In order to discriminate effectively the presence of a substitute in cacao butter, the compositions of shea butter, Borneo tallow, and sal fat, used as substitute materials, were analyzed and the results were compared with that of cacao butter. Results obtained are as follows :
1) In fatty acid composition, contents of C
16 acid in shea butter and sal fat, and of C
20 acid in sal fat were greatly different from that in cacao butter. Also, C
20 : 1, not found in cacao butter, was found in both shea butter and sal fat, and C
22 was found in sal fat. Borneo tallow showed a composition similar to that of cacao butter, although a slight difference was seen in the content of C
16 and C
18 acids.
2) In triglyceride composition, a great difference from cacao butter was seen in C
50 of borneo tallow and sal fat, C
52 in shea butter and sal fat, and C
54 content in all three. Further, C
50 was not found in shea butter, while C
56 was found in all three fats, although it is hardly found in cacao butter. The latter was present especially in large amount in sal fat.
3) In sterol composition, the content of stigmasterol in borneo tallow and campesterol in sal fat was markedly different from that in cacao butter, and the content of campesterol was larger than that of stigmasterol in both fats in contrast to cacao butter. The main components in shea butter were α-spinasterol and Δ
7-stigmastenol, being entirely different from cacao butter.
4) In 7 indices for judgement of purity of cacao butter indicated previously, a great difference from cacao butter was found in the ratios of C
16/C
18 and C
52/C
18 in shea butter, sito/ (stigma) - (campe) and stigma/campe in Borneo tallow, and sito/stigma) - (campe) and C
16/C
18 in sal fat.
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