Mono+and+Dyglycerides

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 * __General Information:__**
 * Mono and Dyglycerides are fats and are usually stabilizers in foods.
 * They make bakery products smooth and prevent oil from separating out in foods like peanut butter.
 * They add no fat or calories to your diet.
 * They are made from oils
 * They are lipids
 * Act as emulsifiers, which means that help create a constant texture and prevent the different ingredients form seperating.
 * They help ingredients blend together that normally would have difficulty doing so.
 * Usually these two ingredients are liquids
 * Monoglycerides are basically one fatty acid chain that has been covalently bonded to glycerol.
 * Dyglycerides are two fatty acids and one glycerol covalently bonded.
 * Can come from animals such as cows

__**Uses of Mono and Dyglycerides:**__
 * They are produced from an esterification between triglyceride and glycerol
 * increases stability in margarine
 * reduces stickiness and improves softness in things like caramels and gum
 * can be used in baked goods to help prevent them from going stale
 * thickens mixtures
 * makes the product easier to handle
 * makes food more palatable

__**Synthesis of Mono and Dycglycerides:**__ The glycerol and water is solubilized in the [|microemulsion] system. Fatty acids are added and mono and dyglycerides are formed because of the esterification reaction taking place in the droplets in the microemulsion.


 * __How They Are Made__**
 * There is actually no gluten in it
 * Glycerin and a specific type of oil are heated to an extremely high temperature
 * Fat molecules rearrange with the glycerin during this process
 * There are no proteins in them
 * They are also formed naturally in the body's digestive tract when triglycerides are broken down.
 * They can be artificially made or they are made naturally inside the digestive tract.

Many food oil companies produce mono and dyglycerides. Gillco is one of the biggest oil producing companies in the world. They sell mono and dyglycerides uses the names Myverol®, Myvacet®, Myvatex®, Myvaplex®. They are located in San Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland, and Portland. Their website is [|http://www.gillco.com.] Another couple of popular makers of mono and Dyglycerides are Dimodan® Distilled Monoglycerides and Grindsted™ Mono-Di. Dimodan® Distilled Monoglycerides are, particularly, good at what they do. They are very efficiant and even offer some unique functions such as aeration, lubrication, and others. These mono and dyglycerides are much more flexible and can be added to mixtures during the fat phases in some cases.
 * __Major Producers of Mono and Dyglycerides__**

Bread Bagels Muffins Crackers Cookies Cakes Pies Donuts Pasta mixes Potato Chips Ice Cream Candy Salad dressing Gum Peanut Butter Biscuits Almost all packaged desserts Ho-Ho Many baked goods Caramel toffee Whipped cream Pudding Jam Spreads Water-based flavored drinks Mustard
 * __Common Foods that Mono and Dyglycerides are in:__**

http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/mono_diglycerides.html__
 * __Link to Helpful Websites:__**

http://www.gillco.com/pages/food.html?gclid=CN-1trvh844CFQdXQAod9jpnLw#grin%20mono-di

http://www.iseo.org/foodfatsoils.pdf To see the chemical formulas for Mono and Dyglycerides go to this address and on page 2 (after the tables of contents) look at figure 2 which is about half way down on the left side of the page.

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