Sucrose fatty acid ester, sucrose ester for short, is a good surfactant and is widely used in food industry. The synthesis methods of sucrose ester are mainly divided into chemical method and enzymatic method. The chemical synthesis method of sucrose ester was introduced in detail, and the operation steps, preferred processes, advantages and disadvantages of acyl chloride esterification method and transesterification method were summarized, and it was compared with enzymatic method. The structure, physicochemical properties, application and industrial development status of sucrose ester were briefly described, in order to provide reference for the industrial production of sucrose ester. |