Review Article

The Food Additive Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate (E-476): Structure, Applications, and Production Methods

Table 6

Selection of lipases based on kinetic and economic aspects [65].

Enzyme(1)SourceFinal AV (mg KOH/g) after 7 daysΔAV(2)Enzyme cost(3) (€)€/unit AV(4)

4Mucor miehei 8.034.046.81.4
5Pseudomonas cepacia 8.133.935.71.1
6P. fluorescens (36 U/mg solid)7.234.835.31.0
7Rhizopus arrhizus 11.031.022.90.7
10Aspergillus oryzae 11.430.685.22.8
12Mucor javanicus 8.733.322.00.7
14P. fluorescens (309 U/mg solid)9.632.4110.53.4
15Rhizomucor miehei 9.332.727.40.8
17Chromobacterium viscosum 7.134.943.41.2
18Pseudomonas sp. (2324 U/mg solid)7.734.344.61.3
19Pseudomonas sp. Type B (256 U/mg solid)7.634.443.01.2
20Rhizopus oryzae 13.928.11.80.06

(1)Enzyme identification numbers are the same that those used in Table 5.
(2)Calculated as the difference between initial AV (42.0 mg KOH/g) and final AV (3rd column).
(3)Estimated from commercial price lists.
(4)Calculated as column 5 and divided by column 4.