Anhydrous Butter Oil Research Articles

A Cost Analysis of Encapsulated Spray-Dried Milk Fat

Anhydrous butter oil or cream was encapsulated in all-purpose flour, modified cornstarch, or sucrose and then spray-dried. We estimated the processing cost for a plant designed to produce 57,000 kg/d (125,000 lbs/ d) of encapsulated milk fat powder. Powder with a 50% milk fat content could be produced for about $0.23/kg plus the cost of the butter oil or cream, the encapsulant selected, and the other ingredients. Spray-drying of milk fat improved ease of handling and reduced storage costs.

Modification of Milkfat Physical Properties by ImmobilizedPseudomonas fluorescensLipase

A bifunctional fusion protein was constructed by fusion of the streptavidin gene from Streptomyces avidinii to the lipase gene from Pseudomonas fluorescens, and the resulting streptavidin−lipase was expressed in Escherichia coli. Immobilized streptavidin−lipase was prepared by direct bioselective adsorption from crude cell lysates on biotinylated controlled-pore glass and used to catalyze interesterification of anhydrous butteroil. Changes in the triacylglycerol composition indicated that those with equivalent carbon numbers (ECN) ranging from 36 to 42 decreased, while those with ECN values from 48 to 50 increased following interesterification for 120 h in hexane at 42 °C. Both the melting temperatures and the solid fat content at various temperatures were lower as compared to those of the unmodified butteroil. Addition of unsaturated fatty acids, linoleic and linolenic, yielded modified butteroils with lower melting points and solid fat content, whereas addition of saturated fatty acids, palmitic and ste...

RHEOLOGY AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF SYRUPY COMPOSITES OF SACCHARIDES AND MILKFAT

ABSTRACTViscous syrups with between 20 and 34% moisture were made from homogenized slurries of sugars, nonfat dry milk, anhydrous butteroil and emulsifiers. Homogenized mixtures were condensed under vacuum at 45C for 35 min, to form ordered structures with a syrup‐like consistency. Complex viscosity determined through dynamic spectrometry increased with increasing fat content. At low frequency, high fructose corn syrup and maltose‐based syrups showed more solid‐like behavior (G″ > G″) while the sucrose‐based syrup was more liquid (G″ > G′). Thermal analyses showed all composites to have a uniform melting range (95–140C), whereas the original components melted in the range 20–200C. The rheological and thermal properties suggest that these syrups could be useful confectionery ingredients.

Vitamin E stimulates trabecular bone formation and alters epiphyseal cartilage morphometry.

The effects of dietary vitamin E (VIT E) and lipids on tissue peroxidation and fatty acid composition, epiphyseal growth plate cartilage development, and trabecular bone formation were evaluated in chicks. A 2 x 2 factorial design was followed using two levels (30 and 90 IU/kg of diet) of dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate and two different dietary lipids. The basal semipurified diet contained one of the following lipid treatments: anhydrous butter oil (40 g/kg) + soybean oil (60 g/kg), [BSO], or soybean oil (100 g/kg), [SBO]. After 14 days of feeding, the level of alpha tocopheryl in plasma was higher and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) were less in plasma and liver of chicks supplemented with 90 IU of VIT E compared with those given 30 IU of VIT E. Body weights and tibiotarsal bone lengths were not affected by the dietary treatments. Saturated fatty acids (14:0, 15:0, 16:0, 17:0, and 18:0) were increased in the tibiotarsal bone of chicks fed the BSO diet. In contrast, total polyunsaturated fatty acids and the ratio unsaturated fatty acids/saturated fatty acids were higher is plasma of chicks fed SBO compared with the values from chicks fed BSO. The thickness of the entire growth plate cartilage and the lower hypertrophic chondrocyte zone was significantly greater in chicks fed 90 IU/kg of VIT E. Kinetic parameters on bone histomorphometry indicated that mineral apposition rate was higher in chicks fed 90 IU of VIT E. The interaction effect between the VIT E and BSO treatments led to the highest trabecular bone formation rate among the groups. These data suggest that VIT E protects against cellular lipid peroxidation in cartilage to sustain normal bone growth and modeling.

Flow and Compaction of Spray‐Dried Powders of Anhydrous Butteroil and High Melting Milkfat Encapsulated In Disaccharides

ABSTRACTAnhydrous butteroil or a high‐melting milkfat fraction prepared from it were encapsulated in lactose, maltose or sucrose matrices by spray drying to compare ctional characteristics. Both types of milkfat were retained efficiently (>90%) within the encapsulants at 40% fat level. Retention declined as fat concentration increased from 40 to 60%, regardless of melting temperature of the milk‐fat. Encapsulant or type of milkfat did not alter bulk properties. Powders withstood compaction pressures < 60% with minimal capsule rupture. Powder functionality may be modified by varying disaccharide choice and milkfat melting properties.

