The tocopherol content of greek olive oils

Four types of Greek olive oil were analysed for α-and γ-tocopherols by high performance liquid chromatography. Certain seed oils widely consumed in Greece were also analysed for comparison with the olive oils. Virgin, pure, residual and refined oils contained an average of 113,81,156 and 37 mg kg^?1 of α-tocopherol, respectively. The α-tocopherol level within each type of olive oil appeared to be influenced by different factors. The content of y-tocopherol averaged 17 and 33 mg kg^?1of virgin and residual oil, respectively. Refined and pure olive oil contained very low levels of y-tocopherol. The α-tocopherol equivalent per gram of polyunsaturated fatty acids was calculated to be 1·48, 0·60, 0·88, 1·07 and 0·58 for edible olive oils, corn, cottonseed, sunflower and partially hydrogenated soya bean oil, respectively.     

Triglyceride species compositions of common edible vegetable oils and methods used for their identification and quantification

The chromatographic, spectrophotometric, and spectroscopic methods used for detection, identification, and quantification of the triglyceride (TG) species present in common edible vegetable oils are reviewed. The TG species identified in each kind of oil and their percentage distributions reported in literature are presented in tabular form. Data on oils from the following 10 sources are reviewed: corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, linseed, olive, palm, peanut, rapeseed, soybean, and sunflower. The number of TG species identified in these vegetable oils ranged from 20 (grapeseed oil (GR)) to 79 (peanut oil (PN)), with six (GR) to 13 (PN) different fatty acyl moieties contributing to their molecular structures. The quantitative levels reported ranged from traces (below 0.1%) to 49.7% (trilinolenin in linseed oil) and 54.6% (triolein in olive oil), respectively. The highest mean values (30-35%) correspond to four predominant TG species (dipalmitoylolein, trilinolein, trilinolenin, and triolein).     

Oxidative Stability of ω3-rich Camelina Oil and Camelina Oil-based Spread Compared with Plant and Fish Oils and Sunflower Spread

ABSTRACT: The oxidative stability of ω3‐rich oil from Camelina sativa and the storage stability of a camelina oil‐based spread were evaluated. Camelina oil was more stable than fish oil and linseed oil, but less stable than sunflower, corn, sesame, and olive oils, indicated by measuring peroxide values (PV), ρ‐anisidine values (AV), total oxidation values (Totox), thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), conjugated diene levels (CD), and conjugated triene levels (CT) during storage at 65 °C for 16 d. The camelina oil‐based spread had higher PV, AV, Totox, TBARS, CD, and CT than the sunflower spread but maintained adequate sensory quality for 16 wk of storage at 4 °C or 8 °C.     

Quality assessment of refined oil blends during repeated deep frying monitored by SPME–GC–EIMS,GC and chemometrics

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the refined palm oil addition (20%) on the fatty acid and sterol compositions of refined olive oil or refined soya bean oil and also to investigate the formation of total polar compounds and volatile compounds in these oil blends during fifty successive deep‐frying sessions of potato fries at 180 °C. The blend of refined olive oil and refined palm oil exhibited a higher chemical stability during the frying process than that of refined soya bean oil and refined palm oil. Indeed, the total polar compounds and volatile compounds formed, especially 2,4‐decadienal, were found to be relatively increased in the refined soya bean oil/refined palm oil blend reaching 36.50% and 46.70%, respectively, after fifty deep‐frying sessions. Moreover, the degradation of linoleic acid and β‐sitosterol was significantly (P < 0.05) observed for the refined soya bean oil/refined palm oil blend. The results have proven that the proper blending of monounsaturated refined olive oil with refined palm oil increases its stability and hence improves the quality of such olive oil during frying process.     

