A wide variety of acyl donors can be employed, including saturated, unsaturated
and functionalized fatty acids, fatty acid methyl esters, fatty acid vinyl esters, tri-
glycerides and also natural fats and oils (coconut oil, palm kernel oil, and others)
with their natural distribution of fatty acids.
All products are completely colorless and odorless, and are therefore ideally suited
for applications in food technology, cosmetic formulations and for pharmaceutical
applications. From a regulatory point of view, it is important to mention that the
mono- and diglycerides obtained from natural fatty acids or fats and oils via the
action of natural biocatalysts in nontoxic solvents could be termed ‘natural’ in every
respect. The approval of government bodies for the use of these materials should
therefore pose fewer problems than previously encountered.
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