ABSTRACT
SARAH E. GUTHRIE and STEFAN H. J. IDZIAK University ofWaterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
ERIC B. SIROTA ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, New Jersey, U.S.A.
A vast empirical lore on the effect of shear, often secretive, exists in manufacturing facilities where bulk fats are processed. Only recently, a deeper scientific effort has been undertaken to elucidate the principles underlying these effects. In this chapter, we present the state of the art in scientific findings on the effects of shear on crystallization of fats from the melt.
