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Polyglycerol

Also Known As : PGEs
Can Eat 0

Vegetarian

Usage Tips

  1. An important application of PGEs is in cake batters with little or no content of fat and oil like batters for sponge cakes, Swiss rolls and similar types of cak
  2. PGEs can be used in margarines. The addition of PGEs improve the functional properties of the margarine.

Description

Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids (PGEs) are a class of synthetic, nonionic surfactant frequently used in food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries on account of their amphiphilic properties. PGEs have been used as food additives in Europe and America since the 1940s. In foods, they are used as emulsifying agents in the production of baked goods, chewing gum, and in replacement of fats. PGEs are produced by polymerization of glycerol in the presence of an alkaline catalyst followed by esterification with fatty acids. The fatty acids are from corn oil, cottonseed oil, lard, palm oil, peanut oil, sesame oil, sunflower oil, soybean oil, etc

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