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