maturity, climate, soil type and fertility, the nutritional composition of a fruit at harvest can vary widely. For example Banana and papayas increase in carotenoid content with maturation and ripeness, but the

Abstract: In this experiment, we made an artificial ester called pentyl ethanoate, also known as pentyl acetate, and analyzed its physical and chemical properties. The method used in the experiment is an esterification reaction. We synthesized pentyl ethanoate by mixing equal amounts of 1-pentanol and ethanoic acid in the presence of a few drops of sulfuric acid, which is a strong acid catalyst. The mixture of the reactants was heated for ten minutes in a hot-water bath at a temperature of sixty

Results and discussion Esterification extent: The color reaction using hydroxylamine hydrochloride was used with modification to quantify the extent of esterification of proteins and the results showed that the highest level of esterification was recorded for esterified cowpea protein isolate (82%) followed by esterified common bean protein isolate (79%). Functional properties of native and modified proteins: PH-solubility profile: The pH-solubility curves of native and esterified cowpea protein

The chemicals used in the making of esters, food flavourants, contribute to health problems in humans such as allergies, behavioral problems, tumors and many other health problems. The carboxylic acids and alcohols used in ester formation are the reason for the health problems as these chemicals are harmful to the human body. Esters are also used in the production of foods that have edible oils and fats, n-amyl butyrate is an example of these types of esters and it causes health issues such as cardiovascular

Submitted: September 13, 2012 ------------------------------------------------- Abstract Carboxylic acid derivatives namely, acyl halides, acid anhydrides, esters and amides were classified through different reactivity tests. The samples used were acetyl chloride for acyl halide group, acetic anhydride for acid anhydride group, ethyl acetate for ester group,

Simple Distillation, Gas Chromatography: Preparation of Synthetic Banana Oil Introduction This experiment gave us the opportunity to work with a variety of new procedures as well as practice procedures that are new to us within the past few weeks of labs. Within the context of the scenario, we find that a distilling company that markets a popular banana liqueur is having problems. The banana plantation that they use to create their banana extract was hit hard by a hurricane and their reserves

Synthesis of Isopentyl Acetate (Banana Oil) Using a Fischer Esterification Reaction Zhenshu Wang (Stan) TA: Aaron League September 23, 2012 Purpose: The purpose of the experiment was to perform the acid-catalyzed Fischer Esterification of acetic acid and isopentyl alcohol to form isopentyl acetate, or banana oil, which is used in flavor industries. The equilibrium of the reaction was changed by adding an excess amount of acetic acid. The reaction was refluxed and product was purified by extraction