Recent advances on erythorbyl fatty acid esters as multi-functional food emulsifiers

Park, J.-Y., Yu, H., Charalampopoulos, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1269-8402, Park, K.-M. and Chang, P.-S. (2024) Recent advances on erythorbyl fatty acid esters as multi-functional food emulsifiers. Food Chemistry, 432. 137242. ISSN 0308-8146 doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.137242

Abstract/Summary

Over the past few decades, food scientists have investigated a wide range of emulsifiers to manufacture stable and safe emulsion-based food products. More recently, the development of emulsifiers with multi-functionality, which is the ability to have more than two functions, has been considered as a promising strategy for resolving rancidification and microbial contamination in emulsions. Erythorbyl fatty acid esters (EFEs) synthesized by enzymatic esterification of hydrophilic erythorbic acid and hydrophobic fatty acid have been proposed as multifunctional emulsifiers since they simultaneously exhibit amphiphilic, antioxidative, and antibacterial properties in both aqueous and emulsion systems. This review provides current knowledge about EFEs in terms of enzymatic synthesis and multi-functionality. All processes for synthesizing and identifying EFEs are discussed. Each functionality of EFEs and the proposed mechanism are described with analytical methodologies and experimental details. It would provide valuable insights into the development and application of a multi-functional emulsifier in food emulsion chemistry.

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Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences > Food Research Group
Publisher	Elsevier
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