The analysis of sterol degradation products to detect vegetable fats in chocolate

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1273-1280

  Crews, C ^a   Calvet Sarrett, R ^a   Brereton, P ^a  

^a DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chocolate; Cocoa butter; Gas chromatography; Mass spectroscopy; Sterenes; Sterols; Vegetable fats

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

CHOCOLATE; COCOA BUTTER; STERENES; STEROLS; VEGETABLE FATS;

VEGETABLE OILS;

EID: 0031259014     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-997-0057-5     Document Type: Article

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