Practical applications
The results of this study can present valuable information on various
types of shortenings to researchers and producers as the physicochemical
properties of commercial products marketed in Iran were characterized in
great detail and were also compared with some of their international
counterparts and the reasons causing these differences were also
discussed in this research. Hence, the present work can provide
important information to researchers and industry professionals about
the range of their physicochemical properties and their functional
differences due to slight changes in their components.
Keywords : Characterization, Physicochemical properties,
Shortening