Microwave Energy Effects on Quality of Some Seed Oils

Effects of microwave heating were investigated on chemical properties of seed oils in relation to tocopherol contents. For assessing quality of oils (linseed, soybean, corn, olive, and palm) during microwave treatments, peroxide, thiobarbituric acid, carbonyl and anisidine values were determined. As the amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids in oils increased the index for the chemical properties increased. After 8-10 min heating the amount of tocopherols decreased substantially in linseed, olive and palm oils, whereas that in corn and soybean oils was still ca. 90%. Thus, the reduction in tocopherols in oils is not necessarily in agreement with chemical properties of the oils.     

Extra-Virgin Olive Oil and Cheap Vegetable Oils: Distinction and Detection of Adulteration as Determined by GC and Chemometrics

Refined oils including corn, sunflower, soybean, and palm oils as well as low-quality olive oil such as refined lampante and pomace olive oils are commonly used for extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) adulteration. Indeed, K ₂₇₀ could be used as a parameter for the detection of EVOO fraud for each type of the studied refined oils, 10 % olive, 4 % pomace olive, 10 % palm, 5 % corn, and 2 % soybean oils. Moreover, the adulteration could also be detected by the increase of the trans fatty acid contents with 10 % pomace olive, 3 % soybean, 3 % sunflower, 2 % corn, and 10 % palm oils. Actually, stigmasta-3,5-diene content is one of the most effective means of detecting refined oils in EVOO at low levels: 2 % olive, 0.4 % pomace olive, 1 % palm, 0.2 % soybean, 0.5 % sunflower, and 0.1 % corn oils. Finally, the application of linear discriminant analysis could represent an alternative and innovative tool for faster and cheaper evaluation of EVOO adulteration.     

Improving the quality of fried oils by using different filter aids

The present study aimed to improve the quality of fried soybean, sunflower, palm and cottonseed oils. Synthetic (Magnesol XL) and natural (diatomaceous earth and kaolin) filter aids were used at various levels (1, 2 and 4%) to adsorb the secondary oxidation products of the oil. The metal patterns (the cations Si, Mg, Ca, Fe, Na, K, Al, Cu, Mn, Zn and the anions CO₃^2?, HCO₃^?, Cl^?, NO₃^?, NO₂^?, SO₄^2?) of Magnesol XL, diatomaceous earth and kaolin were determined. Some physical and chemical properties (refractive index, viscosity, colour, foam height, acid value, peroxide value, thiobarbituric acid value, iodine value, and conjugated diene and polymer contents) of non‐fried, fried and fried–treated soybean, sunflower, palm and cottonseed oils were determined. The frying process was performed at 180 °C ± 5 °C for 12 h continuous heating. The fried oils were treated with the synthetic and natural filter aids at 105 °C for 15 min. The results indicate that Magnesol XL, diatomaceous earth and kaolin contained Si + Mg, Si + Ca and Si + Al, respectively, as the basic metals. Frying soybean, sunflower, palm and cottonseed oils led to significant increases in refractive index, colour, foam height, viscosity, acid value, peroxide value, TBA value, conjugated diene and polymer contents and decrease in iodine value. Treatment of fried oils with Magnesol XL, diatomaceous earth and kaolin at the 1, 2 and 4% levels greatly improved the quality of fried oils. These findings indicate the high efficiency of the filter aids used in the present study in adsorbing the products of oil degradation. Copyright © 2006 Society of Chemical Industry     

微波加热对食用油品质及脂肪酸成分的影响

研究微波加热对食用油品质及脂肪酸成分影响,为家庭健康烹调提供理论依据。用家用微波炉的不同加热档位,对菜籽油、大豆油等8种常用食用油加热不同时间,用滴定法测定加热后油脂的酸价和过氧化值,GC-MS测定油脂的脂肪酸成分,并以这些指标评价微波加热对食用油品质的影响。在实验所用加热条件下,8种食用油的酸价和脂肪酸成分均未发生明显改变。不同食用油的过氧化值变化曲线有所不同,菜籽油、大豆油、花生油、芝麻油、调和油的过氧化值随着微波功率和时间增加而上升,玉米油、橄榄油和葵花籽油的过氧化值随着微波功率和时间增加先上升后下降。微波加热虽然改变了食用油的过氧化值,但酸价尚未发生改变,认为油脂尚未发生酸败,微波加热也没有破坏食用油原有的脂肪酸组成。从微波加热对食用油的品质和脂肪酸成分影响的结果看,可以认为微波加热是日常生活中安全和健康的加热方式。     

