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Foods. 2019 Oct 02;8(10). doi: 10.3390/foods8100449.

Thermal Transitions of Cocoa Butter: A Novel Characterization Method by Temperature Modulation.

Foods (Basel, Switzerland)

Julia Rocha Gouveia, Kelly Cristina de Lira Lixandrão, Lara Basílio Tavares, Paulo Henrique Lixandrão Fernando, Guilherme Elias Saltarelli Garcia, Demetrio Jackson Dos Santos

Affiliations

  1. Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Graduate Program (PPG-Nano), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo André 09210-580, Brazil. [email protected].
  2. Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Graduate Program (PPG-Nano), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo André 09210-580, Brazil. [email protected].
  3. Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Graduate Program (PPG-Nano), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo André 09210-580, Brazil. [email protected].
  4. Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Graduate Program (PPG-Nano), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo André 09210-580, Brazil. [email protected].
  5. Center of Engineering, Modeling, and Applied Science (CECS), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo André 09210-580, Brazil. [email protected].
  6. Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Graduate Program (PPG-Nano), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo André 09210-580, Brazil. [email protected].
  7. Center of Engineering, Modeling, and Applied Science (CECS), Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Santo André 09210-580, Brazil. [email protected].

PMID: 31581607 PMCID: PMC6835775 DOI: 10.3390/foods8100449

Abstract

For the first time, the novel experimental technique Temperature Modulated Optical Refractometry (TMOR) was employed for cocoa butter thermal transitions characterization. The average refractive index (N

Keywords: TMOR; cocoa butter; refractive index; thermal transitions

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