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Glycerol esters are esters containing glycerol (gylcerol), E 422, where the alcohol part is the gylcerol. In nature, the acids bound in the esters are mostly carboxylic acids. This results in esters such as those contained in the typical representatives of animal and vegetable oils and fats (e.g. glycerol monooleate = glycerol monoleate, glycerol monostearate = glycerol monostearate etc.). Glycerol esters are divided into mono-, di- and triesters depending on the number of alcohol molecules esterified with the glycerol molecule.
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