Composition, stability and acceptability of different vegetable oils used for frying peanuts

The purpose of this work was to determine the chemical stability of vegetable oils in the frying process and the consumer acceptance of fried-salted peanuts prepared in different vegetable oils. Fatty acids composition was determined in sunflower, corn, soybean, peanut and olive oils. A chemical study (free fatty acid and p-anisidine values) of these oils at frying temperature (170 °C) was developed during 96 h. Consumer test of fresh products was performed on fried-salted peanuts prepared in the different oils. Peanut oil and virgin olive oil presented oleic acid as predominant fatty acid (44.8% and 64.2%, respectively), making it more resistant to lipid oxidation at frying temperature than the other refined vegetable oils (sunflower, corn and soybean oils). Virgin olive and peanut oils showed less increment of free fatty acids and p-anisidine value than the other oils along the heating essay. In addition, fried-salted peanuts prepared with refined peanut oil showed higher consumer acceptance than those prepared with other vegetable oils such as sunflower, corn, soybean and olive oils. Peanut oil could be used to fry peanuts obtaining products with higher consumer acceptance and shelf-life, thus preventing loss of their sensory and nutritional quality.     

Single-laboratory validation of a GC/MS method for the determination of 27 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in oils and fats.

A protocol for the measurement of 27 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in vegetable oils by GC/MS has undergone single-laboratory validation. PAHs were measured in three oils (olive pomace, sunflower and coconut oil). Five samples of each oil (one unfortified, and four fortified at concentrations between 2 and 50 microg kg(-1)) were analysed in replicate (four times in separate runs). Two samples (one unfortified and one fortified at 2 microg kg(-1)) of five oils (virgin olive oil, grapeseed oil, toasted sesame oil, olive margarine and palm oil) were also analysed. The validation included an assessment of measurement bias from the results of 120 measurements of a certified reference material (coconut oil BCR CRM458 certified for six PAHs). The method is capable of reliably detecting 26 out of 27 PAHs, at concentration <2 microg kg(-1) which is the European Union maximum limit for benzo[a]pyrene, in vegetable oils, olive pomace oil, sunflower oil and coconut oil. Quantitative results were obtained that are fit for purpose for concentrations from <2 to 50 microg kg(-1) for 24 out of 27 PAHs in olive pomace oil, sunflower oil and coconut oil. The reliable detection of 2 microg kg(-1) of PAHs in five additional oils (virgin olive oil, grapeseed oil, toasted sesame oil, olive margarine and palm oil) has been demonstrated. The method failed to produce fit-for-purpose results for the measurement of dibenzo[a,h]pyrene, anthanthrene and cyclopenta[c,d]pyrene. The reason for the failure was the large variation in results. The likely cause was the lack of availability of (13)C isotope internal standards for these PAHs at the time of the study. The protocol has been shown to be fit-for-purpose and is suitable for formal validation by inter-laboratory collaborative study.     

Detection of adulteration of extra-virgin olive oil by chemometric analysis of mid-infrared spectral data

This study focuses on the detection and quantification of extra-virgin olive oil adulteration with different edible oils using mid-infrared (IR) spectroscopy with chemometrics. Mid-IR spectra were manipulated with wavelet compression previous to principal component analysis (PCA). Detection limit of adulteration was determined as 5% for corn–sunflower binary mixture, cottonseed and rapeseed oils. For quantification of adulteration, mid-IR spectral data were manipulated with orthogonal signal correction (OSC) and wavelet compression before partial least square (PLS) analysis. The results revealed that models predict the adulterants, corn–sunflower binary mixture, cottonseed and rapeseed oils, in olive oil with error limits of 1.04, 1.4 and 1.32, respectively. Furthermore, the data were analysed with a general PCA model and PLS discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) to observe the efficiency of the model to detect adulteration regardless of the type of adulterant oil. In this case, detection limit for adulteration is determined as 10%.     

