Application of combined methods for the production of ingredients for the confectionery industry

Abstract

The production of confectionery products, especially those coated with chocolate or confectionery glaze, faces the challenges of selecting high-quality and technological fatty bases for the glaze or filling on a daily basis. In nature, the amount of vegetable oils that have an optimal fatty acid and triglyceride composition for use as such a base is significantly limited. Indeed, most of the vegetable oils and fats require a partial hydrogenation stage, that is, a change in the saturation level. As a result of these modifications, trans-fatty acid fatty acids are formed, which both impart hardness and form the basic rheological characteristics of the fatty base. The development of new, combined methods for the production of fatty ingredients for the confectionery industry and the improvement of processes for the modification of oils and fats are current trends in food production. In order to produce fatty ingredients – non-tempered mixed type cocoa butter substitutes with a low content of trans-fatty acid isomers and with optimal crystal formation properties, a research was carried out in respect of a set of indicators that form the consumer properties of the finished product: physical and chemical properties and main indicators of melting and solidification, as well as structural-mechanical and organoleptic characteristics. The research objectives included the study of the physical and chemical characteristics of the initial components of fatty ingredients, laboratory-based obtaining of samples of fatty ingredients for the production of confectionery glazes, the study of the physicochemical, structural, mechanical and rheological properties of the obtained fatty ingredients. The result of the research was the developed combined technology for the production of a non-tempered mixed type cocoa butter substitute with optimal consumer characteristics.