Author, as appears in the article.: Torres-Moreno M, Torrescasana E, Salas-Salvadó J, Blanch C.
Department: Bioquímica i Biotecnologia
URV's Author/s: Salas Salvadó, Jorge
Keywords: Total fat Gcms Gc-ms Fatty acids profile Cocoa beans Chocolate gc–ms fatty acids profile cocoa beans chocolate
Abstract: Nutritional composition and fatty acids (FA) profile were determined in cocoa and chocolates of different geographical origin and subject to different processing conditions. Cocoa butter was the major nutrient in cocoa beans and carbohydrates were the most important in chocolates. Cocoa composition and FA profile varied depending on geographical origin whilst in chocolates only carbohydrates and fat content varied significantly due to the effect of origin and no significant effect was observed for processing conditions. Both for cocoa and chocolates differences in FA profile were mainly explained as an effect of the geographical origin, and were not due to processing conditions in chocolate. For cocoa, differences in FA profile were found in C12:0, C14:0, C16:0, C16:1, C17:0, C17:1 and C18:0 whilst for chocolates only differences were found in C16:0, C18:0, C18:1 and C18:2. For all samples, C16:0, C18:0, C18:1 and C18:2 were quantitatively the most important FA. Ecuadorian chocolate showed a healthier FA profile having higher amounts of unsaturated FA and lower amounts of saturated FA than Ghanaian chocolate.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Odontología Nutrition & dietetics Nutrição Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina veterinaria Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Interdisciplinar Geociências Food science & technology Food science Farmacia Ensino Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Educação física Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Chemistry, applied Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Analytical chemistry Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: jordi.salas@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-2700-7459
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Food Chemistry. 166 125-132
APA: Torres-Moreno M, Torrescasana E, Salas-Salvadó J, Blanch C. (2015). Nutritional composition and fatty acids profile in cocoa beans and chocolates with different geographical origin and processing conditions.. Food Chemistry, 166(), 125-132. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.05.141
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2015
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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