PMID- 25227583 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150528 LR - 20181202 IS - 1750-3841 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1147 (Linking) VI - 79 IP - 10 DP - 2014 Oct TI - Preparation of margarines from organogels of sunflower wax and vegetable oils. PG - C1926-32 LID - 10.1111/1750-3841.12596 [doi] AB - It was previously reported that sunflower wax (SW) had high potential as an organogelator for soybean oil-based margarine and spread products. In this study, 12 other vegetable oils were evaluated in a margarine formulation to test feasibility of utilization of SW as an alternative to solid fats in margarine and spread products containing these oils. The minimum quantity of SW required to form a gel with these oils ranged from 0.3% to 1.0% (wt.). Organogels were prepared from the vegetable oils with 3%, 5% and 7% SW and were tested for firmness as well as melting behaviors using differential scanning calorimetry. These organogels were also incorporated into a margarine formulation. All of the vegetable oil organogels produced relatively firm margarines. The margarines prepared from organogels containing 3% (wt.) SW had greater firmness than commercial spreads, whereas margarines made from 7% SW were softer than commercial stick margarines. However, dropping points of the margarine samples were higher than those of commercial spread and margarine products. Margarine firmness was modestly inversely correlated with the amount of polar compounds in the oils and did not correlate with fatty acid compositions. This study demonstrates the feasibility of using a number of healthy vegetable oils rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids to make healthy margarine and spread products by utilizing SW as an organogelator. PRACTICAL APPLICATION: This study showed that sunflower wax could be used as an alternative to traditional solid fats for the development of new margarine and spread products from a variety of healthy vegetable oils. CI - Published 2014. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA. FAU - Hwang, Hong-Sik AU - Hwang HS AD - United States Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Natl. Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Functional Foods Research, 1815 N. Univ. St., Peoria, IL, 61604, U.S.A. FAU - Singh, Mukti AU - Singh M FAU - Winkler-Moser, Jill K AU - Winkler-Moser JK FAU - Bakota, Erica L AU - Bakota EL FAU - Liu, Sean X AU - Liu SX LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20140916 PL - United States TA - J Food Sci JT - Journal of food science JID - 0014052 RN - 0 (Fatty Acids) RN - 0 (Plant Oils) RN - 0 (Waxes) RN - 8029-82-1 (Margarine) SB - IM MH - Fatty Acids MH - Food Handling/*methods MH - *Helianthus MH - Margarine/*analysis MH - Plant Oils/*chemistry MH - Waxes/*chemistry OTO - NOTNLM OT - margarine OT - organogel OT - sunflower wax OT - vegetable oil EDAT- 2014/09/18 06:00 MHDA- 2015/05/29 06:00 CRDT- 2014/09/18 06:00 PHST- 2014/04/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/07/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/09/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/09/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/05/29 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/1750-3841.12596 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Food Sci. 2014 Oct;79(10):C1926-32. doi: 10.1111/1750-3841.12596. Epub 2014 Sep 16.