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Effects of Microwave Roasting Process and Time on Chemical Composition and Oxidative Stability of Sunflower Oil

1State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, P. R. China


Journal of Food and Nutrition Research. 2017, Vol. 5 No. 9, 659-667
DOI: 10.12691/jfnr-5-9-5
Copyright © 2017 Science and Education Publishing

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Khalid Mohammed, Marwa Koko, Mohammed Obadi, Kekgabile Shathani Letsididi, Peirang Cao, Y. Liu. Effects of Microwave Roasting Process and Time on Chemical Composition and Oxidative Stability of Sunflower Oil. Journal of Food and Nutrition Research. 2017; 5(9):659-667. doi: 10.12691/jfnr-5-9-5.

Correspondence to: Y.  Liu, State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, P. R. China. Email: foodscilyf@163.com

Abstract

Purpose: In this study, sunflower seeds (Helianthus annuus) were treated with an industrial microwave oven under 700 W for 8, 12, 16 and 20 min and oil was extracted using mechanical press technique. A suitable roasting treatment (20 min) is advantageous to oil extraction yield and tocopherol contents. The extracted oil results showed no variations in the contents of fiber, ash, and protein that were attributable to the roasting. However, the color, FFA, p-anisidine, saponification and density values of oils were increased significantly as the roasting time increased. The iodine values of the oils were noticeably decreased. The oxidative stability revealed that, as the roasting time increased, the oxidative stability of sunflower oil decreased. Tocopherol contents were identified, namely, α- and β- tocopherols, whereas no δ-tocopherol was detected. The main tocopherol found in sunflower oil was α-tocopherol. The content of α-tocopherol in sunflower oil at 15 min of roasting gradually increased from 895.1 to 1108.83 mg/kg as roasting time increased. The fatty acid compositions of sunflower oil did not change with the roasting time. The major fatty acid was linoleic acid.

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