Abstract

Mixtures of fatty acid ethyl esters were produced by lipase-catalyzed ethanolysis of milk fat triglycerides. Three commercial immobilized lipases (Lipozyme TL, Lipozyme RM, and Novozym 435) were tested in different reaction conditions with the aim of maximizing the conversion of the short-chain fatty acid fraction of milk fat to flavor ethyl esters. The influence of the reactants molar ratio was investigated, as well as three different reaction media, that is, hexane, CO(2)-expanded liquid (GXL), and the solvent-free mixture. Novozym 435 showed the highest activity in all conditions. This lipase also exhibited selectivity for short-chain fatty acids, which, at short reaction times, resulted in a product mixture richer in short-chain fatty acids than the original milk fat. The highest selectivities were obtained in hexane and in CO(2)-expanded liquid fat, at low ethanol to fat ratios. Using dense CO(2) as the reaction cosolvent is attractive because it results in the largest short-chain fatty acid enrichment in the product mixture, while leaving no residues in the product.

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