LC-GCxGC-FID; Mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH); deodorization; fats; refining; Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Toxicology; General Chemistry; General Medicine; Food Science
Abstract :
[en] The goal of this work was to investigate the impact of refining on coconut oil particularly on the most toxicologically relevant fraction of the mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbon (MOAH) contamination, namely the fraction composed by the three to seven aromatic rings. A fully integrated platform consisting of a liquid chromatography (LC), a comprehensive multidimensional gas chromatography (GC) (LC-GC × GC) and flame ionization detector (FID) was used to obtained a more detailed characterization of the MOAH sub-classes distribution. The revised EN pr 16995:2017-08 official method was used for preparing the samples, both with and without the auxiliary epoxidation step. Crude coconut oil was spiked with different MOAH standards, namely naphthalenes, alkylated naphthalenes, benzo(a)pyrene, and its alkylated homologues. Refining was modelled by deodorization at 230 °C, stripping with 10 kg/h of steam under 1 mbar vacuum for 3 h. Complete removal of the naphthalenes and reduction of more than 98.8% of the benzo(a)pyrenes was observed. Epoxidation had a significant impact on the MOAH fraction with more than three rings, but with a high dependency on the sample matrix, being significantly less evident in the refined samples than in the crude ones.
Disciplines :
Chemistry
Author, co-author :
Bauwens, Grégory ; Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre
Cavaco Soares, Alexandre; ITERG, Canejan, France
Lacoste, Florence; ITERG, Canejan, France
Ribera, Daniel; Cargill R&D Center, Vivoorde, Belgium
Blomsma, Coen; VERNOF, Association of the Dutch manufacturers of edible oils and fats, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
Berg, Iekje; Sime Darby Oils, Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands
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