Ka boiteko ba ho laola boima ba ’mele, batho ba ntseng ba eketseha ba batla lijo tse latsoehang, empa tse se nang lik’hilojule tse ngata haholo. Liphuputso tsa saense li bontša hore batho ba atisa ho ja lijo tse tsitsitseng, ho sa tsotellehe hore na ke lik'hilojule tse kae le mafura a ho eona. Ka hona, ho ka nkoa hore ho fokotseha ha lihlahisoa tsa mafura le lik'halori lijong ho lebisa ho fokotseha ka kakaretso palo ea lik'hilojule tse jeoang. Ha lijo tse nang le lik'halori tse phahameng li kenyelelitsoe thutong, basali ba phetseng hantle, ba tloaelehileng ba boima ba 'mele kapa ba boima bo feteletseng ba pakeng tsa lilemo tse mashome a mabeli le mashome a mane a metso e mene ba ile ba nka lik'hilojule tse eketsehileng tsa 120. Leha ho le joalo, hamorao, nakong ea lijo tsa mantsiboea, ha baa ka ba ikutloa ba fokotseha takatsong ea lijo. Ha e le hantle, ho ja lijo tse nang le lik'halori tse tlaase ho phetha karolo ea bohlokoa ho theola boima ba 'mele. Empa feela ho tlosa mafura lijong tsa hau hase hakaalo tharollo e molemohali. Ha lijana tsa mafura li le teng lijana, li lokela ho nkela sebaka sa maikutlo a fanoang ke mafura, e leng, a be le monko o tšoanang, tatso, sebopeho le molumo, ha e ntse e le mehloli ea lik'hilojule tse fokolang. Ho tlosoa ha mafura licheseng ho etsa hore ho be le sebopeho se thata. Li-puddings tse nang le mafura a tlaase, liaparo tsa salate, sopho le lihlahisoa tsa lebese li fetoha metsi ntle le haeba li na le li-extensions (likarolo tse kenyellelitsoeng sehlahisoa se seholo ho etsa hore se theko e tlaase) kapa li-simulants tsa mafura. Linthong tse halikiloeng, mafura a kenya letsoho ho bebofatsa sehlahisoa, a felisa maqeba le ho liehisa ts'ebetso ea ho senya. Li-substitutes tsa mafura li tsamaisana le tlhahiso ea lihlahisoa tse fokolang le tse se nang mafura, kaha tsa morao-rao ke mefuta e meng e loketseng ho lihlahisoa tse nang le mafura a mangata. Na ho ntse ho hlokahala ho itloaetsa ho itloaetsa ho ja lijo tse joalo? Ho hlokahala ka botlalo. Ho ja lijo tse se nang mafura ho feta tekano ho boetse ho etsa hore motho a be le lik'hilojule tse ngata 'meleng. Tšebeliso ea kamehla ea li-substitutes tsa mafura li-chips, mayonnaise, li-dessert tse hatselitsoeng, lintho tse halikiloeng, ho lumella batho ba bang ba batenya ho fokotsa mafura ao ba a jang ka karolo ea boraro le ho latela keletso ea litsebi tsa phepo e nepahetseng ea ho latela lijo tse nang le mafura a fokolang. Ho feta moo, batho ba joalo ba ka fokotsa palo ea lik'hilojule tseo ba li jang ho 500-200 ka letsatsi. Leha ho le joalo, moreki ea nang le thahasello ea ho laola boima ba 'mele o lokela ho hlokomela hore ho ja lijo tse nang le mafura a tlaase hase tiiso e feletseng ea ho fokotsa lik'halori, hobane lijo tse fokolang mafura hase kamehla li nang le lik'hilojule tse fokolang. Ka hona, li-substitutes tsa mafura tse teng ka har'a margarine tse ngata, li-pates le lipompong li na le monyetla oa ho fokotsa lik'halori tsa sehlahisoa, hammoho le litaba tsa li-trans-fatty acid tse kotsi le mafura a mangata, a bohlokoa ho batho ba jang lijo tse joalo kamehla.
Li-substitutes tsa mafura a lik'habohaedreite ke: dextrins, polydextrose, modified starch, oat fiber, prune paste. Lihlahisoa tsena li ka sebelisoa e le li-thickeners bakeng sa li-dessert tse hatselitsoeng, lihlahisoa tsa lebese, ketchups, li-sauces, thepa e halikiloeng. Li-substitutes tsa mafura tse nang le motheo oa protheine - ho tloha lebese kapa mahe, li teng lihlahisoa tse ling tsa lebese le bolila, lihlahisoa tsa bohobe, margarine, sopho le liaparo tse ling, mayonnaise. Bongata ba li-substitutes tsa mafura li na le molemo haholo ho fisioloji. Batho ba jang lijo tse nang le mafura a tlaase ba lahleheloa ke boima ba 'mele, ho tloaeleha ha lipids tsa mali, le ho fokotseha ha mali. Ho ja lijo tse nang le soluble oat fiber ho lebisa ho fokotseha ha boima ba 'mele le khatello ea mali ea systolic, ho tloaeleha ha maemo a lipid a mali le ho eketseha ha mamello ea tsoekere. Mafura a liindasteri ha a na kotsi hakae? Ka kakaretso, mefuta e mengata ea sebaka sa mafura e nkoa e sireletsehile ka ho feletseng ha e sebelisoa ka mokhoa o fokolang. Leha ho le joalo, ha e sebelisoa ka bongata, polydextrose e na le phello ea laxative, ha tšebeliso e feteletseng ea olestra (olina) hangata e lebisa tahlehelong e sa hlokahaleng ea livithamine tse ling tse qhibilihang ka mafura. Lithuto tsa nako e telele lia hlokahala ho fumana boleng ba 'nete ba bophelo bo botle ba mefuta e meng ea mafura. Ho latela lipatlisiso tsa morao-rao tsa mahlale, mohopolo oa ho kenyelletsa li-substitutes tsa boleng bo holimo lijong tsa hau o tla bapala karolo ea bohlokoa ho fokotsa ho ja mafura a hau le kakaretso ea khalori.