THERMAL PROPERTIES and MOISTURE SORPTION ISOTHERMS of SPRAY-DRIED ENCAPSULATED MILKFAT

Stable emulsions containing 40 or 60% anhydrous butter oil and carbohydrate encapsulants (sucrose, modified starch or all-purpose flour) were spray dried to produce free-flowing shelf-stable powders, according to a 2 x 3 factorial design, replicated three times. Differential scanning calorimetry profiles showed well-defined melting ranges that were related to encapsulant used. Butter oil was almost completely encapsulated when fat content was 40% and sucrose was used as the wall material. Moisture sorption isotherms of powders with sucrose showed characteristic breaks caused by sugar crystallization followed by moisture desorption, whereas powders with modified starch or all-purpose flour continuously absorbed moisture with increasing relative humidity. the solvent-extractable fat fraction increased with increasing relative humidity in all cases. Scanning electron microscopy showed that sucrose-containing powder particles partially dissolved and fused together as a result of moisture uptake, whereas powders with modified starch or all-purpose flour maintained particle identity, even at 80% relative humidity.

MODIFICATION OF BUTTER OIL: EFFECTS OF SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE EXTRACTION AND INTERESETERIFICATION

ABSTRACT.Physical properties of lipid fractions isolated from anhydrous butter oil under various experimental conditions using supercritical carbon dioxide (SC‐CO2) extraction, intereseterification or their combination, together with thermal modification were assayed in terms of triacylglycerol and fatty acid profiles. SC‐CO2 process, at 35C and 2000 psi, preferentially extracted the low‐molecular‐weight triacylglycerols, did not result in any separation of cholesterol and extracted an approximately constant fraction (7%) of the material in each 2h interval. Combination of SC‐CO2 extraction with thermal fractionation yielded a butter oil fraction with improved spreadability at refrigerator temperatures. At higher pressure and longer extraction time SC‐CO2 resulted in decreased solvent selectivity without increased extraction yield. The triacylglycerol and fatty acid profiles of high pressure 6000 psi extracts were remarkably similar to those of the butter itself. Chemical interesterification of butter oil randomized the constituent fatty acids, giving products which contained higher proportions of the middle‐range constituents. Thermal fractionation of interesterified butter yielded products only slightly enriched in higher molecular weight triacylglycerols, but interesterification of a solid obtained from thermal fractionation of butter gave a product greatly enriched in these compounds. Thus, modified lipid samples with distinct triacylglycerol and fatty acid compositions were prepared which may be used in different industrial applications.

FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THERMAL MODIFICATION OF BUTTER OIL

ABSTRACT.Anhydrous butter oil was modified by acetone or n‐hexane crystallization (10–20% w/w) over a temperature range of 29–17C without agitation, producing solid fractions with higher proportions of C44–C54 triacylglycerols vis‐a‐vis fractions obtained by classical thermal modification of butter oil. Similarly, recrystal‐lization of a mixture of thermally isolated butter oil solids (S.25–S. 17C) in organic solvents at various temperatures yielded butter lipid fractions with significantly distinct chemical and physical properties. These lipid fractions showed to contain higher and lower proportions of C44–C54 and C26–C36 triacylglycerol respectively vis‐a‐vis solid fractions isolated via thermal modification of butter oil in organic solvents as the starting material(S.25–S. 17C) contained more of the former and less of the latter triacylglycerols than butter oil.Extraction of low molecular weight lipidsfrom solid fractions obtained by classic thermal modification of butter oil using acetone left a white powderous lipid which produced one sharp melting peak (53 C) in its DSC thermogram. The acetone treated fraction was enriched in C44–C52 triacylglycerols with a 2 to 6‐fold reduction in C4–C10 fatty acids content.Recrystallization of a mixture of solid butter fractions isolated according to classical procedures at 29–21 C, over a temperature range of 35–21 C, yielded discrete fractions with profound differences in fatty acid and triacylglycerol profiles having very distinct physical properties.

Flavor of Recombined Milk

Anhydrous butteroil homogenized into reconstituted nonfat milk powder formed a recombined milk, the flavor score of which was relatively close to that of fresh pasteurized milk. When these milk components were packed in nitrogen and stored at -18C for six months no change in flavor of the recombined milk was noted. Higher storage temperatures caused changes in the butteroil which resulted in a stale flavor appearing in the recombined material. Recombined products made from butteroil stored at 27C for two months were judged definitely stale. Molecular distillation at 1 μ pressure at temperatures up to 200C removed from deteriorated butteroil some but not all of the components responsible for stale flavor. Under the packaging and storage conditions of the experiment, changes in the composition of the nonfat powder were not of sufficient magnitude to affect the flavor of the recombined milks.