Preliminary Evaluation of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extracted Dabai Pulp Oleoresin as a New Alternative Fat

There has been growing interest among food scientists in producing a toxin-free fat as an end product with varying physical or nutritional properties of interest to the food industry. Oleoresin is a rich source of bioactive compounds which consumers can easily add to a large variety of food. Dabai (Canarium odontophyllum) pulp oleoresin (DPL) was extracted using supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) extraction, a green extraction technology. This study investigates the quality of SC-CO2 extracted DPL in discovering its potential as a new alternative fat. The extraction experiment was carried out at a pressure of 40 MPa and a temperature of 40 degrees C. DPL is a saturated fatty acid (SFA)-rich fat due to its high SFA composition (47.72 +/- 0.01%). In addition, the low content of peroxide value (PV) (5.60 +/- 0.09 mEq/kg) and free fatty acids (FFA) (3.40 +/- 0.03%) indicate the quality and stability of DPL for various applications besides food consumption. DPL also has a low slip melting point (SMP) (20.20 +/- 0.03 degrees C), and HPLC-FID revealed that DPL contained 0.13 +/- 0.02 mg/100 g of vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol), indicating its potential application as a solid fat with a bioactive compound. This present work demonstrates the possible prospect of DPL in the formulation of end products for food industries.