Advances in Multi-component Supramolecular Oleogels- a Review

ABSTRACT

Oleogels, with solid-like properties, are made of edible liquid oil entrapped in structures that are produced by oleogelators. In multi-component supramolecular oleogels, due to the positive interaction between gelators, the presence of more than one structurant, causes some advantages in oleogel properties, which make it legally, economically, and industrially usable. A wide range of studies based on multi-component oleogels are focused on the two added components, which are the simplest ones. In this review, three general classes of this kind of oleogels consisting of multi-component gel-phase, multiple gelator components with two sub-groups (co-gels and self-sorting gels) and gelator plus non-gelling additive are examined.

KEYWORDS:

• Multi-component oleogel
• oleogelator
• surfactant

Declaration of interest statement

The authors confirm that there is not known conflict of interest associated with this publication. This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors. Written informed consent was obtained from all study participants.

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Funding

This work was supported by Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM).