DESCRIPTION

Salatrim ranges from a slightly viscous, clear amber liquid to a light-colored, waxy solid. Salatrim is the abbreviated name for short- and long-chain acyl triglyceride molecules. It is prepared by interesterification of triacetin, tripropionin, tributyrin, or of their mixtures, with hydrogenated canola, soybean, sunflower, or cottonseed oil. The process removes triglycerides with three short-chain fatty acids. Salatrim triglycerides typically contain 30 to 42 mol-% short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) and 58 to 70 mol-% long-chain fatty acids (LCFA); stearic acid is the predominant LCFA. It is free of particulate matter. It is soluble in hexane, in cyclohexane, in acetone, in ether, in tetrahydrofuran, and in liquid triglyceride oils, but is insoluble in water. It melts at 16° to 71° depending on triglyceride composition.