Discrimination of olive oil adulterated with vegetable oils using dielectric spectroscopy

The study focused on application of dielectric spectroscopy to identify the adulteration of olive oil. The dielectric properties of binary mixture of oils were investigated in the frequency range of 101 Hz–1 MHz. A partial least squares (PLS) model was developed and used to verify the concentrations of the adulterant. Furthermore, the principal component analysis (PCA) was used to classify olive oil sample as distinct from other adulterants based on their dielectric spectra. The results showed that the dielectric spectra of binary mixture of olive oil spiked with other oils increased with increasing concentration of soy, corn, canola, sesame, and perilla oils from 0% to 100% (w/w) over the measured frequency range. PLS calibration model showed a good prediction capability for the concentrations of the adulterant. For olive oil adulterated with soy oil, the results showed that the RMS was 0.053, sd(RMS), 0.017 and Q² value was 0.967. PCA classification plots for all oil samples showed clear performance in the differentiation for the different concentrations of the adulterant. Each of the oil samples could be easily grouped in different clusters using dielectric spectra. From the results obtained in this research, dielectric spectroscopy could be used to discriminate the olive oil adulterated with the different types of the oils at levels of adulteration below 5%.     

超高效合相色谱串联四级杆飞行时间质谱快速分析植物油的甘油三酯组成

采用超高效合相色谱串联四级杆飞行时间质谱(UPC~2-Q-TOF-MS)技术分析了11种植物油的甘油三酯组成。这些植物油中,O-L-L为葵花籽油(22. 27%±1. 87%)、菜籽油(21. 07%±1. 76%)、玉米油(19. 84%±1. 35%)、米糠油(19. 37%±0. 87%)、芝麻油(17. 55%±0. 82%)中含量最高的甘油三酯; O-O-O在花生油(18. 25%±0. 69%)和橄榄油(39. 37%±0. 10%)中的含量最高;大豆油中含量最高的甘油三酯是L-L-L(22. 16%±1. 71%),亚麻籽油中是O-Ln-Ln(21. 85%±0. 18%),稻米油中是O-L-P (18. 58%±1. 02%),以及棕榈油中是O-P-P(25. 05%±0. 73%)。O-O-L与S-L-L等ECN值相同的甘油三酯实现了分离,且含量微少的甘油三酯组成也得到了鉴定。     

电子鼻对芝麻油掺假的检测

使用电子鼻系统PEN3 对芝麻油中掺入大豆油、玉米油、葵花籽油进行检测分析,分别对芝麻油中不同量的掺假进行辨别,用主成分分析(PCA)和线性判别式分析(LDA)两种方法分析。结果表明：电子鼻能够较好的识别芝麻油掺假不同比例的大豆油、玉米油和葵花籽油,而且LDA 方法比PCA 方法的效果好。PCA 方法对掺入大豆油、玉米油超过50% 和葵花籽油超过70% 的芝麻油能明显区分,而LDA 方法对芝麻油中掺入不同量的大豆油、玉米油和葵花籽油均能明显区分。     

Detection of olive oil adulteration with some plant oils by GLC analysis of sterols using polar column

A new method was developed to determine the presence of some refined vegetable oils in olive oil based on the sum of campesterol and stigmasterol percentages. Model systems of corn, soybean, sunflower and cotton seed oils in olive oil at levels of 5%, 10% and 20% were prepared. The unsaponifiables of these model systems were analysed by GLC using polar column with high thermal stability. An olive oil authenticity factor based on the summation of campesterol and stigmasterol percentages was established as an indicator of olive oil adulteration with vegetable oils. The results indicate the possibility to detect the presence as little as 5% of these plant oils in olive oil.     

