date:Feb 13, 2014
nown as structured oils. The best known of these are vegetable oil and margarine. Structured oils are also contained in confectionery and cake frosting.
The researchers, led by City College Professor of Chemistry Georg John, tested two sugar alcohol-based gelators, mannitol dioctanoate (M8) and sorbitol dioctanoate (S8), as structuring agents for four refined vegetable oils purchased at local grocery stores: canola oil, olive oil, soybean oil and grapeseed oil. Both M8 and S8 are amphiphiles (m