Luca Violato
Study of the crystallization behaviour of mixtures of triglycerides for the production of dairy-free chocolate.
Rel. Elena Simone. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Chimica E Dei Processi Sostenibili, 2023
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Abstract
The replacement of milk fat with mixtures of triglycerides from different sources (e.g palm oil or shea butter) is of particular interest for the chocolate manufacturing, due to low environmental sustainability of milk fat and also increasing consumer demand for dairy-free products. Understanding the crystallization behaviour of the mixtures of triglycerides used as milk fat replacers is crucial in chocolate production, because the crystal stucture of the triglycerides can strongly affect the properties of the final product. Triglycerides molecule have the ability to pack in different solid crystalline arrangements, called polymorphs. Generally, lipids crystallize in three basic polymorphs, called alpha, beta-prime and beta, although crystallization in more than these three basics forms is also possible.
The aim of this work was to investigate the polymorphic behaviour of two mixtures of triglycerides and compare it with that of cocoa butter and milk fat
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