Detection of interesterified fat in hydrogenated fat by lipase hydrolysis and by cooling curve analysis

Porcine pancreatic lipase hydrolysis and Jensen’s cooling curve methods can be adopted for detecting interesterified fat products in a mixture with hydrogenated fats. Lipolysis of interesterified fats shows a relatively greater amount of saturated fatty acids in the 2-monoglycerides in comparison with hydrogenated fats. A similar trend of the distribution pattern of fatty acids also can be noted in a mixture. Interesterified fats do not show any rise in temperature in Jensen’s cooling curve experiment, whereas hydrogenated fats show a distinct rise in temperature. A gradual increase in temperature is obtained for an interesterified fat when it is mixed with increasing content of a hydrogenated fat. On the other hand, hydrogenated fat shows a lowering in the rise of temperature when it is mixed with an interesterified fat. Simultaneous determination of the fatty acid profiles of the 2-monoglycerides and Jensen’s cooling curve characteritics can be utilized in detecting the occurrence of one modified fat in another.