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LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 150, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2021.112064
Keywords
alpha-linolenic acid (ALA); n-3: n-6; alpha-tocopherol/C18:2; Carotenoids; Blending; Prediction
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- Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Development of the Republic of Serbia [451039/202114/200134]
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The study aimed to investigate the possibility of enriching refined sunflower oil with omega-3 fatty acids by adding cold pressed flaxseed oil, resulting in new vegetable oil with high nutritional value. Blended oils were found to have high n-6 and n(3) essential fatty acids content, as well as total tocopherols and carotenoids. Addition of higher amounts of flaxseed oil led to an increase in alpha-linolenic fatty acid and carotenoids, while reducing total tocopherols, monounsaturated, and omega-6 fatty acid content for balanced nutritional characteristics.
The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of enriching refined sunflower oil with omega 3 fatty acids by adding cold pressed flaxseed oil in order to obtain new vegetable oil with a high nutritive value. The results showed that blended oils were formulated to have a high content of n-6 (23.68 +/- 0.02 to 57.18 +/- 0.07% w/w) and n(3) (4.33 +/- 0.03 to 47.88 +/- 0.06% w/w) essential fatty acids, with optimization of their ratio. In the obtained blended vegetable oils the total tocopherols content ranged from 352.5 to 519.1 mg/kg, while the carotenoids content ranged from 1.30 to 6.49 mg/kg. It was concluded that the presence of higher amounts of flaxseed oil caused an increase in the content of alpha-linolenic fatty acid and carotenoids, a reduction of the total tocopherols, monounsaturated and omega 6 fatty acid content, contributing to the balance between nutritive characteristics.
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