Chromatic parameters and oxidation indices for edible vegetable oils submitted to thermal oxidation

Peroxide values, TBA numbers and chromatic parameters of edible vegetable oils (olive, sunflower, corn oils) thermally oxidised (75°C, 100°C, 180°C) during 5 days were determined. For calculating chromatic parameters the recommended standard CIE methods and several simplified methods were employed. With olive oil a remarkable change in spectral characteristics occurred as the temperature and time of heating were increased. Thermal autoxidation, as assessed by peroxide value and TBA number, was only observed at 75°C (Schaal oven test). In none of the three types of vegetable oil was the dominant wavelength modified during the course of the heating process. Luminosity and hue angle showed slight increases in olive and sunflower oils. Colour saturation underwent a remarkable decrease in olive oil. From a comparison and a correlation study it is concluded that the simplified methods could be applied only for certain chromatic parameters and types of vegetable oil. For a comprehensive study of the diverse chromatic parameters the standard CIE methods should be applied.     

A high performance liquid chromatography method for determination of furfural in crude palm oil

A modified steam distillation method was developed to extract furfural from crude palm oil (CPO). The collected distillates were analysed using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with an ultraviolet diode detector at 284 nm. The HPLC method allowed identification and quantification of furfural in CPO. The unique thermal extraction of CPO whereby the fresh fruit bunches (FFB) are first subjected to steam treatment, distinguishes itself from other solvent-extracted or cold-pressed vegetable oils. The presence of furfural was also determined in the fresh palm oil from FFB (without undergoing the normal extraction process), palm olein, palm stearin, olive oil, coconut oil, sunflower oil, soya oil and corn oil. The chromatograms of the extracts were compared to that of standard furfural. Furfural was only detected in CPO. The CPO consignments obtained from four mills were shown to contain 7.54 to 20.60 mg/kg furfural.     

1种检测橄榄油掺假的新方法——PCR-CE-SSCP法

橄榄油真伪鉴别问题一直是食品真伪鉴别及食品安全的难题。试验以橄榄和其它6种常见油料为主,建立了PCR-CE-SSCP法鉴定橄榄油真伪的新方法。通过利用自行设计的uni4通用引物,用常规PCR对叶绿体上一段71bp大小基因进行扩增,并用基因分析仪分析得出7种油料的SSCP图谱,结果表明,采用PCR-CE-SSCP法能够区分橄榄及其它6种常见油料,可用于橄榄油真伪鉴别。     

Monitoring of Adulteration and Purity in Coconut Oil Using Raman Spectroscopy and Multivariate Curve Resolution

This study evaluates the use of Raman spectroscopy with a multivariate curve resolution–alternating least squares (MCR-ALS) analysis to monitor the adulteration and purity of coconut oil. Sunflower, soybean, canola, sesame, corn, castor bean, peanut, palm kernel, babassu, mineral, and Vaseline oils have been used as adulterants in this work. Control charts were developed to evaluate the purity of an oil sample using the scores from the MCR-ALS analysis of a data set containing pure and adulterated oils. These control charts were able to detect the adulteration of coconut oil in a range of 2–30% with all the oils tested. Additionally, quantification models were developed using MCR-ALS with correlation constraints for coconut oil adulterated with sunflower, canola, Vaseline, babassu, and palm kernel oils. The models presented satisfactory results, which had absolute errors below 5%, for samples adulterated with sunflower, canola, and Vaseline oils. The babassu and palm kernel adulterants could also be quantified with a superior margin of error. The results indicated that using Raman spectroscopy with MCR is a clean and non-destructive method for assessing coconut oil purity that can be used without removing a sample from its bottle.     

Production of omega 3, 6, and 9 fatty acids from hydrolysis of vegetable oils and animal fat with Colletotrichum gloeosporioides lipase

Food Science and Biotechnology - Hydrolysis of vegetable oils (Olive, corn, peanut, sesame, flaxseed, soy, canola, garlic, sunflower, almond, castor bean oils) and beef marrow bone oil by...