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Edible oils and fats are crucial components of everyday cooking and the production of food products, but their purity has been a major issue for a long time. High-quality edible oils are contaminated with low- and cheap-quality edible oils to increase profits. The adulteration of edible oils and fats also produces many health risks. Detection of main and minor components can identify adulterations using various techniques, such as GC, HPLC, TLC, FTIR, NIR, NMR, direct mass spectrometry, PCR, E-Nose, and DSC. Each detection technique has its advantages and disadvantages. For example, chromatography offers high precision but requires extensive sample preparation, while spectroscopy is rapid and non-destructive but may lack resolution. Direct mass spectrometry is faster and simpler than chromatography-based MS, eliminating complex preparation steps. DNA-based oil authentication is effective but hindered by laborious extraction processes. E-Nose only distinguishes odours, and DSC directly studies lipid thermal properties without derivatization or solvents. Mass spectrometry-based techniques, particularly GC-MS is found to be highly effective for detecting adulteration of oils and fats in food and non-food samples. This review summarizes the benefits and drawbacks of these analytical approaches and their use in conjunction with chemometric tools to detect the adulteration of animal fats and vegetable oils. This combination provides a powerful technique with enormous chemotaxonomic potential that includes the detection of adulterations, quality assurance, assessment of geographical origin, assessment of the process, and classification of the product in complex matrices from food and non-food samples., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)

Dry fractionation represents a significant technique for separation of diverse fractions from beef tallow. The objective of this study was to undertake a systematic investigation of alterations in physicochemical properties, crystallization behavior, thermal properties, and flavor compounds that occur during the beef tallow dry fractionation process. The solid component yielded at 40, 30, and 15 °C were 44.88%, 33.72%, and 13.04% respectively, with an 8.36% liquid content at 15 °C, which was consistent with the characteristics of saturated fatty acids content. The β - β' transformation in the dry fractionation process was clearly revealed by X-ray diffraction. Differential scanning calorimetry curves exhibited alterations in exothermic and endothermic peak, as well as enthalpy. Electronic nose identified short-chain compounds, aldehydes, ketones, and nitrogen-containing substances as flavor compounds. Volatile compounds were quantified using HS-SPME-GC-MS. Overall, dry fractionation produces beef tallow fractionated compounds with diverse physicochemical properties and aromatic-active substances, thereby expanding its potential utilization., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)

[Display omitted] • A relationship equation of batch and continuous EIE parameters was developed. • The equation could predict ID(TAG) in continuous system reliably. • The equation could not predict AMD or physicochemical properties. The relationship between batch and continuous enzymatic interesterification was studied through enzymatic interesterification of beef tallow. The interesterification degree (ID) during the batch reaction was monitored based on triacylglycerol composition, sn- 2 fatty acid composition, solid fat content, and melting profile and was described by an exponential model. A relationship equation featuring reaction parameters of the two reations was established to predict the ID and physicochemical characteristics in continuous interesterification. The prediction of the ID based on triacylglycerol composition was reliable, with an R2 value greater than 0.85. Interesterification produced more high-melting-point components for both reactions, but the acyl migration in the batch-stirring reactor was much greater, resulting in faster crystallization, a more delicate crystal network, and lower hardness. The relationship equation can be employed to predict the ID, but the prediction of physicochemical properties was constrained by the difference in acyl migration degree between the two reactions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

