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Concentration of Polar MFGM Lipids from Buttermilk by Microfiltration and Supercritical Fluid Extraction

J. C. Astaire^*, R. Ward, J. B. German and R. Jiménez-Flores^*

^* Dairy Products Technology Center, Department of Agriculture, California, Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Department of Food Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616

Corresponding author:
R. Jiménez-Flores; e-mail:
rjimenez{at}calpoly.edu.

Buttermilk contains the milk fat globule membrane (MFGM), a material that possesses many complex lipids that function as nutritionally valuable molecules. Milk-derived sphingolipids and phospholipids affect numerous cell functions, including regulating growth and development, molecular transport systems, stress responses, cross membrane trafficking, and absorption processes. We developed a two-step method to produce buttermilk derivative ingredients containing increased concentrations of the polar MFGM lipids by microfiltration and supercritical fluid extraction (SFE). These processes offer environmentally benign alternatives to conventional lipid fractionation methods that rely on toxic solvents. Firstly, using a ceramic tubular membrane with 0.8-µ pore size, we evaluated the cross flow microfiltration system that maximally concentrated the polar MFGM lipids using a 2ⁿ factorial design; the experimental factors were buttermilk source (fresh, or reconstituted from powder) and temperature (50°C, and 4°C). Secondly, a SFE process using supercritical carbon dioxide removed exclusively nonpolar lipid material from the microfiltered buttermilk product. Lipid analysis showed that after SFE, the product contained a significantly reduced concentration of nonpolar lipids, and a significantly increased concentration of polar lipids derived from the MFGM. Particle size analysis revealed an impact of SFE on the product structure. The efficiency of the SFE system using the microfiltration-processed powder was compared much more favorably to using buttermilk powder.

Key Words: buttermilk • milk fat globule membrane • microfiltration • supercritical fluid extraction

Abbreviation key: BMP = buttermilk powder, GC = gas chromatography, MFP = microfiltration fraction powder, MFGM = milk fat globule membrane, PC = phosphatidylcholine, PE = phosphatidylethanolamine, PL = phospholipid, PS = phosphatidylserine, S = sphingosine, SC-CO₂ = supercritical CO₂, SFE = supercritical fluid extraction, SL = sphingolipid, SM = sphingomyelin, 3X Ret = retentate at 3X diafiltration factor

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