RBDPStearin into high quality products, such as
mono-diacylglycerol (MDAG) as emulsifier.
MDAG is commonly known as emulsifying agent
in a variety of industries such as food, cosmetics and
pharmaceutical, estimated to reach 70% total
emulsifier use. In food industries, it is applied in
bakery products, margarine, and frozen dessert.
Generally, MDAG is used as part of fatty products
and is often combined with other types of emulsifiers.
To produce MDAG, chemical glycerolysis from oils
or fats was carried out at high temperature, with the
help of inorganic alkaline catalysts (Cheirsilp et al.
2009). These emulsifiers are available in various
forms, such as liquid, solid, semi-liquid, flakes,
grains, and powders. The emulsifier relates to some
advantageous features, including water-in-oil (w / o)
with HLB of 4-6, no smell and taste, not water-
soluble at room temperature (O'Brien 2009). In the
food industry, MDAG is widely used in bakery,
margarine and chocolate products. Based on CFR
Regulation (2002), MDAG with code 21 CFR
182.4505 has no ADI value (acceptable daily intake)
or not limited; therefore, it can be categorized as
GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe).
As a result of synthesize a laboratory-based
MDAG using palm oil stearin, the MDAG was
properly made from ratio substrate (stearin: glycerol)
of 1: 2.3, 0.5%N NaOH catalyst, reaction temperature
180 °C for 90 min, and stirring speed on scale 3,
yielding product with a percentage of acylglycerol
MAG fraction, DAG, and TAG as follows: 50.33 ±
0.95%, 28.13 ± 0.63%, and 4.49 ± 2.08%,
respectively. The MDAG product posseseed ALB
value of 1.64 ± 0.00%, moisture content of 0.55 ±
0.02%, iodine number of 34.56 ± 0.01 mg / g, and a
slip melting point of 49.5-50 °C. In this reagard,
stirring speed became a crucial factor that affects
formation of MDAG. According to Baeza-Jiménez
(2013), higher rate of stirring leads to increase in
decomposition time of TAG into MAG and DAG.
Therefore, this current work investigated the effect of
stirring speeds on MDAG synthesis from palm oil
stearin.
2 MATERIAL AND METHODS
2.1 Materials
This research was conducted at Chemistry Laboratory
Center, SEAFAST, IPB University. Chemicals used
in this experiment included stearin, olein, and PKO,
glycerol, sodium hydroxide (NaOH), citric acid,
nitrogen gas, standard Fatty Acid Methyl Esters
(FAME) Mix C4-C24, N-Methyl-N-trymethylsilyl
trifluoroacetamide, 0.1 M Na
2
S
2
O
3
solution, 95%
neutral alcohol solution, 50% citric acid, glacial
acetic acid, chloroform, heptane, acetone, distillate
water, Wijs solution, KI solution, phenolphthalein
indicator, starch indicator, and other analytical
materials.
The main equipments included 250 mL-three
neck flask equipped with a condenser, oil bath,
stirring hotplate, magnetic stirrer. For chemical
analysis, equipment needed was parafilm, aluminum
foil, analytical balance, Erlenmeyer flask, biuret,
pipette mohr, oven, desiccator, Gas
Chromatoghraphy FID Hewlett Packard 6890 series
DB5 HT column, GC FID series DB 23 column
Shimadzu Co. and HPew RID Hewlett Packard Series
1100.
2.2 Characterization of Palm Oil Raw
Materials
The physicochemical conditions of raw materials can
affect the effectiveness of the glycerolysis; thus, raw
material needs to be ensured for meeting all
requirements. The physicochemical analysis included
water content (AOCS Official Method Aa 3-38 year
2003), free fatty acid (AOCS Official Method Ca 5a-
40 year 2003), peroxide number (AOCS Official
Method Cd 8- 53 year 2003), iodic number (AOCS
Official Method Cd 1-25 year 2003), fatty acid
composition (AOCS Official Method Ce 2-66 year
2003), acylglyserol fraction (AOCS Official Method
Cd 11b-91 year 2003, with modification), and profiles
of triacylglycerol (AOCS Official Method Ce 5b-89
year 2003).
2.3 Synthesis of MDAG at Laboratory
Scale
The laboratory-scale MDAG synthesis conformed to
method of Triana (2014). Sampling was carried out
each 30 min to measure the acylglycerol fraction. The
repetition of MDAG synthesis in laboratory scale as
a verification stage was carried out five times in a
series of tests aimed at finding out the consistency of
the formation of the MDAG.
2.4 Physicochemical Properties of
MDAG Products
The chemical characterization of MDAG included
water content, iod number, acylglycerol fraction, free
fatty acid value, as well as fatty acid profile, while
physical characterization included slip melting point