Issue 52, 2021

Scientific information about sugar-based emulsifiers: a comprehensive review

Abstract

The instantaneous demand for foods, detergents, cosmetics, and personal care products that can be commercialized with value-added benefits including natural origin, environmental friendliness, and sustainability is increasing day by day. Accordingly, the associated industries are trying to identify bioactive ingredients that may be natural alternatives to synthetic ones. This review article is mainly aimed at the classification of natural saccharide-based emulsifiers (which are mainly bio-surfactants), their methods of preparation and their various types of applications in daily life activities. Different routes of production of mono and polysaccharide-based emulsifiers and their industrial advantages are exclusively highlighted. The readers can get an approach on how sugar-based emulsifiers are synthesized and used in the pharmaceutical, food, and personal care industries to contribute excellent physicochemical properties and feature excellent functional characteristics. Many of the synthetic procedures are associated with the use of natural ingredients to prepare emulsions concerning “eco-friendly” selective materials. In this report, an endeavour has been made towards contextual examples for the production methods of some saccharide-based emulsifiers and their advantages in various fields.

Graphical abstract: Scientific information about sugar-based emulsifiers: a comprehensive review

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
27 Jun 2021
Accepted
20 Sep 2021
First published
06 Oct 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2021,11, 33004-33016

Scientific information about sugar-based emulsifiers: a comprehensive review

A. Pal, M. H. Mondal, A. Adhikari, A. Bhattarai and B. Saha, RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 33004 DOI: 10.1039/D1RA04968B

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