Specialty oils and fats in food and nutrition : properties, processing and applications/ edited by Geoff Talbot

Includes index.

Front Cover; Specialty Oils and Fats in Food and Nutrition: Properties, Processing and Applications; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition; Part One: Properties and processing of specialty oils and fats; Chapter 1: Olive oil: Properties and processing for use in food; 1.1 . Mediterranean world and the culture of the olive tree; 1.2 . Grades of olive oil: Definitions, standards, legislation; 1.3 . Composition of virgin olive oil; 1.3.1 . Fatty acids, triacylglycerols; 1.3.2 . Partial glycerides 1.4 . Properties of VOO and conventional methods for quality evaluation and authenticity1.4.1 . Ascertaining the grade; 1.4.2 . Identity; 1.4.3 . Properties and methods not included in international standards; 1.4.3.1 . Oxidative stability; 1.4.3.2 . Polar phenols; 1.4.3.3 . Absorbance at 225 nm; 1.4.3.4 . Measurement of antioxidant capacity; 1.4.3.5 . Partial glycerides; 1.4.3.6 . Polymeric compounds and oxidation products as determined by high-performance size-exclusion chromatography ( H ... 1.5 . Synopsis of health effects of virgin olive: Claims related to fatty acid composition and polar phenols1.5.1 . Health claims; 1.5.2 . Bioactivity of various minor constituents; 1.5.2.1 . Polar phenolic compounds; Hydroxytyrosol, tyrosol, oleuropein, oleocanthal, and others; Lignans; Flavonoids; Hydroxy-isochromans; 1.5.2.2 . Nonpolar phenols; 1.5.2.3 . Nonphenolic compounds; Triterpene dialcohols and hydroxyterpenic acids; Phytosterols; Squalene; 1.6 . Processing of nonedible oils: Composition and properties of refined olive oil and refined residue oil; 1.6.1 . Refined olive oil