Abstract
This article presents the physical-chemical characterization of cocoa oil fermented in two ways: the traditional way, which is commonly done in the field and takes about 7 days to complete the fermentation process; and the accelerated way, in which a probiotic bacterium called kefir was added to the fermentation process, which hastened the process and made the bean ferment much faster. Research has been carried out on the accelerated fermentation process to reduce its time, but no analysis has been made on the physicochemical characterization of the cocoa oil after the process. For this reason, the following analyses were performed: density by pycnometer, acidity index, peroxide value, refractive index, saponification index and the percentage of loss by heating. These analyses showed that the oil sample fermented with the lactobacillus has more fat content which makes it ideal for the cosmetics sector, but at the same time it has more acid properties in its composition according to the other analyses, this means that its application in the food sector is not very recommendable since it would affect the quality of the products.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems |
Editors | Juan Pablo Salgado-Guerrero, Hector Rene Vega-Carrillo, Gonzalo García-Fernández, Vladimir Robles-Bykbaev |
Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH |
Pages | 60-70 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783031519819 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2024 |
Event | 8th International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation for Society, CITIS 2023 - Guayaquil, Ecuador Duration: 26 Jul 2023 → 28 Jul 2023 |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems |
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Volume | 870 LNNS |
Conference
Conference | 8th International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation for Society, CITIS 2023 |
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Country/Territory | Ecuador |
City | Guayaquil |
Period | 26/07/23 → 28/07/23 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.
Keywords
- Acidity
- Cocoa oil
- Cosmetics
- Fermentation
- Lactobacillus
- Peroxide
- Refraction
- Saponification