Introduction Sesame Sesamum indicum L. is one of the most important oilseed crops in the world, which contains up to 50 crude lipids, as well as high content of protein, minerals and vitamin 1. A diversity of the unique antioxidant compounds has been found from sesame seeds, including lipid-soluble sesamin, sesamol, sesamolin, and sesaminol, and water-soluble sesame lignan and lignan glucosides 2. Consumption of sesame seeds could lead to the increase of plasma tocopherol levels, which is helpful to prevent heart disease, and to decrease body adiosity indices 3. Sesame have long been consumed in the Middle East and East Asia mainly in the form of the sesame seeds, sesame oil and sesame pastes. Sesame pastes are made of milling of the roasted sesame seeds, and are a kind of colloidal suspension with hydrophilic solids suspended in sesame oil 4. In China, the sesame pastes are traditionally processed without adding any additives, and they are increasingly preferable as the demand of natural food products is rising in the recent years. Storage stability of the sesame pastes is the main concern for the manufacturers and the consumers. Firstly, during storage, particles in the sesame pastes are prone to precipitate, causing oil separation and the sediment cake, thus the negative effect on acceptability of the consumers, secondly, lipid oxidation is also one of the most common problems, which develops the rancidity and leads to the off-flavor 5. Çiftçi et al. studied the colloidal stability of the sesame paste 6 , some