What Does Interesterification Do?

Interesterification is a means of modifying the structure and functionality of fats and oils to produce food ingredients for a range of applications, which can help to reduce levels of saturated fatty acids (SFA) and trans fatty acids (TFA) in some foods, by providing an alternative to the use of animal fats or ...

What is the purpose of interesterification?

The purpose of the interesterification is to change the physical (melting) properties of the resulting fats to fit them more closely to those desired for food or other purposes.

What is interesterification process?

Interesterification is the process of swapping or rearranging fatty acids within a TAG (between the sn‐1, 2 and 3 positions) or between TAGs, by either chemical (giving random esterification, where fatty acids are moved to unspecified positions) or enzymic (which can give random or directed esterification, where fatty ...