1999/02/01 by Meixue Zhou, Kevin Robards, Malcolm Glennie‐Holmes +1 · 17 citations
Nursing · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Food composition and properties #Meat and Animal Product Quality #Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
paper · doi:10.1007/s11746-999-0213-1
Abstract Oats are a significant world crop. While nutritional interest in food oats has concentrated on oats as a source of dietary fiber, the lipid component has both nutritional and technological potential. Thus, the lipid fraction of the oat grain determines in large measure its energy content and has a significant impact on nutritional quality. The oat lipids mediate the pasting properties of oat starch and hence influence functionality. Lipids are also implicated in the flavor/off‐flavor attributes of oats. These aspects of oat lipids are reviewed together with analytical methods for assessing the lipid content of oats.