A study on parameters of potential cocoa butter analogue synthesis from camel hump by lipase-catalysed interesterification in supercritical CO2 using response surface methodology
Analytical Methods A study on parameters of potential cocoa butter analogue synthesis from camel hump by lipase-catalysed interesterification in supercritical CO 2 using response surface methodology Hajar Shekarchizadeh, Mahdi Kadivar ⇑ Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran a b s t r a c t A potential cocoa butter analogue was prepared from camel hump fat and tristearin by enzymatic interesterification in supercritical carbon dioxide (SC–CO 2 ) using immobilised Thermomyces lanuginosus lipase (Lipozyme TL IM) as a biocatalyst. Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to investigate the effects of pressure, temperature, tristearin/camel hump fat ratio, water content, and incubation time on TAG distribution of cocoa butter analogue. The process conditions were optimised by conducting experiments at five different levels. A second order polynomial response surface equation was d