DESCRIPTION

Mono- and Diglycerides occur as a substance that varies in consistency from yellow liquids through white- to pale yellow-colored plastics to hard, ivory-colored solids. They consist of mixtures of glycerol mono- and diesters, with minor amounts of triesters, and of edible fats or oils or edible fat-forming fatty acids. They are insoluble in water, but are soluble in alcohol, in ethyl acetate, and in chloroform and other chlorinated hydrocarbons.