Effect of interesterification on glyceride structure

Abstract

Interesterification process on soybean oil - oleic acid (2:1 w/w) was carried out under different concentration of nickel catalyst (0.4 and 0.6%), at temperature 90°C and stirring for 4 hours. The hydrolysis of individual glyceride structure was done using pancreatic lipase to obtain 2-monoglycerides. Calculation was recorded to determine the glyceride structure of the interesterified soybean oil.