DEFINITION
What
is Rancidity?
Causes Undesirable odors and taste in food Is the decomposition of fats, oils and other lipids are three types - water splits fatty acids
There
- Microorganisms break down food - Oxygen breaks down unsaturated fatty acids
OXIDATIVE RANCIDITY
Oxygen
breaks down double bonds in unsaturated fats through the free radical process
Three
stages:
INITIATION
Formation RH
of free radicals
-> R + H
Conditions: Light
(sunlight) (Metal)
Catalyst
PROPAGATION
Free-Radical R
chain reactions
ROO As
these reactions happen, peroxide radicals are formed and these in turn react with more unsaturated fatty acids, keeping the reaction continuous
TERMINATION
Free R R
ROO
SYNTHETIC ANTIOXIDANTS
Many
synthetic anti-oxidants can be distinguished from their natural counterparts by their molecular structure
They
are usually phenols with a hydroxyl group attached to a benzene ring group is the tertiary butyl group which has three methyl groups bound to one carbon
Another
ANTI-OXIDANTS
3 Types: 1. Free
the formation of free radicals in the initiation step of auto-oxidation the propagation of the chain
interrupt
by forming less stable and less reactive radicals or form non-radical products
RO
ROO R
RO
by the formula AH
E (Tocopherols) TBHQ
BHA, BHT,
Molecular Oxygen
Formula: C11H16O2
Reacts more favorably with BHA or BHT so it acts as a getter and thus preserving food
Molecular Behaves Is
Formula: C15H24O
a Terminating agent
COMPLEXING AGENTS
Removes Transition Acts
metals (Catalysts)
like a getter for Transition metals an irreversible complex with metal ions like iron(II) ion Fe2+
Forms
This
(ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid)
4EDTA
REDUCING AGENTS
Act Can
react with both oxygen and hydroperoxides produced in the auto-oxidation reaction
Are
electron donors that are ably to remove or reduce the concentrations of oxygen
REDUCING AGENTS
Examples: Vitamin
Carotenoids -Carotene
Half
Equation of Vitamin C
RESOURCES/FURTHER READING
http://www.foodcanmakeyouill.co.uk/library/content/
Antioxidants.pdf