[Display omitted] • 15 odorants contributed to the aroma profiles of the stir-fried pepper tallow. • The threshold of aroma compounds in tallow was determined for the first time. • The terpenoids was the major aroma contributor of stir-fried pepper tallow. • Glycosides are the precursors of most aroma compounds in stir-fried pepper tallow. Stir-fried pepper tallow is widely used in cooking due to its special flavor, particularly in hot-pot dishes. However, the composition and source of the key aroma compounds in stir-fried pepper tallow are poorly understood, resulting in uneven quality. Here, the key aroma compounds were screened using flavor dilution factors (FD) and odor activity values (OAVs). A total of 41 odorants compounds were identified. Of these, 20 compounds with FD ≥ 8 were aroma-active compounds. Furthermore, among these 20 compounds, 15 with OAVs ≥ 1were the key aroma-active compounds and most of these (13 out of 15 odorants) were produced from pepper. Glycosides in pepper are the precursors of the most of these key aroma compounds. It may be possible to improve the flavor quality of stir-fried pepper tallow by hydrolyzing glycosides. These findings should help to establish a standard to assess and improve the quality of stir-fried pepper tallow. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The health hazard of tallow and partial hydrogenated oils is well known in margarine productions. For this, food manufactures are urged to develop novel alternatives for healthier margarine formulations. The highest interesterification degree acquired with lipase Lipozyme 435 standing out from other catalysts (solid acid, sodium hydroxide and methoxide) was applied to produce low trans margarine fat analogs to beef tallow (BT) with the blend of soybean oil (SO) and fully hydrogenated palm oil (FHPO) in a mass ratio of 4:3. Reaction parameters like enzyme dosage (4.2 wt%), temperature (95 °C) and time (245 min) were optimized using the Box-Behnken design. Regarding fatty acid profiles, triacylglycerol species, solid fat content, polymorphism, melting and crystallization behaviors, the resulting interesterified oil was characterized in comparison with BT, FHPO and the SO-FHPO blend so as to prove its potential in formulating low trans fat margarines because of desirable physicochemical properties and polymorphs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• The oxidized tallow enriched the aroma of the Maillard reaction product; • Different oxidation of tallow produces different volatile compounds and flavors; • More free unsaturated fatty acids were produced by oxidation of tallow; • Associations were found between typical volatile products and sensory attributes. This work investigated the effect of oxidized beef tallow on the volatile compositions and sensory properties of soybean meal-based Maillard reaction products (MRPs). Various tallow oxidation methods included thermal treatment (TT), enzymatic hydrolysis (ET) and enzymatic hydrolysis combined with mild thermal (ETT) treatment. Results showed that all these oxidized tallow contained more types of volatile compounds than those of untreated tallow. Moreover, the composition of almost all types of volatile substances was greatly increased with the addition of the oxidized beef tallow into the hydrolyzed soybean meal-based Maillard reaction system. More importantly, the composition of oxygen-containing heterocycles (63.89 μg/mL), sulfur-containing compounds (76.64 μg/mL), and nitrogen-containing heterocycles (19.81 μg/mL) that contribute positively to sensory properties in ETT-MRPs was found to be the highest among all the MRPs. Correlation assessment revealed that ETT was closely related to the most typical volatile products and sensory attributes, indicating this approach can effectively enhance the sensory and flavor of hydrolyzed soybean meal derived MRPs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• Ultrasonic combined with microwave pretreatment intensifies Maillard reaction. • The sensory properties and volatile compounds of MPRS were analyzed by PLSR. • The volatile components of MRPs were analyzed by cluster analysis. • Phospholipids combined with beef tallow model can increase saltiness and umami. • The addition of phospholipids contributes to the production of flavor compounds. The effects of beef tallow, phospholipid, microwave, and ultrasonic pretreatment (MUP) on the Maillard reaction process, the sensory characteristics of Maillard reaction products (MRPs), and the composition and content of volatile compounds were studied. Maillard reaction of the sample was more intense after MUP, but more hydrophobic amino acids were generated, resulting in relatively high sourness in MRPs. Beef tallow encapsulation has no significant effect on the sensory characteristics of MRPs. The content of volatile compounds in MRPs added with phospholipids increased significantly, and the content of sulfur compounds (especially furan and furanthiol) increased most significantly. Hexanal, Nonanal, 2-Hexylfuran, 2-Hexylthiophene, and 1-Octanol were positively correlated with the value of umami and saltiness of MRPs. The addition of phospholipids after MUP and beef tallow encapsulation helps to increase the saltiness and umami of MRPs, reduce astringency, and produce more sulfur and other flavor compounds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Highlights: [•] The adulteration of beef tallow and chicken fat with lard was investigated by DSC. [•] The effects of lard have been found to be in dose dependant manner. [•] Principal component analysis has shown the ability of detection of lard less than 0.5%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• PS with <20% had no significant influence on the sensory results of BT. • The addition of PS had no significant influences on physicochemical properties of BT. • PLM and XRD results showed the microstructure of blends were similar to that of BT. • PS could slow the release of capsaicinoid from BT, probably due to high SFC values. Beef tallow (BT) is the common hotpot oil used in Sichuan hotpot, increasing its characteristic flavors and making it taste better. However, the cholesterol content in BT is high, which may induce cardiovascular diseases. In this study, the effect of palm stearin (PS) on Sichuan hotpot oil was evaluated. The PS: BT blends showed similar physicochemical properties to BT from the results of sensory evaluation, pulsed NMR, DSC, and polar light micrograph (PLM). Furthermore, since spiciness is the essential characteristic of Sichuan hotpot, the digestive properties of capsaicinoids in hotpot oil were used as an evaluation index. The results showed that the digestive properties of capsaicinoids in hotpot oil containing PS were consistent with those without PS. In conclusion, PS can be partially used to replace BT, which can broaden the types of oil used for hotpot and help develop a new hotpot oil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Thermal oxidation of tallow was assayed by peroxide value (PV), p-anisidine value (p-AV), and acid value (AV), and the volatile compounds produced at different oxidation conditions were analysed by SPME-GC/MS. The accumulation of characteristic beef flavour precursors, such as hexanal, 1-octen-3-ol, (E,E)-2,4-decadienal and (E,E)-2,4-heptadienal, reached a maximum value when heated at 140°C for 2h with an air flow of 75l/h per 100g tallow, whereas at the same temperature PV and p-AV were both at high levels, and AV was relatively low. A correlation analysis of chemical parameters and volatile compounds showed that the beef flavour precursors were positively related to PV, and the off-flavour compounds were highly correlated to AV. Therefore, a moderate oxidation of tallow could be achieved via controlled thermal treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Various methods are used to analyse cholesterol oxidation products (COP) due to the unavailability of a standard method. In order to select a suitable method for the enrichment of COP, three methods of saponification (A–C), and transesterification (D) of tallow with three levels (5, 10 and 20 μg) of spiked COP, were evaluated. Further enrichment of COP was done by solid phase extraction, quantified by GC, and confirmed by GC–MS. The in-house method A, and method D showed,the best results among the four methods evaluated. The recoveries at all levels of spiked COP were generally higher than 60% in method A. The recoveries of all spiked COP at 5 μg level were consistently lower in method D compared with method A. From the results of this study it can be concluded that method A may be more suitable for the analysis of very low levels of COP in foods. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The oxidation of cholesterol during the bleaching and deodorization process of tallow was studied. Eight polar cholesterol oxidation products were targeted, but only cholest-5-en-3β,7β-diol (7β-HC) and 5β, 6β-epoxy-5β-cholestan-3β-ol (β-CE) could be quantified in the samples analysed. The content of 7β-HC was slightly higher in the processed tallow (0.6–0.7 μg/g) compared with natural tallow (0.2 μg/g). However, the content of β-CE was considerably increased during processing, ranging from 0.8 to 3.4 μg/g, compared with 0.6 μg/g in the natural tallow. The general observation was that the content of β-CE was influenced by temperature, duration and type of bleaching earth. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]