Alternative Routes to Oil Structuring

• Main Author: Patel, Ashok R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Food > Biotechnology.; Nutrition.; Organic chemistry.; Food Science.; Organic Chemistry.

This Springer Brief gives an overview of recent research conducted in the area of oil structuring starting with a detailed introduction on oleogelation and properties of food-approved building blocks followed by the discussion of some illustrative examples to explain the processing steps required fo...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Natural waxes as oil structurants
• Polymer-based oleogels created using indirect methods
• Inorganic particle-based oleogels
• Potential food applications of oleogels
• General considerations and future trends.