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Food Lipids: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Biotechnology

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Table 11 Composition <strong>and</strong> Properties of Cocoa Butter from Different Countries (35)<br />

Factor Ghana Ivory Coast Brazil Malaysia<br />

Iodine value 35.8 36.3 40.7 34.2<br />

Melting point (�C) 32.2 32.0 32.0 34.3<br />

Diacylglycerols 1.9 2.1 2.0 1.8<br />

Free acid (%) 1.53 2.28 1.24 1.21<br />

Component acids<br />

Palmitic 24.8 25.4 23.7 24.8<br />

Stearic 37.1 35.0 32.9 37.1<br />

Oleic 33.1 34.1 37.4 33.2<br />

Linoleic 2.6 3.3 4.0 2.6<br />

Arachidic 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1<br />

Component triacylglycerols<br />

Trisaturated 0.7 0.6 trace 1.3<br />

Monounsaturated 84.0 82.6 71.9 87.5<br />

POP 15.3 15.2 13.6 15.1<br />

POSt 40.1 39.0 33.7 40.4<br />

StOSt 27.5 27.1 23.8 31.0<br />

Diunsaturated 14.0 15.5 24.1 10.9<br />

Polyunsaturated 1.3 1.3 4.0 0.3<br />

Solid content (pulsed NMR)–<br />

tempering 40 hours at 26�C<br />

20�C (%) 76.0 75.1 62.6 82.6<br />

25�C (%) 69.6 66.7 53.3 77.1<br />

30�C (%) 45.0 42.8 23.3 57.7<br />

35�C (%) 1.1 0.0 1.0 2.6<br />

Adapted from Ref. 35. The original paper contains more details along with information on cocoa butter<br />

from India, Nigeria, <strong>and</strong> Sri Lanka.<br />

necessary, <strong>and</strong> its change to form VI must be inhibited. Form V is usually obtained<br />

as a result of extensive tempering, i.e., putting molten chocolate through a series of<br />

cooling <strong>and</strong> heating processes that have been found to optimize production of the<br />

appropriate polymorph. Alternatively, molten chocolate can been seeded with cocoa<br />

butter already in form V.<br />

Transition from form V to the more stable form VI leads to the appearance of<br />

white crystals of fat on the surface of the chocolate. This phenomenon is termed<br />

‘‘bloom.’’ It is promoted by fluctuations in temperature during storage <strong>and</strong> by migration<br />

of liquid oils from nut centers. It is a harmless change but is considered<br />

undesirable because it may be mistaken for microbiological contamination. Bloom<br />

can be inhibited by addition of a little 2-oleo 1,3-dibehenin (BOB) to the cocoa<br />

butter. This phenomenon is discussed in more detail by Smith (36), Padley (37), <strong>and</strong><br />

Hammond (38).<br />

The simplest plain chocolate contains sugar <strong>and</strong> cocoa liquor, with cocoa butter<br />

the only fat present. Padley (37) reports that a typical plain chocolate contains cocoa<br />

mass (�40%, which contains some cocoa butter), sugar (�48%), added cocoa butter<br />

(�12%), <strong>and</strong> small amounts of lecithin <strong>and</strong> other materials. The total fat content of<br />

this mix is about 31%. In some European countries is is permissible to replace cocoa<br />

Copyright 2002 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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