霍霍巴油在食品中的应用前景

Application prospect of jojoba oil in food

霍霍巴油由于其特殊结构和功能,已广泛应用在化妆品、医药、高级润滑剂等领域,但在食品中应用相对较少。本文主要综述了霍霍巴油在食品中的功能优势和生理作用,霍霍巴油不仅具有乳化、增溶、润滑等功能,还能改善动脉硬化、抗炎、抗菌等,此外霍霍巴油还具有低热量特点,满足食品发展趋势。当前应加大霍霍巴种植,并加大霍霍巴油在食品中的应用研究,随着消费者对食品健康和功能性的追求,其在食品中的应用也必将越来越广。

Due to the special structure and function,jojoba oil had been widely used in cosmetic,medicine,lubricant and other fields,while it had not been well applied in food.This paper mainly reviewed the functional advantages and physiological functions of jojoba oil in food.Jojoba oil not only had the functions of emulsification,solubilization,lubrication and so on,but also had the physiological functions of improving arteriosclerosis,anti-inflammation,anti-bacterial and the like.In addition,jojoba oil also had the characteristic of low energy,which met the trend of food development.What we should do is to expand jojoba cultivation and increase the jojoba oil application research in food.With the consumers’pursuit for food health and functionality,application of jojoba oil in food would be more and more widely.